Portuguese daily quotes diplomatic source saying that Libya leadership would accept start to negotiation process, after the source met with Gadhafi envoy in Lisbon.

B’nai B’rith International praised the recent agreement reached by Israel and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to create a center to encourage and promote Holocaust education and battle its denial worldwide.

The Riga Jewish Community House hosted a benefit concert featuring the Eilat Modern Dance Ensemble as well as young talented singers Anna and Diana Judelson, and Daniil Kuzmin and Stephanie.

The wine-making company Slavprom (Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Krasnodar region) of Russia has produced its first batch of kosher wine.

Elderly Jews who are beneficiaries of the Shaarei Tsedek Charity Center received special food packages in honor of the upcoming Purim holiday.

Strategic city of Ras Lanuf comes under heavy shelling by government forces, with reports of deaths and injuries.

Threat from the Libyan leader comes as tanks of pro-Gadhafi forces close in on rebel-held square of Zawiyah, near Tripoli; residents say tanks, snipers are everywhere.

Amr Moussa, the head of the Arab League and an Egyptian presidential candidate, said he would not break his country's peace treaty with Israel.

The cabinet is to discuss how to bring back investment and tourism to Egypt, as well the resumption of universities and schools, many of which remain closed since Mubarak was toppled from power.

Prominent Muslim and Jewish leaders from across Europe pledged to stand together against the rise of extreme-right xenophobic and racist parties that represent an escalating peril to ethnic and religious minorities across Europe, including Jews and Muslims.