A revered mainstream Muslim scholar is set to announce in London on Tuesday a fatwa (Muslim ruling) against terrorism and suicide bombing in the name of Islam.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is to formally unveil plans on Tuesday for the wholesale redevelopment of a section of the city’s Silwan neighborhood.

Syria is willing to consider peace and gradual normalization with Israel, according to Gabrielle Rifkind of the Oxford Research Group, who met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in December.

The Jewish Agency for Israel continued the shake-up of its top professionals with the naming of a new director-general.

Louis Farrakhan blamed the Jews, among others, for President Obama's difficulties.

David Bankier, whose Holocaust research studies dealt with persecutors and bystanders, has died.

Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel was released from a German prison after serving a five-year sentence.

Jewish leaders will meet with Vice President Joseph Biden before he tours the Middle East.

At least two of the alleged assassins involved in the killing of a top Hamas leader in Dubai entered the United States after the murder, The Wall Street Journal reported.

An Israeli delegation that traveled to Beijing last week presented detailed intelligence on Iran's nuclear program in an attempt to persuade China that Tehran seeks atomic weapons.