The public relations agency Ruder Finn severed ties with the Jewish Agency for Israel. The move prompted the chairman of the Jewish Agency, Avraham Burg, to promise to sue Ruder Finn for breach of trust. The Swiss government recently fired Ruder Finn because the agency also had on its client roster the Jewish Agency, a leading critic of Switzerland’s financial dealings during World War II.
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