Israel was set up as a haven for Jews whose lives were threatened, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday as he met the families of four people killed in a shooting attack against a Jewish school in Toulouse, France.
The European Union issued Tuesday a corrected version of a speech by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton which had angered Israel and the Jewish communities in Europe because it appeared to link the shooting at the Jewish school in Toulouse and Gaza.
The European Union denied Tuesday that its foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton drew a parallel between the French Jewish school shooting and the situation in Gaza after Israel slammed her remarks.
Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman criticized EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton for making a parallel between the murder of Jews at a school in Toulouse with Gaza.
Fatah spokesman says Iran recently resumed financial aid to Hamas which had been suspended half a year ago over Hamas' failure to back the Assad regime in Syria.
Iran pressured Islamic Jihad and popular resistance groups in Gaza to continue firing rockets into Israel despite cease-fire, says high-ranking Jerusalem official.
Argentina and Israel on Friday honored the memory of the 29 victims of the 1992 terrorist car bomb attack at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, the first of two deadly attacks in the Argentinian capital.
