Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Didier Reynders promised a Jewish delegation that the fight against anti-Semitism and against radicalisation of a growing number of people coming back from fighting in Syria and Iraq will be among the priorities in the programme of the country’s new government.

''With close to 13% of the total vote, we are now Sweden's third biggest party,'' Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Akesson told supporters.

In a speech during the mass rally at the Brandenburg Gate, Merkel vowed to do everything she can ''to ensure anti-Semitism doesn't have a chance''.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel made her pledge to thousands at the rally organized by the Central Council of Jews in Germany to protest a rise in anti-Semitism that authorities and Jewish leaders blame mainly on Muslim extremists and young immigrants.

Communal leader in Jewish centers have all indicated they have not felt threatened specifically due to their religious identity.

A Jewish couple died in the crash of their small private plane off the coast of Jamaica on Friday after veering far off its course toward southwest Florida and triggering a U.S. security alert that prompted a fighter jet escort.

The Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels will reopen on September 14, four months after a terrorist attack that killed four people, a couple of Israeli tourists, a volunteer and an employee of the museum.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent his condolences to the family of Steve Sotloff, the US journalist who was beheaded by terrorists from the Islamic State.

Germany's President Joachim Gauck on Tuesday announced his presence at a rally organized by the Central Council of Jews in Germany against anti-Semitism.

Eastern Ukrainian leaders say any danger to local community comes from presence in a conflict zone and not from any specific animus against Jews by either side.