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An Israeli tourist vacationing in Egypt was stabbed.

An Israeli army rabbi has refused to recognize Conservative Jewish soldiers as religious Jews.

Paris courts will prosecute a controversial French comedian on charges of anti-Semitism.

President Obama extended the allowance for the Washington office of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

A Jewish comedian from Australia had himself crucified in the Philippines on Good Friday for a new show.

Pope Benedict XVI said he would bring a message of "justice and truth, mercy, forgiveness and love" when he visits the Middle East next month.

An Israeli man injured in a Haifa suicide bombing died of his injuries seven years to the day of the attack.

Palestinian officials called on Canada to cancel a planned exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

A booby-trapped Palestinian fishing boat exploded near an Israeli naval vessel.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah admitted that his agents in Cairo were helping Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

President Obama said Easter and Passover presented an opportunity for reflection on turmoil around the world.

Large black swastikas were painted on a French Holocaust memorial.

Four right-wing activists were arrested and 22 detained during a rally in Sderot calling for the resettlement of Jews in Gaza.

Two Arab workers at an inn in southern Israel rioted after being laid off, vandalizing the inn and spraying a swastika on a wall.

King Abdullah of Jordan will lobby President Obama to work harder to implement a two-state solution when they meet later this month.

Mahmoud Abbas told Benjamin Netanyahu during a call to extend Passover greetings that "both sides need to work for peace."

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