This is the second instance of anti-Semitic activity in the San Antonio area this month.

The senior lawmaker is the second Senate Democrat to announce disapproval of US President Barack Obama's signature foreign policy achievement.

One thing was clear: What was asked of Matisyahu was not asked of other performers.

The main defendant in one attack is Ahmed Najar, a Hamas operative who was serving six life sentences when he was released as part of the Schalit deal.

An attorney representing the activists suggested, as an alternative site, an abandoned army base in the Beit Zayit area, just west of the city, or Givat Ram, near the Hebrew University.

A source in the Chief Rabbinate explained that “a severe shortage in manpower” was responsible for the inefficiency.

Unlike other Palestinian prisoners who went on a hunger strike for a few days or weeks, Allan, a lawyer by profession and Islamic Jihad activist seems determined not to give up and go all the way.

Carey, 45 told reporters that she is excited to be back in Israel, adding that the tour was planned during her visit in June this year.