''We shall renew the negotiations with the Palestinians, we have no other choice,'' said Israeli President Shimon Peres in Brussels where he started a weeklong state visit to Belgium, the European Union and France.
As Defense Minister Barak meet new US counterpart Hagel, US defense official says the defense secretary is working to ensure there is no interruption of funding for Iron Dome, Arrow, and David's Sling rocket.
Hamas announces that the Palestinian Authority has arrested 66 of its supporters in the West Bank including 32 former prisoners held by Israel; arrests come as efforts to achieve Hamas-Fatah appear to have failed.
Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) expressed outrage at the statement made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a United Nations gathering last week at which he equated Zionism with racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia and called it “a crime against humanity.”
The leader of Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) Naftali Bennett on Monday expressed optimism about the formation of the next coalition government as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began working on a coalition without haredi (ultra-orthodox) parties.
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres are to address Wednesday an official celebration at the European Parliament in Brussels to mark the 70th anniversary of the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews during the Nazi period.
