Anonymous official: Assad is disarming chemical arsenal out of his own interests; Erdan says Israel sticking to policy on weapons transfers to Hezbollah; refuses to deny, confirm reports of air strike on Syrian missile base.
‘’I will remember this visit for the rest of my life,” said Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark after visiting Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, as part of a state visit to Israel on Wednesday.
Participants of a working group on Brit Milah, who met in Brussels, decided to launch a pro-active campaign to educate parliamentarians and the general public in Europe about the religious circumcision, to push for standardization of the practice among all European communities and to initiate European-wide training of mohelim, those who perform ritual Jewish circumcisions, to meet the highest medical and hygiene standards.
Obama administration official confirms to CNN that Israel attacked missiles and equipment it felt might be transferred to Hezbollah; Al-Arabiya reports Israel destroyed SA-8 missiles in Damascus and Latakia.
Israel’s Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has canceled a ceremony planned for French President Francois Hollande during his upcoming visit to Israel after the French leader called off a speech to the Israeli parliament and opted instead to speak to students at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University.
New Senate proposal would seek to halve Iran's remaining oil exports; Obama administration argues against timing of the bill that if given a vote, would likely pass with bipartisan support.
