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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
7:50 pm

An Israeli emergency rescue team transports the body of a victim of July's terrorist attack in Bulgaria. (Dano Monkotovic/FLASH90/JTA)

Despite Burgas, EU noncommittal on Hezbollah

Political and economic concerns — and fears of retaliation — likely to stop Union from classifying group as terrorist organization

By Cnaan Liphshiz

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

January 20, 2013
10:37 pm

Algerian special police unit officers guard the entrance of an hospital located near the gas plant where hostages were kidnapped by Islamic militants, in Ain Amenas, Saturday, January 19, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Anis Belghoul)

25 more bodies found at Algerian plant, officials say

At least 81 killed in hostage crisis; still unclear whether anyone was rescued in special forces operation

By Aomar Ouali and Paul Schemm

January 20, 2013
12:43 pm

Bloody siege over, de-miners scour Algeria complex

British premier says 3 Britons confirmed killed, 3 others feared dead in confrontation with extremist Islamist hostage-takers

By Aomar Ouali and Paul Schemm

January 18, 2013
8:42 pm

French journalist shot dead in Syria

Yves Debay killed by regime sniper positioned on the roof of Aleppo’s central prison; reporter pronounced dead on arrival in Turkey

By Suzan Fraser

January 18, 2013
11:25 am

Einat Wilf addresses the Knesset, October 15, 2012. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Is Israel’s electoral system just fine the way it is?

Days before Israel votes, soon-to-be ex-MK Einat Wilf, who has political science degrees from Harvard and Cambridge, offers a near-heretical thesis

By Raphael Ahren

January 17, 2013
5:25 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with French president Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 31 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Netanyahu lauds French intervention in Mali

‘You took a brave step against extremist Islamic terrorism,’ PM tells Francois Hollande

By Philip Podolsky

January 16, 2013
8:30 pm

Francois Hollande (CC-BY Jean-Marc Ayrault/Wikimedia Commons)

France to initiate Middle East peace plan

Francois Hollande says his country will attempt to renew regional talks following elections in Israel

By Adiv Sterman

January 16, 2013
5:37 am

French legionnaires exit a military plane at Bamako airport, Mali (photo credit: AP/Jeremy Lempin)

French triple troops in Mali, prepare for assault

Infantry and armor arrive in former colony to combat al-Qaeda-affiliated group that controls half the country

January 14, 2013
1:51 pm

This picture released by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office (ECPAD) shows French soldiers getting ready before boarding to Bamako, the capital from Mali, at Kossei camp in N'Djamena, Chad, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/R.Nicolas-Nelson ECPAD)

France goes to UN to justify Mali war

Algeria fears no end to war on its southern border; Arab FMs discuss Syrian refugees

By Michael Bassin

January 13, 2013
9:49 am

Franch Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, right, speaks as French Army Chief of Staff Adm. Edouard Guillaud stands during a press conference, in Paris, Saturday, January 12, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Thibault Camus)

Hundreds of French troops drive back Mali rebels

West-African nations join campaign against al-Qaida-linked extremists in effort to foil emergence of ‘terrorist state at the doorstep’ of Europe

By Baba Ahmed and Rukmini Callimachi

January 12, 2013
3:09 am

France's President Francois Hollande delivers a speech on the situation in Mali at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Jan. 11 (photo credit: AP/Philippe Wojazer)

French forces carry out airstrikes against Mali Islamists

Hollande says operation in former colony to last ‘as long as necessary’

January 3, 2013
3:05 am

Karen Allali of the Jewish Guides and Scouts of France and Jean-Charles Zerbib (far right), an official of the Unified Jewish Social Fund, speak in Marseille, where Jewish groups are struggling to absorb cutbacks in government funding. (Cnaan Liphshiz via JTA)

French Jews pay a price for government effort to curb extremism

Attempts to cut off funding to radical Muslim groups are harming Jewish organizations, while Christian groups haven’t been affected