Speaking at Shalit family's protest tent hours before Passover, President says every generation needs to tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt, adding that this generation's goal was to secure Gilad's release.
S. Petersburg Jews will now have the opportunity to enjoy delicacies from their childhood in kosher form. To make this possible, the Kashrut Department of the S. Petersburg Jewish Community inspected the Cameya Confectionery plant.
Premier's comments came as a lifted gag order revealed security forces have arrested two Palestinian teens for allegedly carrying out murder of five family members in settlement of Itamar.
US President Barack Obama continues ''to pray'' for peace between Israel and its neighbors amid Middle East unrest, he said Friday in a message honoring the Jewish holyday of Passover.
The activist's abductors released a video showing a bruised and blindfolded Vittorio Arrigoni, threatening to execute him within 30 hours if their demands were not met; Kidnappers deny rumors saying they killed him following the video's release.
Egyptian FM called Israel 'the enemy' in a statement that angered Israel in view of recent Egyptian requests for help in investments or in receiving more aid from the U.S. Congress.
Two teenage Palestinians from the village of Awarta admitted to carrying out the brutal murder last month of five members of the Fogel family, who lived in the nearby settlement of Itamar.
Israel's chief Ashkenazi rabbi Yona Metzger on Sunday called on US President Barack Obama to free Jewish-American spy Jonathan Pollard if he wants Jews to vote for his reelection.
Former Austrian neo-Nazi leader Gottfried Kuessel has been arrested in connection with a probe into a website targeted by the country's strict anti-Nazi law, prosecutors said Tuesday.
