Author: Jmedia Manager
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opinion: we deserve better than dan andrews
In condemning anti-semitism, the victorian premier’s failure to speak out against racism against other communities has been made glaringly clear. Tuesday’s Melbourne COVID presser, helmed by our devoted Premier Dan Andrews – came with an unexpected twist: a pointed condemnation of anti-semitism. Apparently, the engagement party that took place during Melbourne’s lockdown, which Andrews used on…
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Covid-19: Hospital sacking over anti-Semitic post
The Royal Melbourne Hospital has stood down a clinical assistant after she made an anti-Semitic comment referencing the Holocaust in response to news of an engagement party attended by 69 members of the Orthodox Jewish community in breach of virus restrictions last week. In a statement on social media on Tuesday morning, the hospital said:…
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Concern over mystery cases in suburbs surrounding illegal party
Health authorities are concerned about new, unlinked cases emerging in the suburbs surrounding Caulfield North, in Melbourne’s south-east, where a prohibited engagement party was held last week. Premier Daniel Andrews called for people with even the slightest symptoms to come forward from Bayside, Glen Eira, and Port Phillip local government areas, pointing to the potential…
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Lockdown engagement party organisers abused, sent death threats
A Melbourne hospital has sacked a worker who posted anti-Semitic comments as the families who held an engagement party in lockdown receive a barrage of abuse and death threats. A Royal Melbourne Hospital worker has been sacked after allegedly posting anti-Semitic remarks in the wake of an illegal lockdown engagement party. The Herald Sun has…
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Hospital sacks worker over ‘abhorrent’ Jewish party slur
A staffer at one of Melbourne’s busiest hospitals has been sacked for an “abhorrent and disgraceful anti-Semitic” comment aimed at an illegal party that sparked COVID spreading fears. The Royal Melbourne Hospital confirmed the comment in a statement on Tuesday. “We are aware of a hospital support staff member who made an abhorrent and disgraceful anti-semitic…
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Israeli spyware: tested on Palestinians, deployed around the world
French President Emmanuel Macron and fifteen of his ministers were forced to change their phones and numbers in July after it was revealed that they were targeted in 2019 by Moroccan authorities using Israeli-made spyware called Pegasus. Once installed, the Pegasus spyware can access and turn on a smartphone’s camera and microphone and access all…
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Prospects for the JCPOA and Iran-US Relations under President Raisi
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi needs to exhibit flexibility and realise that prolonging negotiations will not benefit anyone, especially the Iranian people who have suffered on account of US sanctions and Covid-19. The Mercer Street, an oil tanker, was attacked on 29 July off the coast of Oman. The tanker, which is owned by a Japanese company, is…
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Warning sirens blast in southern Israel, Iron Dome intercepts rocket fire from Gaza
Rocket sirens have blasted near the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli town of Sderot following threats by Palestinian terror organisations. The Israeli Defence Force has confirmed sirens sounded in Sderot on Monday which came before a rocket was launched over the Israel-Gaza border. The rocket, believed to have been launched from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian…
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Why are Labour politicians siding with Ken Loach?
Richard Leonard, former leader of the Scottish Labour party, has posted a photograph of himself standing beside Ken Loach on his public Facebook page. The Central Scotland MSP, who was succeeded by Anas Sarwar as leader of Labour’s Holyrood wing in February, commented: ‘Ken Loach is guilty of applying his rare talent to exposing the real life…
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Calls for calm as anti-Semitism leads to hospital staff member losing her job
A Jewish man says the only race Victorians should be focusing on right now is the race to get vaccinated against COVID-19. It comes amid a wave of anti-Semitic commentary following the now infamous engagement party held in breach of the state’s restrictions that has rightly outraged Victorians. A woman who worked as a hospital support staff…