French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said that those responsible for the death of Lee Zeitouni, the 25-yzar-old Israeli woman hit and killed by the car of two Frenchman in Tel Aviv in September, ''must be tried.''.

Deputy Foreign Minister quoted as saying Russia cannot back resolution calling for 'Syrian-led political transition.'

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel to halt settlement construction in the West Bank and ''to make gestures of goodwill toward the Palestinians.''

Rockets exploded in Sha'ar Hanegev and Ashkelon Beach regions, causing no casualties or damage.

Speaking at Herzliya Conference, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz says that threats facing Israel have increased and intensified in recent years.

The governments of Israel and Germany will sign Wednesday an agreement whereby Germany will support Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial and Institute, to the sum of one million euro annually, from 2012-2021.

Jewish pilgrims who come to Ukraine to visit the Uman grave of Reb Nachman of Bratslav may now use the building that once housed the rabbi's synagogue.

Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, will visit Iran.

The 19-year-old man charged in attacks on two northern New Jersey synagogues confessed to the crimes, prosecutors said.

UN leader Ban Ki-moon called on Tuesday for ''goodwill gestures'' by Israel to encourage the Palestinians to revive the Middle East peace process, ahead of talks with leaders from the two sides.