Author: Jmedia Manager
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Journos, politicians on list of 50,000 phone numbers linked to Israel spyware
An Israeli firm accused of supplying spyware to authoritarian governments has been linked to a list of 50,000 smartphone numbers, including those of activists, journalists, business executives and politicians around the world, according to reports Sunday. Israel’s NSO Group and its Pegasus malware has been in the headlines since at least 2016 when researchers accused…
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It’s time to stand up for freedom, Mr Albanese. Mandela said so
Chances are you’re one of millions of Australians in lockdown. But imagine if, in the middle of a health crisis, you suddenly found yourself expelled from your home and it was demolished. It may have disappeared from the headlines here, but that is what is happening in Jerusalem as you read. It doesn’t happen to…
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Alarm as anti-gay messages and Nazi graffiti found in Melbourne
Weeks after the Gardiner’s Creek Trail, that winds through the eastern suburbs of Burwood and Ashwood in Melbourne, reopened after major upgrades, local residents were shocked to see that the freshly resurfaced path was vandalised with Nazi swastikas and anti-gay messages last week. The trail was defaced with swastikas and the words “Kill Gays” etched…
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Iran police open fire during water protest
Iranian police have opened fire amid protests against water shortages in southwestern Iran, a video shows, the latest unrest after days of demonstrations that have seen at least one person killed. The video from the Human Rights Activists News Agency by Human Rights Activists in Iran showed the shooting late on Saturday in Susangerd, which…
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Annette Sharp: Moriah College reads riot act to students after suspicious class-time light-up
A prestigious Sydney Jewish school is in crisis control after teens attending online classes lit up and smoked what looked to be “illicit” substances. The college executive at prestigious Sydney Jewish school Moriah College is in crisis control after teens attending online classes during the week lit up and smoked what looked to be “illicit”…
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Nearly half of Jewish cemeteries in Europe are falling apart – report
A new report cataloging 1,700 Jewish cemeteries across Central and Eastern Europe has found that almost half them are in a severe state of disrepair. The report, to be published in September, was undertaken by the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, a group funded by the European Union. It found that 44 per cent of the cemeteries…
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‘I’m used to being alone’: Kylie Moore-Gilbert finds peace in solitude
One side-effect of surviving two years in two of Iran’s most infamous prisons, much of it in solitary confinement, is that Kylie Moore-Gilbert is more than comfortable in her own company. The Melbourne academic, whose plight made global headlines, gives every impression of thriving in it. Eight months on from the prisoner-swap that secured her return after…
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How Golda Meir, Israel’s ‘Iron Lady’, helped establish an independent Jewish state
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show will have a “who am I” quiz for listeners about influential figures who helped shape the 20th century, and we will publish profiles for each one. You can read the other pieces in the series here.…
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Facebook says Iranian hackers used site to spy on US military personnel
Around 200 accounts taken down. Facebook said on Thursday it had taken down about 200 accounts run by a group of hackers in Iran as part of a cyber spying operation that targeted mostly US military personnel and people working at defence and aerospace companies. The social media giant said the group, dubbed ‘Tortoiseshell’ by…
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Israel opens first lab-grown meat factory in the world
“We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium.” Nine years before Sir Winston Churchill became British prime minister, he wrote a 4000-word article about his predictions for what the future of the world may look like…