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British bank says it divested from Israeli firm over cluster bombs, not boycott

Elbit Systems rejected the explanation, saying it does not produce cluster bombs.

Non-Jewish governor of Brazilian state requests sound of shofar at his inauguration

Wilson Witzels said he was inspired by a campaign stop at a Lubavitch synagogue.

Brazil applauds Netanyahu-Bolsonaro bromance, new ties with Jewish state

The warm feelings between Israel’s right-wing prime minister and Brazil’s most right-wing president in three decades played out in public events and on social media.

Honduras advances toward moving embassy to Jerusalem

Hector Timerman, Jewish Argentine foreign minister investigated for cutting deal with Iran, dies at 65

Israel officially withdraws from UNESCO

Law banning ritual slaughter of animals to become effective in Belgium

Nelly Ben-Or sitting by one of her two pianos in her London home

Nelly Ben-Or risked all to play the piano. It helped her survive the Holocaust.

France’s Arab World Institute takes down photo of a blood-stained Netanyahu

Moldova’s president says he’ll ‘very seriously consider’ moving embassy to Jerusalem

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