The initiative, three years in the making, hopes to unite Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora.

Bank of Israel Governor Flug warns against education cuts, raising deficit.

The announced plans come just two weeks after President Gnassingbe’s brother-in-law, Marcel Alain de Souza, was in Israel and invited Netanyahu to a summit in Nigeria later this year.

Raisman, 22, is the U.S. squad’s captain and was a key part of its gold medal in the team competition two days earlier.

Eliot Lauer, a lawyer for Pollard, said he was disappointed with the ruling and said his attorneys were studying it.

While each statement was prompted by a reporter’s question, Thursday’s comments were prepared in advance.

The picture was published in an Ultra-Orthodox New York newspaper.

Israeli show promoters had said that the pop superstar would play Park Hayarkon in late October.