"Senior Palestinian officials and terrorists are taken care of, while ordinary Palestinians are put at risk," peace envoy says, calling out PA's hypocrisy. "We will not pay into such a system," he says in response to claims U.S. was denying funds needed for PA medical bills.

Many of the pages and accounts, discovered by a U.S. think tank, appear to link the online misinformation campaign to Tel Aviv-based political consulting and lobbying. Facebook banned firm from the platform on Thursday.

Lawmakers in Germany approve resolution calling on government not to support events organized by BDS groups. Netanyahu praises "important decision," calls on other countries to adopt similar legislation.

“Somebody out there wants to hurt us. Just because we exist. And that is frightening. Hate can’t be reasoned with. Hate just needs to be eradicated,” says Chanie Krinsky, co-director of the Chabad Jewish Center in Needham, Mass.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Caine Mutiny" was among the first modern Jewish writers who appealed to the general public and had an enviably large readership. In many of his novels, he dramatized the conflict between faith and assimilation.