British protesters disrupt Radiohead concert over upcoming Tel Aviv concert
Some waved Palestinian flags and raised a banner reading “Israel is an apartheid state. Radiohead, don’t play there.
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North Korea denies torturing Otto Warmbier
A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman itself the "biggest victim" of the incident, insisting that Warmbier's death was a mystery.
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Iranian protesters say destroying Israel is Muslim world’s top priority
Iranians participating in Quds Day, a yearly anti-Israel event, also called for unity among pro-Palestinian groups against the "child-murdering" Israeli government.
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Bolivia’s leader calls rival Chile the ‘Israel of South America’
Evo Morales, no friend of the Jewish state, is at odds with Santiago over the arrest and expulsion of nine Bolivian officials.
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Nearly 2,000 sign online petition to keep Holocaust denier out of Canada
B’nai Brith Canada wants to keep Kevin Barrett from addressing Toronto's annual Al-Quds Day rally, which typically calls for the destruction of Israel.
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Otto Warmbier’s family hid his Jewishness to aid negotiations with North Korea
The family chose not to disclose his Judaism so as not to embarrass North Korea, which had said Warmbier stole a propaganda poster on orders from an Ohio Methodist church.
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Abbas welcomes Latin American Jewish Congress plan to host post-Ramadan meal for Palestinians and Jews
The Palestinian leader said he “encourages these types of noble initiatives that contribute to the promotion of dialogue and links between cultures and religions."
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Frank Lowy, Australian shopping center magnate and Holocaust survivor, is knighted
Two other Jewish philanthropists, Len Blavatnik and Trevor Pears, also were knighted.
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US calls on UN Security Council to denounce Hamas
Ambassador Nikki Haley, saying "enough is enough," called the terrorist group a danger to both Israel and the Palestinians.
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A trove of Nazi-era objects in Argentina stuns investigators
By JTA StaffThe discovery of some 75 objects, including equipment used for medical experiments during the Holocaust, has been called unprecedented.
