On the occasion of the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation the chair of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, Italian lawmaker Fiamma Nirenstein, has spoken out against the “barbaric practice" which is still imposed every year on three million babies and girls under the age of 15. read more »
The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force is reportedly in Damascus to help Syrian President Bashar al-Assad suppress a growing uprising against his regime throughout the country. read more »
Jewish and historical groups in Poland have called for a day to be devoted to Poles who helped Jews during the Holocaust. read more »
Britain is to send equipment to help the opposition oust Syrian dictator Bashar Assad after William Hague said there was "no limit on what resources we can provide." read more »
Hungary’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday criticized anti-Semitic and pro-Iranian regime statements of Jobbik party lawmaker Márton Gyöngyösi. read more »
Israel's prime minister has condemned a Palestinian deal to form a unity government between factions including Hamas as a decisive step away from the US-led peace process. read more »
The US State Department on Monday remained on the sidelines over a deal signed between Hamas and Fatah to end a long-running discord between rival Palestinian movements, saying it was an internal affair. read more »
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed that Fatah leader and President Mahmoud Abbas will head a transitional power-sharing government, removing a stumbling block in a push to patch a five-year-old feud. read more »
For the third time since he came to power in 2007, French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be the guest of honor at the annual dinner of CRIF, the umbrella representative group of French Jewish organizations. read more »
The Syrian National Council has called on the international community to act to prevent a new massacre as forces supporting the regime launch a "major offensive" on the flashpoint city of Homs. read more »
The prime minister of the former Yugoslav republic of Montenegro signed an agreement to recognize the Jewish community as an official minority in the country. read more »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington next month, his office said on Sunday, amid heightened speculation that Israel might attack Iranian nuclear facilities, in spite of US reservations. read more »
As Islamist extremists take power in Egypt and beyond, the New Statesman publishes a vicious, defamatory trash job on Israel’s democratic traditions read more »
Obama says there is no evidence Iran has the "intentions or capabilities" to wage attacks on American soil, stresses US will do everything to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapon. read more »
Palestinian sources on Monday said Fatah and Hamas were discussing a Qatari proposal that would see Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas serving as interim prime minister, following meetings with Hamas chief Khaled Mashal in Doha. read more »
Hamas officials' recent tours of the capital cities of the Middle East have revealed the split between its outside leadership, headed by Khaled Mashal, and its leadership in Gaza under Ismail Haniyeh. This fracture is not about ideological differences but about a struggle for power. read more »
Bishop Eddie Long has apologized to the Anti-Defamation League over an incident in which he was wrapped in a Torah scroll and crowned "king." read more »
Following pressure by the World Jewish Congress, on 5 February 1997 three major Swiss banks - Union Bank of Switzerland, the Swiss Bank Corp., and Credit Suisse - agreed to allocate US$ 71 million to a fund of victims of the Holocaust. read more »
Iran will help any nation or group that confronts the “cancer” Israel, the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday. read more »
The International Court of Justice in the Dutch city of The Hague has confirmed that Germany has legal immunity from being sued in foreign courts by victims of Nazi atrocities committed during World War II. read more »
