The European Parliament on Wednesday voted in Strasbourg with a large majority in favour of a joint resolution that instead of calling on the EU to recognize a Palestinian state, links the EU ‘’support in principle’’ of such a recognition to the development of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

The General Court of the European Union, the EU's second highest tribunal, has removed Hamas from the EU list of terror organizations but temporarily maintained the blacklist measures for a period of three months or until an appeal was closed, giving EU member states time to provide more evidence for Hamas's inclusion on list.

Following is the full text of the European Parliament resolution ''on recognition of Palestine statehood''.

Following widespread outrage from Jewish organizations, the Holocaust Education Trust Ireland (HETI)said it had reversed its policy over the mention of Israel during a Holocaust commemoration ceremony in January in Dublin.

On the eve of a vote in its plenary session in Strasbourg, the European parliament agreed Tuesday to propose the MEPs a compromise joint resolution that instead of calling on the EU to recognize a Palestinian state, links the EU ‘’support in principle’’ of such a recognition to the development of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Medics moved in and took away five injured people on stretchers; hostage-taker was among those killed.

Deri activists force press conference to be cut short, calling Yishai ''traitor''

Likud says voting for Liberman will help the left wing win the election.

CRIF, the umbrella representative group of French Jewish organizations, slammed French theaters for presenting anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonne's new shown titled ‘’The Impure Beast.”

A new natural gas field off Israel’s Mediterranean coast may hold about 3.2 trillion cubic feet of gas, about one third the size of the giant Tamar field, its two Israeli partners said after conducting a 3D seismic survey of the area.