Defense minister says Israel reserves the right to decide on security issues; former minister Tzachi Hanegbi: Israel facing most fateful days in history, both the decision to attack, or not to, would be costly.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius issued a rousing challenge to the Syrian leadership Monday, that should it use chemical or biological weapons against the international community “our response...would be massive and blistering”.
European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor told a gathering of senior European Jewish and Muslim leaders in Paris that to combat increasing hate, violence and extremism all must join together to become part of the solution.
Islamophobic incidents increased by more than 14% in the first half of this year, as anti-Semitic acts reached an all-time high following the Toulouse shootings, heard a gathering of Jewish and Muslim leaders on Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a security cabinet meeting on Wednesday after details from an initial session, which reportedly concerned the Iranian threat, were leaked to the press.
France's Ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot pledged his country’s support to Israel Monday, as he warned that “France will not be a passive witness” to attempts to delegitimize the Jewish State.
Cairo says one suspect an Egyptian who is part of dormant local jihadi cell, but fails to mention nationalities of other suspects; security forces still trying to root out terror suspects in Sinai.
Survivors, relatives and officials paid solemn tribute on Wednesday to 11 Israeli athletes killed during the 1972 Munich Olympics by Palestinian terrorists, at the site of the massacre 40 years ago.
Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu opened his weekly cabinet meeting Sunday with a searing indictment of western powers’ response to the Iranian nuclear threat, as he charged the international community with failing to “delay the progress of the Iranian nuclear project”.
