On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel presented updated data on the Jewish population both in Israel and around the world.

On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 181, proposing to divide the territory of the British Mandate in Palestine into two states — Jewish and Arab, with Jerusalem to be made an international zone.

Washington took a powerful step in support of Israel by denying visas to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and about 80 representatives of his administration to participate in the UN General Assembly session in New York in September.