European Jewish Association Director General, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, again urged EU leaders to strengthen Europe's fight against anti-Semitism following the findings of the US State Department annual International Religious Freedom Report which concludes that 2012 brought ''a continued global increase in anti-Semitism.''
According to a report released by the Palestinian Independent Commission For Human Rights, last year saw a 10% increase in the number of complaints over human rights abuses by Palestinian Authority, Hamas.
An young Israeli pianist, Boris Giltburg, is among the twelve finalists of the Brussels Queen Elisabeth Competition, one of the most prestigious in the world.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is not taking sides in the Syrian civil war but it ''will act if necessary to prevent game-changing weapons from being transferred to Hezbollah.''
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday received a government report presenting the findings of a special governmental inquiry committee into the death of Muhammad Al-Durrah, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, during the second Intifada in September 2000 in an exchange of fire in the Netzarim Junction.
Cyprus President Anastasiades Nicos Anastasiades,has thanked the Jewish community centre of the Mediterrean island for its « active » and « vibrant » presence as the Jewish community celebrated last week its 10th year presence during a gala dinner.
