It was a well-crafted message preaching unity -- and mined with a “blood libel” that blew it all apart.

Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Thursday instructed the Gaza-based Ministry of the Interior to ''restore unity'' among Palestinian factions in the field to protect the blockaded enclave.

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre has for the first time awarded Germany full marks in its annual ''report card'' on investigation and prosecution of war criminals, it said on Thursday.

Jewish faith leaders joined a call for soul searching in the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

PA official says Egypt and another Arab country, which he declined to identify, had discussed the issue with Hamas.

It is very important when we start to say...more countries recognize the state of Palestine than recognize state of Israel,'''' PA foreign minister says.

An event commemorating the Holocaust will be organized on January 25 in Yehudi Menuhinh Hall of the European Parliament in Brussels in the presence of the EU legislative body’s Polish President, Jerzy Buzek.

Group and its allies pull out of government as indictments are expected ''within hours or days''; move comes as Lebanese PM is in United States.

Fatah leaders heard the preliminary findings of a committee investigating what the Israeli media said were attempts by Mohammed Dahlan to engage a private militia in the West Bank.

Greece and Israel have agreed to set up within the next two months a joint ministerial council which will be chaired by their respective Prime Ministers and will comprise ministers from both countries, in order to boost their bilateral ties, the Greek news agency ANA reported.