The 54-year-old Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Gennady Kernes, who was seriously wounded after being shot, has been airlifted to an hospital in Israel for treatment.

Republicans in Congress and pro-Israel groups criticized US Secretary of State John Kerry for saying Israel could become an apartheid state if it doesn't reach a peace deal with the Palestinians.

In the ceremony titled ''They Light the Way for Humankind,'' several high-ranking Israeli officials were in attendance, including Yair Lapid and Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said Israel’s suspension of peace talks was fully justified in light of the so-called “unity” agreement between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ statements about the Holocaust citing the PA’s recent moves to unite with terror group Hamas, which is committed to Israel’s destruction.

If Putin’s Russia continues on the same nationalistic, xenophobic, insular and imperial course, it will inevitably end up accusing Jews of disloyalty and perfidy.

Prosecutors seek maximum of seven-to-eleven years for former PM; State asks court to give former Jerusalem mayor Lupolianski 5-8 years.

A strong communal response to a terrorist attack in the 1980s seeded a new generation of dynamic leaders.

After Israel suspends peace talks over Fatah-Hamas unity pact, PA leader to set out policy guidelines in address to PLO panel Saturday.

The Kharkiv Jewish community gathered to celebrate the completion of a new Torah.