This year, American veterans that participated in the 1945 liberation of Auschwitz also joined in the annual march commemorating the memory of Holocaust victims.
Theme of this year's commemoration is 'My Brother's Keeper - Jewish Solidarity During the Holocaust'; central ceremony Day taking place at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem.
Lt. Col. Shaul Eisner, who was filmed beating a protester with his rifle butt, will be barred from command positions for next two years; Eisner says he regrets hitting activist 'in front of cameras.'
British authorities re-arrested radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada on Tuesday and began a fresh bid to deport him, saying they had resolved concerns about his treatment in Jordan.
'Celebrated for hundreds of years, this religious rite is an achievement that should not change because it illustrates the openness of Tunisia to the world,' says Tunisia's tourism minister.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Congress should pass new oil-, banking-related sanctions to pressure Tehran to abandon its nuke program; Republicans, Democrats consider amendments to stalled sanctions bill.
After Israeli PM claimed that Iran was handed a 'freebie' at Istanbul talks, senior official says Netanyahu was fully briefed on strategy of six world powers; at next meeting, major powers to demand Iran suspend uranium enrichment at level of 20 percent at next meeting.
PM tells Palestinian delegation he will send Abbas a letter in two weeks; Fayyad reluctant to engage Israel on day when 1,000 Palestinian prisoners began hunger strike.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is on a three-day visit to Cyprus for talks with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias, Foreign Minister Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, and Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Neoklis Sylikiotis.
