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February 19, 2013
7:48 pm

Halimi’s killer gets 7 extra years in prison

Gang leader who tortured French Jew to death receives extended sentence for producing anti-Semitic videos behind bars

February 17, 2013
1:26 am

Hezbollah fighters hold party flags during a parade in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla/File)

EU reportedly loath to blacklist Hezbollah

Report from Bulgaria bombing that killed five Israelis not enough to sway Europe against Lebanese group, officials say

By Times of Israel staff

February 16, 2013
10:32 pm

Daphna Poznanski-Benhamou. (photo credit: daphnapoznanski. blogspot.co.il)

Israeli resident declared ineligible for French parliament

Election of lawyer Daphna Poznanski as southern European representative annulled due to irregularities in campaign financing

By Yifa Yaakov

February 16, 2013
12:20 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures as speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, last month (photo credit: AP/SANA)

French defense minister calls for Assad’s ouster

France weighing terrorist group classification for Hezbollah, according to report

By Yoel Goldman

February 14, 2013
11:32 pm

A man looks at a poster reading "Census of Jews" displayed in an exhibition at the Shoah Memorial in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. The French state prepares to give back seven stolen Nazi-era paintings - 4 of which are in the Louvre - to two Jewish families, after a decade-long tug of war. (photo credit: AP/Jacques Brinon)

France to return 7 paintings looted during WWII

Paris seeks to give artwork confiscated by the Nazis back to its Jewish owners 70 years later

February 9, 2013
7:06 pm

Tunisian pro-government supporters rally

Thousands take to the streets, backing Islamist ruling party and denouncing France’s alleged interference in country’s politics

February 7, 2013
6:19 am

The bombed Israeli tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, July 2012 (photo credit: Dano Monkotovic/Flash90)

Burgas bombers planned to blow up full bus remotely, officials say

Report blaming Hezbollah continues to make waves, with France saying it will consider declaring Shi’ite group as terrorsts

By Joshua Davidovich

February 6, 2013
7:56 pm

Hezbollah fighters take an oath to continue the path of resistance against Israel during a parade in 2000. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Why won’t Europe state the obvious about Hezbollah?

Everyone knows the Lebanese Shiite group is a terrorist organization, especially the French. But even Bulgaria’s indictment may not change what one US legislator calls an ‘indefensible’ EU policy

By Raphael Ahren

February 6, 2013
5:03 am

Eran, left, and partner Jean-Louis embrace son Elay-Gabriel at their Paris home. The French government doesn't give citizenship to children with gay surrogate parents. (Courtesy of Eran via JTA)

French Jewish leaders weigh in against gay marriage

Breaking from tradition of neutrality on civil issues, French Rabbinate writes of ‘negative effects’ of homosexual nuptials

February 5, 2013
2:52 pm

EU Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, speaks with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili during May 2012 talks in Baghdad (photo credit: Hadi Mizban/AP)

Iran nuclear talks to restart in Kazakhstan in three weeks

EU policy chief says negotiations provide a window for ‘real progress’

By Michal Shmulovich and AP

February 5, 2013
10:04 am

The coffins of the five victims of the Burgas bombing arrive at Ben Gurion airport (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

Australian, Hezbollah suspected in Burgas bus attack

Bulgaria to present report Tuesday on probe into bombing, blaming Lebanese terror group and Iran for deaths of five Israelis and a local

By Michal Shmulovich

January 31, 2013
11:14 pm

An anti-aircraft gun guarding the uranium enrichment facility at Natanz in Iran in 2007. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)

White House: Iran’s centrifuge upgrade represents ‘further escalation’

‘While the world is discussing where and when the next meeting with Iran will be, Iran is rapidly advancing toward a nuclear bomb,’ says Israeli official

By AP and Times of Israel staff

January 31, 2013
10:48 pm

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz enrichment facility in 2008 (photo credit: www.president.ir)

Diplomats: Iran preparing to accelerate nuclear program

Major technological upgrade of regime’s uranium enrichment process will also allow faster access to reactor fuel

January 30, 2013
11:43 pm

Members of the Union of French Jewish Students demonstrate in Paris with a sign that reads, "Jews murdered, republic endangered." (Courtesy of UEJF via JTA)

Ruling on anti-Jewish tweets emboldens activists

Successful French lawsuit over hate speech on Twitter sparks debate about how to combat online hate

By Cnaan Liphshiz

January 30, 2013
11:16 pm

Following a lethal shooting last year at a Jewish school in Toulouse, French mourners carry a banner that reads, "Jews, Christians, Muslims: Same God, Love." (Thibault Camus/AP)

French consider Jews ‘tolerant,’ distrust Islam

Poll shows nearly three-quarters of respondents view Muslims as unwilling to accept other groups

By Rebecca Benhamou

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