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In this Tuesday, May 19, 2015 photo, British Jewish World War II veteran Norman Cohen who landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day with the British 2nd Army as a radio operator under the command of General Miles Dempsey, poses for a photo at his home in Jerusalem. Cohen is among a dwindling population of Jewish war veterans who battled the Nazis before immigrating to Israel - a group that until recently received little recognition in the Jewish state. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel begins honoring long-overlooked Jewish WWII veterans

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks to the media after hearing the verdict in his trial, in Jerusalem's District Court in this July 10, 2012, file photo. Olmert has been sentenced to eight months in prison for unlawfully accepting money from a U.S. supporter. The Monday, May 25, 2015, verdict in Jerusalem District Court caps a dramatic downfall of a man who only years earlier led the country and hoped to bring about a historic peace agreement with the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Ehud Olmert, former Israeli prime minister, sentenced to 8 months in prison

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

Pope Francis called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "an angel of peace." The Vatican's recent recognition of Palestinian statehood has drawn fire from neighboring Israel. (Associated Press)

Pope Francis canonizes first modern Palestinian saints in heavily symbolic move

By Nate Madden - The Washington Times

Rusty Humphries East Jerusalem

VIDEO: Rusty Humphries in East Jerusalem

By Rusty Humphries

Rusty Humphries in Israel

VIDEO: Rusty Humphries at the site of Jesus’ baptism

By Rusty Humphries

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Fatah revolutionary council in the West Bank city of Ramallah in this Oct. 18, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinians want leverage on Israel in international court

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert smiles as he waits in a court room in Jerusalem's District Court on Monday, March 30, 2015. The court later found Olmert guilty of accepting bribes in a retrial of corruption charges, (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)

Ehud Olmert, former Israeli prime minister, convicted in corruption case

By Daniel Estrin - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Netanyahu struck a conciliatory tone on Wednesday as he was formally tapped to form a new government, vowing to heal rifts in Israeli society and fix ties with the United States following an acrimonious election campaign. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Anti-Israel sentiments force Virginia Bar to cancel trip to Jerusalem

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Rebecca Hagelin and her daughter, Kristin Carey.

REBECCA HAGELIN: Holy Week meditation on Jesus’ Crucifixion suffering, sacrifice

By Rebecca Hagelin and Kristin Carey

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud party meeting in Or Yehuda near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 16, 2015 a day ahead of legislative elections. Netanyahu is seeking his fourth term as prime minister. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Benjamin Netanyahu promises no Palestinian state if he is re-elected

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

A Palestinian woman holds a stone to throw at Israeli border policeman during a demonstration marking the 10th anniversary of their campaign against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) ** FILE **

Palestinian assailant injures 5 Israelis in car attack

By Daniel Estrin - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem shows cuneiform, one of the world's earliest scripts, at display in Jerusalem. The tablets, which went on public display in February 2015 for the first time at the museum, provide the earliest written evidence of the Biblical exile of the Judeans in what is now southern Iraq, offering new insight into a formative period of early Judaism. (AP Photo/Avi Noam, Bible Lands Museum)

Ancient tablets displayed in Jerusalem fuel looting debate

By Daniel Estrin - Associated Press

Vatican commission to oversee Catholic university in Jordan

Catholic News Agency

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Palestinian Ambassador to the U.N. Riyad Mansour addresses the media at U.N. headquarters after submitting documents to join the International Criminal Court on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015. The Palestinians moved quickly to join the court after suffering a defeat in the U.N. Security Council, which rejected a resolution Tuesday that would have set a three-year deadline for the establishment of a Palestinian state on lands occupied by Israel. (AP Photo/UN Photo, Evan Schneider)

Israel withholds Palestinian tax revenues after International Criminal Court move

Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas said Wednesday, Dec. 31, that he is still weighing his options after a resounding defeat in the U.N. Security Council. But the Palestinian leader is hinting that he could join the International Criminal Court in the very near future - a move that would put him on a collision course with Israel. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinians to press war-crimes case against Israel

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Associated Press

Adina Bar-Shalom attends a Shas party news conference in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, Israel, in this Dec., 14, 2014, file photo. In the background is a photo of her late father rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a longtime spiritual leader of the Shas party. (AP Photo/Shlomi Cohen)

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox mull bigger role for women

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press