Osama bin Laden is dead. A new skyscraper is rising at the site of the old World Trade Center. U.S. troops are withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan.

During meeting in Ramallah with Israeli intellectuals, Palestinian PM says that security cooperation with Israel will continue, regardless of UN vote on Palestinian statehood.

Sweden's government said Monday it would give the country's Jewish community funds to increase security, in response to criticism from a Jewish group following a string of crimes against Jews.

Belgian Prime Minister said his country ''has understanding'' for the initiative of the Palestinians to seek UN statehood recognition later this month.

Move marks latest step taken by Turkey against Israel following the release of the UN-commissioned report on the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid.

The Gan Israel summer camp for boys, run by the Dnepropetrovsk Jewish community, has concluded.

Canada has taken a first step toward building a Holocaust Memorial near the federal capital, Ottawa, officials said Wednesday.

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Friday that a bid by Palestinians to win UN recognition as a state would risk triggering a dangerous diplomatic confrontation.

The European Union appears to be split over whether to support the Palestinian demand for recognition of a state at the United Nations later this month as EU Foreign Ministers discuss the issue this weekend at an informal meeting in Poland.

Announcement by Turkish Embassy to U.S. follows downgrading of country's diplomatic relations with Israel earlier Friday.