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The broader Jewish community in the U.S. remains split over an accord with Tehran, but American Jews from Iran overwhelmingly oppose it.

"The meeting also provided an opportunity to prepare for the first French-Palestinian intergovernmental seminar,” diplomats said.

Israel acquired the West Bank during the 1967 war with Egypt, Syria and Jordan, but Palestinians and the U.S. consider it to be illegally occupied territory.

“Basically, Russia trades accuracy for throwing a mother-loving hell of a lot of shells in the general director of the enemy,” wrote one analyst.

Ultimately, the barrier would separate the city of Beit Jala and the settlement of Har Girlo and village of Walaja.

The Jewish leaders sign an open letter seeking to counter the notion that the Jewish establishment largely opposes the accord.

The initiative to attract the 85,000 Jews of Indian origin to India is the latest move to become closer with the Jewish state.

Israel is fearing a spillover from the Syrian civil war across the occupied Golan Heights.

A long-term ceasefire would include an easing of the blockade on Gaza and a commitment from Hamas to end attacks on Israel.

The Rev. Al Sharpton called on black churches Saturday to support the Iran deal as Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, thought to be a supporter, announced he will oppose it.

Opposition to the agreement on Iran's nuclear program has been strong since it was announced, with many saying they feared the country would not adhere to its terms.

After Israeli air force fuel tankers escorted Jordanian fighter jets across the Atlantic earlier this week, some say a new era is possible.

Moscow is expected to veto all future sanctions against Iran, heaping extra pressure on the White House's deal with the Middle Eastern country.

Mohammed Allaan's hunger strike is being seen as a test of Israel's recently ratified law that authorizes force-feeding of administrative detainees.

The ruling came down Thursday in favor of the mayor of a French town who announced that Muslim and Jewish students would no longer be guaranteed a non-pork option at lunchtime in the coming school year.

The deal remains controversial as critics accuse the government of giving too much power to the energy companies.

“There was an effort to completely suppress not only any expression of religious conviction, but [also] any articulation of historical reality,” Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., said.

"There seem to be more than a few items that connect it with Zichron Yaacov, with the glass factory at Tantura, and with the baron’s ships,"  said University of Haifa researchers Monday.

Russian military data shows that the share of U.S. arms in the Saudi military is over 80 percent. That could be set to change.

The "Tel Aviv Sur Seine" party, scheduled to be part of the yearly Paris Beaches party, was criticized for being in poor taste.

Benzion Gopshtein has called for churches in Israel to be burned, claiming that “Idol worship must be destroyed."