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Chile’s State Comptroller ruled that cities in Chile are prohibited from engaging in anti-Israel boycotts, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. The ruling was issued in response to complaints filed by Shai Agosin Weisz, president of the Chilean Jewish community, and members of the Chilean community in Israel, after the city of Valdivia...

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A resolution introduced by outgoing United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley condemning Hamas garnered an unprecedented level of support — it was supported by 87 countries — in the General Assembly, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. However, due to a last-minute maneuver, the threshold for passage was...

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Student leaders at Ohio State University on Wednesday took a clear stance against the anti-Semitic boycott movement and overwhelmingly rejected a pro-BDS resolution against Israel, Shiri Moshe reported for The Algemeiner. OSU’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) voted down the anti-Israel legislation with a vote of 30 against, seven in favour,...

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In a surprising public defense of Israel, the foreign minister of Bahrain said on Thursday that the Gulf state supported the Jewish State’s operation to expose and destroy Hezbollah’s cross-border tunnels, The Times of Israel reported. “Is Terrorist Hezbollah’s digging of the tunnels under Lebanon’s border not a flagrant threat...

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It’s easy to see why a funny picture of a polar bear with sophisticated photography gear won Israeli photographer Roie Galitz  a “highly commended” spot in the 2018 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. But there’s a very serious story behind “Wildlife PhotograBear,” snapped in early April 2018 in Svalbard, an archipelago in the...

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UNIFIL, the United Nations force that is supposed to keep the peace between Israel and Lebanon, acknowledged the existence of a Hezbollah terror tunnel inside of Israeli territory, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. In a statement released after being shown a tunnel near the Blue Line that divides Israel...

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