Father of abducted IDF soldier vows to intensify campaign for his son's release, urges PM 'to fulfill duty to the soldier you sent.'

The European Union summit on Friday expressed its ''grave concern'' on the fate of Gilad Shalit held prisoner by Hamas ''in clear contravention to universal international humanitarian law.''

The United States hailed Lithuanian lawmakers Tuesday for backing compensation for Jewish communal property seized by Nazi Germany during World War II and then kept by the Soviets.

he 27 European Union leaders, who are meeting on Friday in Brussels for their semestrial summit, are expected to talk about Palestinian plans to ask for recognition of a state at the United Nations in September.

Syrian security forces open fire with live ammunition on anti-government protesters near Damascus following Friday prayers.

UN Goodwill Ambassador and Colombian pop singer Shakira made a plea for children's education worldwide at this week’s Israel's third annual Presidential Conference in Jerusalem.

As part of the charitable program sponsored by the Keren Yedidut Fellowship Foundation, headed by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, children from needy Jewish families of Krivoy Rog received food packages.

Brest marked the creation of a memorial to Holocaust victims, which was erected at the site of a mass grave of 350 Jews from Brest murdered by the Nazis during World War II.

Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor calls on international community to do 'everything in their ability' to prevent the upcoming Gaza aid flotilla, which is set to sail later this month.

The Holocaust Memorial of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, was vandalized with swastika and anti-Semitic slogans.