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The American Football in Israel men’s national team with the Guatemalan team at the World Championships of American Flag Football in Panama. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli men just miss making the podium at flag-football world championships in Panama

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The American Football in Israel (AFI) men’s and women’s national teams returned home this week, proudly representing their country halfway around the globe at the 2018 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Flag Football...
Former Columbia President Juan Manuel Santos. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Colombian president recognizes Palestinian statehood shortly before leaving office

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The former president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos recognized Palestinian statehood during his final days in office. “I would like to inform you that in the name of the government of Colombia, President Juan Manuel...
Photo, from left: LAJC Director of Strategic Partnerships Veronica Machtey, President of the Jewish Community of Guatemala Yehudi Sabbagh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala Sandra Jovel, Minister of Government of Guatemala Enrique Antonio Degenhart Asturias, WJC CEO Robert Singer, José Garces

WJC, LAJC delegation visit Guatemala City

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World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer led a delegation of WJC and Latin American Jewish Congress officials this week for meetings in Guatemala with the leadership of the local Jewish...
The flag of Hezbollah. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Argentine authorities nab terror cell funneling ‎money to Hezbollah

Argentina’s Federal Police confirmed recently that ‎they have apprehended a fundraising network enlisted ‎by Hezbollah that operated in the tri-border area of ‎Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. ‎ The raid, carried out by the Financial Information...
Jorge Zak, vice president of Taglit in South America, addresses the young audience at a memorial for the 85 people killed at the AMIA (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) building in Buenos Aires, July 18, 2018. Credit: Taglit-Birthright Israel.

Remembering the Buenos Aires AMIA bombing, 24 years later

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In an event organized by Taglit, better known in the United States as Birthright Israel, 80 young Argentinians gathered on the rooftop of the Hotel Rut Daniel in Tel Aviv on July 18 for...
State Rep. Alan Clemmons (R-S.C.) preparing to speak to the Guatemalan Congress. Credit: Courtesy.

Anti-Semitism the focus of conference in Guatemalan Congress

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Guatemala City—The Israel education and advocacy group Israel Allies Foundation (IAF) recently hosted a conference in Guatemala on anti-Semitism. Taking place in the Guatemalan Congress, the conference featured keynote speaker State Rep. Alan Clemmons (R-S.C.)....
NJ NCSY teens in Puerto Rico. Credit: NJ NCSY via Facebook

Teens lend a hand in home repair in Puerto Rico

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Twenty teens from New Jersey are currently building temporary homes and repairing roofs in storm-damaged Puerto Rico with the NJ NCSY’s Fred and Rose Distenfeld Chesed Mission. NCSY is an Orthodox Jewish youth group under...

Mexico City chooses for the first time in history a Jewish mayor, the scientist...

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According to the first exit polls, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, candidate of the National Regeneration Movement won the election for the Head of Government of Mexico City on Sunday and did so with a wide...
Guatamalan President Jimmy Morales with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Nov. 29, 2016. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Anti-Israel campaigns in Latin America on the rise

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Anti-Israel campaigns in Latin America, specifically in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, have grown in recent years. For decades, Latin American governments generally had strong ties with Israel, but this shifted during the 2000s when...

Israel pledges volcano relief aid to Guatemala

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In the wake of a deadly volcanic eruption that killed at least 25 people in Guatemala, Israel will send emergency-aid money for supplies. There is currently no report as to whether Israel will send search-and-rescue...