Spokesman hails wave of patriotism in Europe and America looking to take countries back from foreigners

Applications from descendants of Jews expelled centuries ago approved under ‘law of return’

The literature laureate had become a born again Christian in the 1970s, but then he held his son’s bar mitzvah at the Western Wall

Boris Johnson calls Mideast an area of ‘huge opportunity’ for Britain after Brexit, stresses Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not region’s only problem

UN body’s motion ignoring Jewish link to Temple Mount draws scorn from across Israeli political spectrum, including charges of anti-Semitism

General Assembly elects former Portuguese PM, UN refugee head as secretary-general; diplomats hail veteran politician as ‘a reformer’

Unique tale is one of few to focus on religious life in hiding, while the family lived in close quarters with their Catholic saviors

Official text of UN cultural agency’s resolution slamming Israel, referring to Jerusalem holy sites by Muslim names only