Author: Jmedia Manager
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‘Resistance against arrogant powers’: Iran swears in new hard-liner as president
Tehran: The protege of Iran’s supreme leader, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in as the country’s new President during a ceremony in parliament on Thursday (Friday AEST), an inauguration that completes hard-liners’ dominance of all branches of government in the Islamic Republic. The former judiciary chief known for his distrust of the West takes the reins at…
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Tanker crew foiled hijack attempt by Iran’s commandos
Iranian navy commandos stormed a tanker in the Arabian Sea and tried to divert it to Iran but were thwarted after the crew disabled the ship’s engines, it emerged yesterday. Giving the first detailed account of the hijacking on Tuesday, a source told The Times that a “squad” of heavily armed Iranians boarded the 440ft…
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Israel vaccinated fast and looked like it had beaten COVID-19. It just brought back a swathe of restrictions amid a Delta surge
Israel reintroduced a raft of new restrictions amid a surge of the Delta coronavirus variant. It comes after the country speedily vaccinated a majority of the population. The restrictions are a bid to prevent a full-blown lockdown, Prime Minister Naftali said. Israel reintroduced an array of restrictions amid rising numbers of Delta-variant COVID-19 cases, despite…
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‘See all the connections’: Jewish and Islamic schools in museum exchange
“Do you have to be born Jewish, or can you be converted?” A class of year 6 students from East Preston Islamic College are sitting cross-legged on the carpet of a room inside the Jewish Museum of Australia, getting a hands-on introduction to many of the key artefacts of the Jewish faith. No, you don’t…
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‘Butcher of Tehran’ becomes Iran’s new president, refuses to ‘kowtow’ to the West
Sky News host Peta Credlin says Iran’s newly inaugurated President Ebrahim Raisi – known as the ‘Butcher of Tehran’ – has wasted no time dialing up the rhetoric, declaring he won’t “kowtow to the West” for economic relief. “He’s known as the ‘Butcher of Tehran’ for his role in executing thousands of political prisoners in…
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“There is absolutely no room in Australia for anti-Semitism, no justification for it…”
Dr ALLEN (Higgins): Last week Julian Burnside, a Greens candidate at the last election, tweeted a post where he equated Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to the actions of Nazi Germany. This was not condemned by the Leader of the Greens. The Labor member for Cooper recently joined a rally proudly calling for Israel’s destruction. They shouting…
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German fined for keeping WWII tank at home
A German court has convicted an 84-year-old man of illegal weapons possession for having a personal arsenal that included a Panther tank, an anti-aircraft cannon and other items of Second World War-era military equipment. The state district in the northern city of Kiel handed the man a suspended prison sentence of 14 months and ordered…
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German Man Fined After Nazi-Era Tank Discovered in Garage
An 84-year-old man in Germany has been hit with heavy fines after a Nazi-era tank and other weapons from World War II were discovered in his garage, according to a report from Germany’s DPA news agency. The tank and assorted weapons were uncovered after a tipster told authorities there might be art stolen during World War…
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Iran’s new leader Ebrahim Raisi will have to watch his back
Iran’s mask has slipped. After years of shadow play with the West, Tehran has made clear even to a US president wearing rose-tinted Aviators that there is no meaningful deal to be struck on its nuclear program. Iran’s new president, Ebrahim Raisi, takes over this week and he wants to do everything differently from his…
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Left’s anti-Zionism is just the oldest hatred in disguise
The most serious concern with the tweets about Israel and Jews by Julian Burnside and his wife is not that they were deeply offensive. Rather, their actions seem to be indicative of a growing anti-Semitism from the green-left in Australia. This apparent anti-Semitism is open, transparent and even seen as a signal of virtue among…