Author: Jmedia Manager
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Ben & Jerry’s To End Sales In Occupied Palestinian Territory
Ben & Jerry’s announced on Monday that it will end sales of its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. The Vermont-based ice cream company, which has been known for its growing commitment to current social justice issues, said it is making this move to put pressure on Israel on behalf of the Palestinians. Ben & Jerry’s…
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Managing a new Middle East order
Across the Middle East, alliances are shifting in unexpected ways. What does the emerging configuration mean for a region that is seemingly eternally walking a thin line between war and peace? The ongoing shifts are largely driven by Iran’s growing influence. Gulf countries, fearing that the United States, their longtime ally, is unwilling to do…
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Israeli air strikes hit suspected Iranian weapons depots in Aleppo, Syria
Damascus: Israel carried out an aerial attack southeast of Syria’s northern Aleppo province late Monday, a Syrian military official said. The unidentified military official, quoted by the state news agency SANA, said Syrian air defences shot down most of the missiles in the attack that occurred just before midnight. The targets are still being identified, the…
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Anger as protesters compare vaccines to Nazi horrors in France
Paris: A French Holocaust survivor has denounced anti-vaxxer protesters making “hateful” comparisons between themselves and Jews who were persecuted by Nazi Germany during World War II, as part of a backlash against new rules mandating COVID vaccinations for healthcare workers. As more than 100,000 people marched around France against the Macron government’s vaccine rules on Saturday,…
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Coronavirus: Pfizer less effective in over-50s and against Delta find Israeli researchers
The Pfizer vaccine may be less effective in older people, Israeli officials have warned, as an increasing number of double vaccinated Israelis test positive to the coronavirus. A monitoring team at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem reported that about 90 per cent of new confirmed cases in the over-fifties group were people who had been…
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Diplomatic Corps Cup gives Palestinian people a place to unite as their country endures war
As the ongoing conflict with Israel continues to ravage their homeland, Canberra’s Palestinian community is using their soccer platform to show solidarity with their home country. The community banded together to form a soccer team, which is now one win away from claiming the Diplomatic Corps Cup, and is using their games to draw attention…
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Jewish group condemns United Church of Christ resolution on Israel, Palestinians
A Jewish advocacy group has condemned a resolution adopted at a meeting of the United Church of Christ on Sunday that calls the continued oppression of the Palestinian people a “sin”. The American Jewish Committee denounced the UCC resolution, a “Declaration for a Just Peace Between Palestine and Israel”, saying the measure “demonizes Israel, fails to offer a…
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Outcry over Melbourne vandal’s sick homophobic, Nazi graffiti
LGBTIQ+ Jewish advocates have condemned a vandal who carved a swastika and a vile anti-gay slur into concrete in Melbourne. Gardiners Trail is a pedestrian footpath that winds along Gardiners Creek through Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. Victorian-based LGBTIQ Jewish group Aleph Melbourne reported to council a vandal’s carving of a swastika and the words “Kill Gays”…
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Essay: War or peace? For Iran and the United States, it’s time to decide
When President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, The Religious Society of Friends – the proper name of the denomination known as Quakers – knew how perilous the decision was. As a faith community with a long tradition of working to prevent nuclear war and arms proliferation, Quakers understood the immense…
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Israel, Apartheid, and why Albo is seriously wrong and seriously right
The zoom conducted by Mr Albanese, the leader of the Federal Opposition, with the Executive Council of Australian Jewry has received wide publicity and greatly angered the Palestinian diaspora in Australia. This is sad and ironic, given Mr Albanese has a long history of supporting Palestinian rights and helped found the federal parliamentary friends of…