Palestinian Authority PM tells Italian newspaper: Israeli ''colonies'' must end; ''the youngest olive trees have deeper roots than the largest Israeli settlement.''

The Jewish Federations of North America has announced the five finalists for its 2010 Jewish Community Heroes award.

Jewish leaders have expressed great sadness at the news of the passing of former Argentinian President Nestor Kirchner, who died Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of 60.

Palestinian premier Fayyad to rededicate schools renovated with PA funding.

-A court in Creteil, near Paris, began on Monday the appeal trial of 17 people convicted in the 2006 kidnapping, torture and murder of Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old young man targeted because he was Jewish.

Rocket launchers, grenades and other explosives camouflaged as building material were seized in the Nigerian port of Lagos.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday urged the Cape Town Opera to abandon a trip to Israel next month, saying Palestinians would not have equal access to the performance.

Hamas is willing to accept Fatah's request to meet somewhere other than Damascus to discuss reconciliation, Hamas leader Salah Al-Bardawil said Wednesday.

A commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Rabbi Meir Kahane's murder will be held in a Jerusalem hotel, despite opposition.

The Jewish community of Krivoy Rog hosted a visit by famous Russian star and comedian Klara Novikova. Her new show ''And Still We Laugh'' was debuting in Krivoy Rog.