An Israeli government committee approved an amendment that would allow same-sex couples and singles to use surrogate mothers in Israel.
Secretary of State John Kerry pledged that the United States would not make a deal with Iran that allows it to develop nuclear weapons.
The United States has put trade and investment talks with Russia on hold as a rebuke for Russia\’s incursion into Ukraine, a U.S. official said on Monday.
Oracle’s Larry Ellison remains the world’s wealthiest Jew, placing fifth on Forbes magazine’s annual world billionaires list for 2014.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told Barack Obama on Monday that he would never compromise on Israel\’s security even as the U.S. president sought to reassure him on Iran nuclear diplomacy and pressure him on Middle East peace talks.
Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, a chief rabbi of Ukraine, accused Russia of staging anti-Semitic “provocations” in Crimea in order to justify its invasion of the former Soviet republic.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Obama that Israel cannot let Iran get a nuclear bomb and said an end to uranium enrichment is an Israeli demand of any agreement with Iran.
Russian forces began moving troops into Ukraine\’s Crimea region by ferry on Monday after seizing control of the border post on the Ukrainian side of the waterway, Ukraine\’s border guards said.
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