Netanyahu to Putin: Nazis taught us evil must be uprooted before it gains power

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Environmental Protection Minister Ze’ev Elkin, 2nd left, and Russian Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar, right, meet in Moscow, Russia, January 29, 2018. (Courtesy PMO)

Prime minister joins Russian leader on tour of Jewish Museum in Moscow ahead of meeting expected to focus on thwarting Iran

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Following attack, Barcelona’s chief rabbi says his community is doomed

People leave the Plaza de Catalunya after observing a minute of silence for the victims of the Barcelona attack on August 18, 2017, a day after a van ploughed into the crowd, killing 13 persons and injuring over 100 on the Rambla in Barcelona.o / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE

People leave the Plaza de Catalunya after observing a minute of silence for the victims of the Barcelona attack on August 18, 2017, a day after a van ploughed into the crowd, killing 13 persons and injuring over 100 on the Rambla in Barcelona.o / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE

‘Europe is lost,’ says Rabbi Meir Bar-Hen. ‘I tell my congregants: Don’t think we’re here for good, and I encourage them to buy property in Israel’

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Clashes break out in West Bank amid high tension in Jerusalem

Palestinians run as Israeli police fire tear gas after Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz, July 28, 2017 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Palestinians run as Israeli police fire tear gas after Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz, July 28, 2017 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Authorities restrict Temple Mount prayer to men over 50 and women; worshipers pray in the street instead

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Jordan mourners chant ‘death to Israel’ after deadly embassy shooting

Mourners attend the funeral of 17-year-old Mohammed Jawawdeh, who was killed when he attacked a security guard at the Israeli embassy compound in the Jordanian capital with a screwdriver, on July 25, 2017, in Amman. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)

Mourners attend the funeral of 17-year-old Mohammed Jawawdeh, who was killed when he attacked a security guard at the Israeli embassy compound in the Jordanian capital with a screwdriver, on July 25, 2017, in Amman. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)

Thousands gather to bury 17-year-old Mohammed Jawawdeh, who was killed Sunday when assaulting an Israeli guard with a screwdriver at the embassy compound

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Jordanian police threaten to jail Israeli pilgrims for praying

Aaron's Tomb near Petra, Jordan. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia)

Aaron’s Tomb near Petra, Jordan. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia)

Warning to visitors at Aaron’s Tomb comes as tensions between countries skyrocket over stabbing at Israeli Embassy

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Terror at Halamish: When a family’s Shabbat celebration turned into a bloody massacre

Zaka personnel and police inside the Halamish home where three Israelis were killed by a Palestinian terrorist, on July 22, 2017. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

Zaka personnel and police inside the Halamish home where three Israelis were killed by a Palestinian terrorist, on July 22, 2017. (Hadas Parush/FLASH90)

The victims were celebrating the birth of a grandson when the Palestinian terrorist entered their home armed with a large knife and stabbed to death a father and his two adult children

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Israel pauses to remember 6 million murdered in Holocaust

People stand still on Jaffa Road, central Jerusalem, as a two-minute siren is sounded across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 24, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

People stand still on Jaffa Road, central Jerusalem, as a two-minute siren is sounded across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 24, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Two-minute siren brings country to a standstill amid memorial ceremonies marking annual remembrance day

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