New route would link northeast neighborhoods to capital's main Begin Boulevard; Peace Now: Plan is illegal use of occupied land, endangers two-state solution.

President Barack Obama gave strong assurances of his commitment to Israel's security in a speech to Jack Rosen, chairman of the American Jewish Congress (AJC).

Egypt’s election commission on Thursday announced a second delay for the release of results of the opening stage of the country’s first post-uprising polls, saying counting was still taking place.

EU adopts new, wide-ranging sanctions against Assad regime; U.S. Treasury blacklists two top Syria officials.

European Union Foreign Ministers failed to reach an agreement to impose an embargo on Iranian oil.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called on European Union member states to close their embassies in Tehran to protest the ransacking of the British embassy and to remove an impediment to further European sanctions on Iran.

Fiamma Nirenstein, President of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP) expressed the ''great concern'' of the organization for the recent violent attack in Brussels on a 13-year-old Jewish girl by five Muslim teenagers of Moroccan descent.

In interview with Israel Radio, Defense Minister says would be 'happy' if economic sanctions, diplomacy would convince Tehran to drop military nuclear program.

Thanks to a humanitarian campaign, Jewish families in financial distress in Krivoy Rog have much needed sustenance.

Germany's Jewish community signed a new treaty with the government Wednesday to double its annual state funding, reflecting its growing size and prominence more than 65 years after the Holocaust.