The lawmakers also wished Father Gabriel Nadaf luck and thanked him for his work to bring more Israeli Christians in the IDF.

Jewish Turkish journalist: The path to a normalization of relations would not be smooth, particularly on the Turkish side.

"The attack in Duma could not be considered an act of terror, because there is no chance that a Jew would want to murder babies," MK Miki Zohar said earlier this year.

Swaraj's appointment as foreign minister in 2014 was welcomed in Jerusalem, since she served from 2006 to 2009 as chairwoman of the Indo-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group.

The occupancy rate of the local hotels is estimated at 40%-50% - half of what it would normally be at this time of the year.

PM repeats what he has been saying for the last three months of Palestinian terrorism.

Archaeologists unearth Byzantine-era marble statue near site of former entrance to ancient port city.

The world must wake up and mobilize all its forces to confront the global terrorist threat.