The top leader of Tunisia's governing Islamist party on Tuesday condemned anti-semitic slogans heard in a crowd that welcomed Ismail Haniya, Prime Minister of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, last week.

Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial and Research Institute, has opened an investigation into revoking the title of ''Righteous Among the Nations'' from a Belgian official credited with saving hundreds of lives during the Holocaust.

Semi-official Fars news agency reports that Ahmadi Roshan, 32, supervised department at Natanz uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan; Tehran official blames Israel for bombing.

As the Republican primary fight moves from New Hampshire to South Carolina, Newt Gingrich is stepping up his attacks on Mitt Romney and some prominent Jewish Republicans -- who have a rich, mutually admiring history with both men -- are wondering what happens next.

Revelation comes as PM Netanyahu announces plan to build 277 housing units in Efrat settlement as part of series of reprisals for the PA's admission to UNESCO in October.

Israeli lawmaker Anastassia Michaeli was suspended from the Knesset for a month for throwing water at a colleague during an argument.

Russian Foreign Ministry official says uranium enrichment in Fordo location shows Iran is not responding to concerns on its nuclear program.

German MEP Martin Schulz, the current chairman of the Group of Progessive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, is likely to become the new President of the European Parliament for two years later this month.

US President Barack Obama has named an observant Jew with long experience of Capitol Hill and close Jewish community ties as his new chief of staff, one of the most consuming jobs in the United States.

Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon and British Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt discussed the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions, especially in light of Tehran beginning to enrich uranium to 20% at the Fordo nuclear enrichment plant, during a meeting Tuesday in Jerusalem.