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Jewish journalist in Colombia forced to resign for refusing to cross herself on air

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A Colombian Jewish journalist was forced to resign as anchor of a daily TV newscast after refusing to cross herself on air. When Channel 1’s Cathy Bekerman was told by her newscast director to cross...
Click photo to download. Caption: The main gate at the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz II (Birkenau), and the railroad tracks leading up to it. Credit: Michel Zacharz via Wikimedia Commons.

Report: Adolf Eichmann’s sons established Nazi terror cell in Argentina to attack Jews

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For the first time, British website MailOnline shed light on Friday on the fates of the four sons of Nazi archcriminal Adolf Eichmann—one of the principal organizers of the Holocaust. Eichmann, the mastermind of the...
Remains of the AMIA Jewish center after the 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Credit: La Nación via Wikimedia Commons.

Argentina increases border security following tip of bomb plot against Jewish target

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Argentina announced on Saturday that it is going to tighten security at its border with Paraguay after its embassy in Britain received an anonymous tip about a person possibly smuggling bomb-making materials into the...

Gilberto Bosques Saldívar’s 125th Birthday

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Today marks the 125th birthday of Gilberto Bosques Saldívar, the diplomat known as the “Mexican Schindler” who is said to have saved 40,000 lives during WWII while serving as Mexico’s Consul General in France. Born...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas is officially received by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Source: YouTube.

US Mideast envoy denounces Palestinian support for Venezuela’s Maduro

U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt condemned the Palestinian Authority’s public show of support on Tuesday for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whom the United States would like to see replaced by the country’s...

The former Jewish head of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is the presidential candidate...

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Sheinbaum seeks to become the first woman in the country's history to hold that position, facing the opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez. Born on June 24, 1962, the granddaughter of Bulgarian and Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, Sheinbaum...

Guatemala to move embassy to Jerusalem right after U.S.

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Guatemala will purportedly move its embassy to Jerusalem just two days after the expected opening of the new U.S. embassy in Israel’s capital in May. The moving date was announced by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat...
Israelis and others take part in a demonstration to support Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó in Tel Aviv on Feb. 2, 2019. Photo by Adam Shuldman/Flash90.

Venezuela: ‘We’re fighting so that everyone can come back, including Jews’

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Renewing the relationship between Venezuela and Israel is of “paramount importance” as the two nations share similar values and face similar threats, Venezuelan politician Julio Borges said on Wednesday. “Without a doubt, our relationship with...
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Credit: Eneas De Troya/Flickr.

Israel joins world in recognizing ‘new leadership’ in Venezuela

Israel joined countries in South America and Europe on Sunday, and recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the country’s interim president. Choosing his words carefully and refraining from specifically referring to Guaidó as the...
Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in Brazil’s National Congress, speaks at an event opening the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency in Jerusalem on Dec.15, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Eduardo Bolsonaro: ‘We will work to designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization’

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Eduardo Bolsonaro, a member of the Chamber of Deputies for São Paulo and the son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, told Israel Hayom in an exclusive interview on Tuesday that he will work to designate Hezbollah...