The Simon Wiesenthal Center has denounced anti-Semitic diatribes of a respected Norwegian academic who linked Anders Behring Breivik, the anti-Muslim Norwegian terrorist who killed 77 people, mostly children, last year and Israel's Mossad.

Residents of Tel Aviv complain of a harsh chlorine-like substance that could be felt in the air.

Israeli Foreign Ministry officials believe the aim of Obama administration pressure is to postpone the probe until at least after the presidential elections in November.

French extreme-right leader Marine Le Pen has refused to endorse Nicolas Sarkozy on his reelection bid ahead of the May 6 runoff. She told the six million people who voted for her in the first round ''to make their own choice'' at Sunday's ballot.

Defense minister says that he has little confidence that negotiations will convince Iran to give up seeking nukes.

Former Kadima chief, who lost her party's chair in March to Shaul Mofaz, says she is leaving the Knesset, but cares too much about the State of Israel to retire from public life

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday looked set to call early elections in a bid to strengthen his position before a potential fight over austerity measures and US elections in November.

Benzion Netanyahu, father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a prominent historian, died at his home in Jerusalem early on Monday, the premier's bureau said. He was 102.

Patricia Mulholland is accused of dragging a seventh grader under a table during class, telling him ‘this is what the Nazis do to Jews.’

Chinese Premier Wen Jiaboa visited Nazi Germany's Auschwitz death camp in Oswiecim, southern Poland, Friday to honour six million Jews killed during the Holocaust.