Florida Atlantic University's recent expansion of financial ties with Israel makes it the university with the largest investment in Israel in the world, according to the university.

Now investing $8.2 million dollars in Israeli-government backed bonds, FAU joins the ranks of biggest investors to the Middle East nation.

Palm Beach County is the world’s largest local government investor in Israel bonds, with over $700 million invested since the Hamas militants attack two years ago in southern Israel.

"We are building an environment where anyone who steps on to the FAU campus can truly experience what it means to be Jewish in paradise," FAU President Adam Hasner said last week at the Israel Bonds Unity for Israel Reception in Boca Raton.

“The FAU Foundation’s longstanding investment in Is

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