Foreign Ministry says government should examine the situation of each of the 700 asylum seekers to ascertain whether their lives would be at risk if they were sent back.
Majid Jamali Fashi hanged after allegedly confessing to murder of nuclear scientist in 2010; Tehran claims he traveled abroad several times to get training from Mossad before returning to Iran to plot assassination.
An annual pilgrimage to the gravesides of celebrated rabbis in Morocco was participated in by thousands of Jews from across Morocco, Israel and the rest of the world.
Controversial new laws reduce number of officially recognized religious bodies, including three Jewish streams; ‘The danger is about Hungarian democracy, not about anti-Semitism,’ says Rabbi Istvan Darvas.
US President Barack Obama has secured an overwhelming mandate amongst US Jews, ahead of November’s presidential election, according to the findings of a new survey of the American Jewish opinion regarding the Obama administration and Israel by the American Jewish Committee (AJC).
Netanyahu's spokesperson says PA president requested Israel's cooperation to end the hunger strike; official says Israel watching how PA handles reinterment of Palestinian bodies released in the agreement.
The European Union on Monday expressed “deep concern” about “developments on the ground” which, it said, “ threaten to make a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians impossible”.