Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at a dedication ceremony in Auschwitz-Birkenau vows Israel will defend itself against threats of annihilation; says ''we must not be helpless and entrust our fate in the hands of others.''
'We should start a closer cooperation beteween the European Parliament and the Israeli Knesset because this will allow us to better understand the work that is done in Israel and make it easier for my colleagues in the parliament not to be misled by campaigners,’’ MEP Antoniya Parvanova told Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein during a meeting in Jerusalem.
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin told Israel’s ambassador to Sofia that his government’s position on the Burgas attack that killed five Israeli tourists in July 2012 has not changed, explicitely rejecting media reports suggesting that Bulgaria had reassessed its declaration that the Iran-backed terror group was involved in the attack.
IDF court charges Salam Zagal with stabbing Evyatar Borovsky to death in West Bank; it is suspected that Zagal stabbed Borovsky in order to return “honor” to family name after brother jailed by PA for collaborating with Israel.
Netanyahu who is set to visit Poland, releases joint statement with Warsaw that calls on PA to return to negotiating table without the precondition that Israeli building stop in the West Bank.