Israel

Harper reiterates support for Israel in Knesset address

Canada supports Israel “because it is the right thing to do,” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a speech to the Knesset.

New visa allows ‘X Factor’ winner to work in Israel as singer

Rose Fostanes, the Filipina caregiver who won Israel’s “X Factor,” will be allowed to work in Israel as a performer.

Romanian president: Israel must be recognized as Jewish state

Romania supports in principle Israel’s demand that the Palestinian Authority recognize it as Jewish but encourages compromises on this and other issues, Romanian President Traian Basescu told JTA ahead of his visit to Israel.

Iran suspends high-level uranium enrichment under international deal

Israel begins transferring bodies of Palestinian terrorists to West Bank

Some Ashdod schools closed over rocket fears

Israel to stop public distribution of gas masks

Knesset bill would eliminate one chief rabbi post

Netanyahu slams UNESCO for nixing Jews in Israel exhibit

Congress members blast ASA for boycott decision

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