Israel on Monday reopened a landmark synagogue in Jerusalem's walled Old City, saying it should symbolise religious tolerance, 62 years after the building was destroyed in fighting with Jordan. But the rededication came against a backdrop of heightened political and religious tensions in the holy city, with thousands of police deployed after clashes with Palestinian demonstrators. Palestinian rivals the ...

Several hundred people on Monday attended a state ceremony to mark the reopening of a landmark synagogue in Jerusalem's walled Old City, 62 years after it was destroyed in fighting with Jordan. The rededication came against a backdrop of heightened political and religious tensions in the holy city, with thousands of police deployed after several weeks of clashes with ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres on Monday that Middle East peace has long been his dream. "Mr President Peres, I dream of the day when the Middle East will have peace so that all peoples can achieve prosperity," he said in Jerusalem where he met Peres and other Israeli leaders. "The ...