President Donald Trump signed a proclamation recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but emphasized that he was not pre-empting negotiations over the final status of the city.

Last Wednesday, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar, met with the Chairman of Israel’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee Mr. Avi Dichter. The meeting was also joined by other Israeli diplomats, including political party representatives and the Israeli ambassador to Russia.

A US recognition that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital ''is very important for us but it is only representing what is happening on the ground.

Israel’s diplomatic ties with the world are flourishing in a way “that is unprecedented in the annals of the State of Israel,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday that Ankara would break diplomatic ties with Israel if the United States recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

A military conflict between Israel and Iranian proxies in Syria could begin a matter of weeks, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer said Monday.

Unknown vandals stripped the inscription in Elie Wiesel's words at the Holocaust Memorial in Athens on Saturday.

The Israel Air Force struck strategic targets near the Syrian capital of Damascus overnight Friday, according to reports in Arab media.

“Jobbik have not changed, they are a wolf in sheep’s clothing and represent a serious threat to Hungary’s Jewish community,” said Rabbi Shlomo Koves, Executive Rabbi of the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation, an affiliate of Chabad Lubavitch in Hungary.

An annual report on anti-Semitism compiled by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) shows an increase of almost 10 percent in racially motivated incidents against Jews in the past year, and almost 20 percent over the past two years.