Out of total desperation given the near-zero chance of gaining UN Security Council approval of a draft mandating an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, Abbas has now turned to Russia.

The foreign minister said that he “rejected any attempts to sully all of Yisrael Beytenu.”

The two are under the investigation of Israel's security agency, the Shin Bet.

Around 230 Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, including dozens of families fleeing the fighting in eastern Ukraine, arrived in Israel this week.

Three days after an attack against a synagogue, unknown assailants opened fire at a kosher fast-food restaurant in Paris’ 19th arrondissement.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighted the plight of Christians in the wider Middle East, in a special Christmas address, while contrasting Israel as a safe-haven for the region's Christian minorities.

A Flemish Minister has advised a European Jewish group of his intention to ‘’enforce in all aspects’’ a Belgian law facilitating the practice of ritual slaughter of animals.

In pre-war houses in Warsaw connected with the history of the Jewish community, candles are being lit every evening throughout Hannukah.

Vandals desecrated the Jewish cemetery in the central Greek city of Larissa, spraying swastikas and threats on the cemetery wall.

Moshe Kahlonm leader of new party, unveils his first candidate for the March 17 election as Israel's former ambassador to the US.