Marcus Moraes
By Marcus Moraes
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Breaking News Did Hezbollah Target Israeli Diplomats in Brazil?
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) – The terrorist group Hezbollah sent operatives to Brazil in order to commit attacks on diplomatic representatives of Israel, according to previously classified documents. Latin America’s largest nation was targeted by the Lebanese terrorist group at least twice, most recently in 1989, reported the Correio Braziliense newspaper on Saturday. Hezbollah operatives planned to kidnap…
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Breaking News After 18 Month Standoff, New Israel Envoy to Brazil Installed
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Brazil announced it has accepted Yossi Sheli as Israel’s ambassador to the country putting an end to a standoff that led to a diplomatic abyss between the Jewish state and Latin America’s flagship nation. The announcement made on Tuesday had been expected since Brazil’s centrist President Michel Temer was sworn in amid the impeachment…
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Breaking News Mexican Jews Launch 24-Hour Crisis Hotline
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Mexican Jews have launched a 24-hour emergency hotline to request personalized support in case of attempted suicide, domestic violence, depression, eating disorders and other emergency cases. The 1118 line launched last week, the Enlace Judio news website reported Monday. “At first we thought of the number 911, but…
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Breaking News Israel Thanks Jamaica for Skipping Controversial UNESCO Vote as Premier Visits
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked his Jamaican counterpart for his country’s refusal to participate in the UNESCO vote that ignored Jewish ties to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. “Our relations are always friendly. We appreciate the fact that you didn’t join the recent vote against Israel, the absurd vote…
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Breaking News Jewish Gay Man Wearing Israel T-Shirt Attacked by Chile Neo-Nazis
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A young Jewish gay rights activist was attacked at a park in Santiago, Chile by three men who carried neo-Nazi symbols. Jorge Arce was walking Thursday at the Bustamante park wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the flag of Israel that his mother had given him recently. The attackers yelled…
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Fast Forward Israeli Grandmother Drowns While Tubing on Guatemala River
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A 60-year-old Israeli woman died after drowning at a popular tourist area in Guatemala during an activity with a women-only expedition. Hadas Ayash, from the northern town of Tivon, drowned Tuesday in a river tubing accident at Guatemala’s Cahabon River near Semuc Champey, which is a natural bridge and major tourist…
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Breaking News Brazilian Neo-Nazis Head To Ukraine To Fight in Civil War
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Brazilian police have unveiled a plot led by a Ukrainian armed movement to recruit Brazilian neo-Nazis with combat experience to fight pro-Russian rebels in the European country’s civil war. A series of raids took place last month in seven cities on the homes of neo-Nazis in order to prevent possible…
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Breaking News 4 Brazil Skinheads Arrested in Plot Against Jews and Neo-Nazis
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Four skinheads who reportedly were planning an attack on a group also carrying anti-Jewish neo-Nazi propaganda were arrested at a bustling Sao Paulo subway station. The skinheads, who were carrying knives and axes as well as the Nazi propaganda, were arrested Wednesday in Anhangabau. They were about to perpetrate an attack on…
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