The Deputy Mayor of a tiny village in central France which is still bearing a medieval name ‘’La Mort aux Juifs’’ or ‘Death to Jews’, has rejected a call from a Jewish group to change the name.

12 licenses would be temporarily suspended pending further investigation if the current truce breaks down and heavy fighting resumes.

The Jewish Agency for Israel, the quasi-governmental agency responsible for facilitating immigration to Israel, is expecting more than 3,000 arrivals from Ukraine this year — a 33 percent increase over the 1,982 Jews who immigrated in 2013.

Egypt has apparently tabled a long-term plan for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas with the current 72-hour truce set to expire at midnight.

European Union Foreign Ministers will meet on Friday in Brussels to discuss the growing crisis in Iraq but also the situation in Ukraine.

Netanyahu, Obama discuss cease-fire efforts; Hamas leader Haniyeh urges Palestinian delegates not to ''succumb to blackmail'' in cease-fire talks, says no permanent truce unless Gaza ''siege lifted.''

PM says United Nations commission probing Gaza op has ''nothing to look for'' in Israel.

EU ambassadors in Brussels will meet on Tuesday over the deepening crisis in Iraq.

European Union ambassadors are to meet in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss what role the EU could play in Gaza once a cease-fire is firmly in place, EU officials said.

Long-term ceasefire indirect talks in Cairo resumed Monday after a new 72-hour ceasefire, agreed by Israel and Hamas and brokered by Egypt and the Palestinian Authority (PA) with the help of the Arab League, went into effect at midnight local time.