The World Jewish Congress said it views with concern the call by Britain’s top veterinarian to ban kosher and halal slaughter because the animals are not stunned unconscious before the slaughter.

The Vatican has denied reports that Pope Francis was forced to cancel his planned trip to Israel in May because most of the foreign ministry’s workers are on strike and cannot make the necessary arrangements for the trip.

Zafer Caglayan is a member of the Turkish PM's ruling party and was forced to resign in wake of the December graft scandal.

The Arab League on Sunday endorsed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's rejection of Israel's demand for recognition as a Jewish state

IDF recovers forty M-302 rockets, with a range of 90-160 kilometers, hidden in crates on intercepted Gaza-bound vessel; army says advanced weapons were ''destined to threaten the security of millions of Israeli civilians.''

In a preview of the prime minister's first interview with the Israeli media in over a year, Netanyahu gets personal.

European Union leaders threatened after an extraordinary meeting Thursday in Brussels to use economic sanctions against Russia ‘’if Moscow further destabilizes the situation in Ukraine.’

For the first time since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, Israel published Wednesday an official statement which calls for a peaceful solution.

The Jewish Federations of North America has launched a Ukraine Assistance Fund.

The Jews paid heavy price when the world powers did not take Hitler's words seriously, PM says in Los Angeles.