SNIPPETS FROM THE JTA

An Iraqi Kurdish leader hinted that his country could seek to establish ties with Israel.

The Filipino ambassador to Israel apologized for comparing Israeli immigration police to the Gestapo.

Seventy percent of French citizens think anti-Semitism is a widespread phenomenon in France, according to a recent poll.

Participants at an anti-Zionist conference in Kiev called for the deportation of Jews from Ukraine.

Israel has higher murder rates than all but three European countries, a newspaper study found.

A spy submarine that entered Israeli waters last year reportedly was American.