Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the United States for vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israel on settlements.

World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder expressed deep appreciation to the United States for voting down a UN Security Council resolution ''which would have unilaterally condemned Israel and termed its settlements east of the 1967 ‘Green Line’ as illegal.''

Israel on Friday called for the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table without preconditions after the United States vetoed a UN Security Council vote condemning Jewish settlements.

Last week, Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan in Russia’s Volga region, celebrated the grand opening of a kosher restaurant.

The Moscow Jewish Community Center hosted a graduation ceremony upon the completion of the first Russian training course for the personnel of ZAKA, an international Jewish organization dedicated to rescuing disaster victims and identifying corpses.

he Egyptians who attacked and sexually assaulted CBS reporter Lara Logan last Friday reportedly yelled ''Jew! Jew!'' while setting upon her.

The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have condemned Israeli settlements as illegal.

Tunisia's transitional government on Thursday condemned verbal attacks on Jews by Muslims outside the Tunis synagogue last week and called on religious and civic leaders to denounce such actions.

Third Yemeni protester killed, as demonstrators set fire to municipal buildings; Bahraini mourners slam country's ruling monarchy during funeral of those killed in security forces attack.

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman says another Israeli-imposed war on his country would not be ''a walk in the park'' as the army and Hezbollah resistance movement are fully prepared.