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Hagai El-Ad, executive director of B’Tselem, addresses the U.N. Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Credit: U.N. Photo/Rick Bajornas.

After B’Tselem, Bolivia promotes another controversial event at UN Security Council

The Bolivian mission to the United Nations, which ‎holds the Security Council presidency this ‎month‎, ‎announced on Tuesday that it plans to host another anti-‎Israel event at the forum.‎ Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations...
SodaStream’s “Holy Turtle” in action off the coast of Honduras. Source: Screenshot.

SodaStream cleans up massive trash collection off the coast of Honduras

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Israeli startup superstar and home-based soda-device-maker SodaStream announced on Monday that it has sent a delegation to the coast of Honduras to clean up a massive collection of floating trash off of Roatán. CEO Daniel...
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 26, 2018. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Trump voices favoring two-state solution, seeks Mideast peace before end of first term

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to endorse the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in...
The San Francisco State University campus. Credit: Webbi1987 via Wikimedia Commons.

Lawfare Project launches initiative to protect campus Jewish communities

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The Lawfare Project, a nonprofit human and civil-rights litigation and advocacy group, announced a new initiative on Thursday to protect the civil rights of the Jewish and pro-Israel community on college campuses nationwide. “Anti-Semitism and...
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at the celebration marking the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and Israel’s 70th anniversary in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 2018. Credit: Israeli Embassy.

Pence pressures Paraguayan president to reconsider Israel-embassy reversal

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence put some pressure on Paraguay’s new president, Mario Abdo Benitez, to reconsider his reversal to move its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem, where it moved in...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President of Paraguay Horacio Cartes (left) at the official opening ceremony of the Paraguay embassy in Jerusalem on May 21, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Turkey to open embassy in Paraguay after policy-reversal on Israeli capital

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Turkey will open an embassy in the city of Asuncion in Paraguay, the South American country announced on Thursday, following current Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez’s reversal of the decision by the previous administration,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President of Paraguay Horacio Cartes (left) at the official opening ceremony of the Paraguay embassy in Jerusalem on May 21, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Israel shutters diplomatic doors in Paraguay after it moves embassy back to Tel Aviv

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the foreign ministry to close the embassy in Paraguay after the South American nation announced that it would move its newly opened embassy in Jerusalem back to...
Shai Agosin (left), president of the Jewish Community of Chile, with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera.

BDS movement in South America protests Jerusalem Symphony concerts

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The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, which has been touring South America with solo violinist Itamar Zorman, has been targeted by the BDS movement, which is calling on music lovers to stay away from the concerts...
Anti-Israel graffiti outside the Escuela Republica de Israel in Chile. Credit: Shai Agosin.

Jewish group decries ‘blood libel’ depiction in Chile

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Amid an increasing concern over anti-Semitism in Chile, in addition to a warm visit by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, the South American country is under fire for not responding to a poster showing blood dripping...

AUGUST 21 – 22, SAN DIEGO to TIJUANA: Delegation of Jewish Leaders Visit Detention...

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On August 21 and August 22, a delegation of more than 40 leaders representing national Jewish organizations from across the U.S. will convene in San Diego, Calif., and cross the border to Tijuana, Mexico,...