New York police arrested a man Tuesday over the firebombing of a mosque, but some say the incident reflects much deeper tensions faced by Muslim New Yorkers -- and that police are partly to blame.
Better public diplomacy needs to be used in order to prevent a wave of legislation proscribing shechita, the kosher slaughtering of animals, Rabbi Goldberg, Deputy Director of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE), told a committee of the Knesset, Israel's parliament.
Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party has led after two of the three rounds of voting; rise of Islamist parties in the poll prompted Western concern for the future of Egypt's close ties to Washington and peace with Israel.
The meeting, which was attended by Jordanian officials and representatives of the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators ended without a major breakthrough.
First nominating contest establishes Romney - who won by just 8 votes - as the Republican party's most likely challenger to Democratic President Barack Obama.
Court petition opposing the use of private security guards to protect the Jewish residents contends that budget ballooned from NIS 7 to 54 million within two decades.
Jordan is seeking to boost its international image by hosting a rare Israeli-Palestinian meeting and take over the role of mediator long played by Egypt under former president Hosni Mubarak, analysts say.
The head of a regional council in southern Israel filed a complaint with the United Nations after mortar shells fired from Gaza were found to contain the banned substance white phosphorous.
