The Russian government has chosen a Jewish-themed book for distribution as part of a government-funded youth program.

Israel has opened two Gaza border crossings to allow humanitarian aid and a limited load of goods in to the sealed-off Strip.

Israel has denied Belgian International Development Minister Charles Michel's request to visit the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported Sunday evening.

U.S. President Barack Obama insists he will continue to work on a two-state solution.

"I do not believe that in the foreseeable future there is a possibility of an agreement with the Palestinians on all the issues, especially on the problematic core issues," says Udi Dekel, who headed the negotiations task force in the previous government.

Ukraine, Mexico, the United States and the Czech Republic were noted as the countries which most ardently battle anti-Semitism.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz on Sunday presented a plan to limit the number of migrant workers permitted in Israel.

A year after Operation Cast Lead and the beginning of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's second term, Israel-Jordan relations are in a deep slump.

Israel was set to submit its rebuttal on Thursday to a United Nations report accusing it of having committed war crimes in Gaza last winter.

The settlements blocs of Ariel, Ma'aleh Adumim and Gush Etzion are an indisputable part of Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.