[Python] UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xa0 in position ???: invalid...

I am working with byte strings that include non-ASCII characters, specifically Hebrew text, and I encountered a UnicodeDecodeError when trying to decode the byte string to UTF-8. Here's the problematic code:

t = b'\xd7\x91\xd7\x9c\xd7\xa9\xd7\x95\xd7\xa0\xd7\x99\xd7\xaa:\xa0 '
print(t.decode('utf8'))


The error message I receive is:

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xa0 in position 15: invalid start byte


From my understanding, the byte 0xa0 represents a non-breaking space in some encodings, but it seems to cause a problem in UTF-8 decoding. How can I correctly decode this byte string, especially when it contains mixed content like Hebrew characters and potential non-breaking spaces?

Is there a specific method or workaround in Python to handle such scenarios where non-standard or extended ASCII characters (like non-breaking spaces) are embedded within UTF-8 encoded byte strings?

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