Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a press conference for the foreign and Israeli press that he is prepared to meet Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, to put an end to the violence and move towards a wider diplomatic solution.
India’s President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday became the first Indian head of state to visit Israel, underscoring the increasingly close ties between the two countries.
Thirty-six members of the European Parliament from across the political spectrum have urged the assembly’s President Martin Schulz to increase the body’s attention to the restitution of Holocaust-era property, noting the need for resolution seven decades after the end of WWII.
Britain’s Middle East Minister Tobias Ellwood was among the international figures to condemn the latest terror attacks in Israel which killed three Israelis.
Members of the Jewish community in Britain attended a rally outside the Palestinian Mission in London on Tuesday to protest against the British media’s “irresponsible and misleading” coverage of the ongoing violence in Israel and “an end to incitement from the Palestinian Authority”, Jewish News reported.
The oldest prayer hall of Petersburg, Russia, the ‘Small Synagogue,’ opened its doors to the public after four years of renovations in the days following Rosh Hashanah.
