Hundreds of Petersburg residents came to the “Jewish Book Day” event organized at the city synagogue this Sunday and purchased the entire stock of the exhibited books, publishers said.
The White House announced that US President Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel later this month. It will be his first trip abroad since taking office in January.
''There cannot be lasting peace unless the Palestinian leaders speak in a unified voice against incitement to violence and hate. There's such hatred,’’ US President Donald Trump said as he met with Palestinian Authority President at the White House in Washington.
''I look forward to discussing with President Trump the best ways to advance peace. This is something we fervently share with the President,’’ said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a meeting with visiting Romanian Prime Minster Sori Grindeanu in Jerusalem
Next week, at the annual FIFA Council and Congress, member states of the world football association are expected to vote on a Palestinian-led campaign to ban the Israeli Football Association from the organization.
Israel summoned the ambassador of Sweden, Carl Magnus Nesser, to the foreign ministry in Jerusalem to protest his country's vote in favor of a UNESCO resolution disavowing the country's sovereignty in the Israeli capital.
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Tuesday condemned the UNESCO Executive Board’s vote in favor of a resolution rejecting Israeli sovereignty and jurisdiction over Jerusalem.
The US and Ukraine voted against, as well as Lithuania, Paraguay and Togo; four EU countries abstained in the vote: France, Estonia, Spain and Slovenia.
As Israel is to mark Yom Haatzmaut or Independence Day, the country 69th anniversary, its population has risen to nearly 8.7 million, according to the data released by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
Israel has urged UNESCO’s 58-member Executive Board, which is set to gather Tuesday in Paris, not to promote “fake” history by approving on Palestinian-backed resolution that rejects Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem.
