The brutal 2006 kidnapping and murder of a young Jewish phone salesman in Paris was a watershed moment, heralding an ongoing crisis

Zarif says negotiations moving forward due to ‘strong political will’; deputy FM says West’s approach to Iran improved after deal

Latin patriarch in Jerusalem says Francis I’s trip to Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories will be a ‘cry for peace’

Museums will track down owners of art transported to Israel in the 1950s and return pieces to heirs

Regardless of their legal status, migrants make a moral claim to be seen and treated with compassion and justice

Commander orders soldiers in elite IDF unit to crawl, roll in December snow armed only with underwear and rifles

Rebuffed by PM after mass demo at Knesset, asylum-seekers plan more rallies, UN appeals; author Grossman ‘ashamed’ at policy; Speaker bars leaders from parliament

Jordan tells US secretary of state it will refuse to be involved in interim deal unless Palestinian refugee issue addressed