Major American Jewish groups slammed an allegation about Israel made by Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.

The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Austria last year reached its highest level in years, according to a Jewish organisation in Vienna.

No agreement to normalise ties between Israel and Turkey has yet been reached following the latest round of talks in London between Israeli and Turkish negotiators.

An agreement has been reached that will see 1300 Ethiopian Jews make aliyah, or immigrate to Israel, thus putting an end to the ruling government coalition’s crisis.

Swastikas made with scraps of metal were discovered in the Jewish section of a cemetery in Avignon, south-eastern France, earlier this week.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmud Abbas announced that he will meet French President Francois Hollande in Paris later this month to discuss a French initiative to organize an international conferece to restart peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

A senior European Union official said a request to accommodate religious Jewish customs for university students is ‘’understandable” and ‘’part of freedom of religion as a fundamental right which we defend.’’

The aircraft's distinct wing shape and nose have lead observers to speculate that it is indeed the Israeli made IAI weapon.

The Austrian Forum Against Anti-Semitism, which began monitoring anti-Semitic incidents in 2003, said 465 incidents were recorded during 2015.

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland vowed to protect Jewish burial grounds in Central and Eastern Europe, during a visit to Frampol, a small town in southeastern Poland where the residents helped protect a local Jewish cemetery.