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European Parliament endorses Goldstone Gaza report
The European Parliament on Wednesday urged its 27-member states to monitor the Israeli and Palestinian probes into alleged war crimes committed during last year's late-winter conflict in Gaza.
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MKs to Biden: Show kindness and mercy for Jonathan Pollard
A group of Knesset faction chairmen on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden requesting clemency for Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in the U.S. after being convicted of spying for Israel.
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'East Jerusalem construction strengthens Israel detractors'
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Wednesday condemned Israel's decision to approve the construction of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, saying it will strengthen those who argue Israel is not serious about peace.
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Noam Shalit urges EU Parliament chief: Help secure Gilad's release
Noam Shalit, father of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, met Wednesday in Strasbourg, France, with European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek.
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Trial over death of U.S. activist Rachel Corrie begins
The family of an American activist who was fatally crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza accused Israel of whitewashing its investigation into the death Wednesday in the opening of a civil case against Israel.
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PA cancels ceremony honoring leader of 1978 terror attack in Israel
The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of a ceremony to honor the woman who led a 1978 hijacking of a civilian bus in Israel that left 35 people dead.
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Are peace talks doomed to fail before they start?
There is a deep reason the majority of Israelis and Palestinians can't move toward the two-state solution.
Holocaust deniers face jail under new Hungarian law
Denying or playing down the Holocaust in Hungary is to be a criminal offense punishable by up to three years imprisonment after President Laszlo Solyom signed new legislation into law on Wednesday.
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Egypt's top Muslim cleric dies of heart attack at age 81
Top Egyptian cleric Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, whose moderate views angered conservative Muslims, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, the state-owned news agency reported. He was 81.
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Yishai: Sorry for distress over East Jerusalem plan
Interior Minister Eli Yishai apologized on Wednesday for causing domestic and international distress as a result of Israel's recent decision to approve 1,600 more homes in East Jerusalem.
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Biden: East Jerusalem plan undermines peace talks
Israel's decision to approve 1,600 new homes in an ultra-Orthodox East Jerusalem neighborhood is undermining Middle East peace talks, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
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U.K. honors British Holocaust heroes with new awards
LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Tuesday honored Britons who saved the lives of Jews and other persecuted groups during the Holocaust by giving them a new award at a reception at Downing Street.
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Jewish lobbying sways EU against support of Goldstone Gaza report
Members of the European Parliament have backtracked from their plan to pass a resolution demanding implementation of the Goldstone report, in response to pressure from European Jewish leaders, Haaretz has learned.
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European group may probe Israel decision to indict Arab MK
The Inter-Parliamentary Union is considering sending representatives to oversee the legal proceedings against Hadash chairman Mohammed Barakeh, charged with assaulting a police officer during an anti-separation fence rally in the West Bank.
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Latest suspect in Dubai hit shares name with Australian-Israeli
The international police agency Interpol has identified the 27th suspect in the assassination of a Hamas operative in Dubai earlier this year, The Times of London reported on Tuesday, listing his alias as Joshua Aaron Krycer.
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Egypt to finance renovation of synagogues, Jewish sites
Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter was rededicated in a private ceremony.
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Report: New Iran destroyer test fires missile
A newly inaugurated Iranian destroyer test fired a surface-to-surface missile in the Gulf on Tuesday, Iran's Fars news agency reported.
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