Author: Jmedia Manager
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Das blunder! Euro broadcaster in embarrassing Nazi anthem bungle
What a Blitzkrieg flop. A Dutch telecast of Germany’s Euro 2020 clash with England got off to a risque start after broadcasters accidentally captioned the German national anthem with lyrics associated with Nazi Germany. “The wrong verse was accidentally shown. This is a mistake by one of our subtitlers,” the Netherland’s main channel NPO tweeted of the…
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A devastated Jewish community in Surfside, Florida, begins burying its dead
As the search for missing people trapped in the rubble of a Surfside, Florida, condo building continued, the town’s large Jewish community buried its first victims on Monday and Tuesday. Leon Oliwkowicz, 81, and his wife, Christina Beatriz Elvira Oliwkowicz, 74, were among the first apartment dwellers identified after the 13-story Champlain Towers South collapsed…
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If you understand the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, you’ve been misinformed
On 15 June, the always tenuous ceasefire was broken with incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian territory and Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation. The Middle East has probably yielded more Nobel Peace Prizes than any other region, yet peace in the Middle East is unlikely in my lifetime and may not eventuate in God’s lifetime. After…
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The threat spectrum
A report submitted to UNESCO recommends that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be classified as ‘in danger’ in light of the decades of damage from coral bleaching events and the ongoing threats to the reef from the effects of climate change. Environment Minister Sussan Ley said Australia was ‘blindsided’ by the recommendation and alluded to the role politics plays in the decisions of…
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The Palestinian Authority is nothing but an extension of Israel’s regime
In the early hours of 24 June, in the West Bank town of Dura, 25 Palestinian Authority (PA) security force personnel raided the home of Nizar Banat, a fierce critic of the PA, and violently arrested him in front of his family. Soon after, Hebron Governor Jibreen al-Bakri told media that Banat’s “health deteriorated during…
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Violence returns to Jerusalem
There’s been violence on the streets of East Jerusalem, as Israeli authorities start to demolish Palestinian properties. It’s threatening to reignite tensions in the region after last month’s deadly conflict, but Israel has told its Middle Eastern neighbours it only wants peace. Listen to the episode on the AM program. [Editor: In its inimitable style…
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Something is Sinking, and It’s Not Just the Dead Sea
The Palestinian Authority (PA) uses European funding to cultivate more and bigger tracts of Israeli state land every year, a well-known… loophole in the Ottoman Land Law (still in force in these territories) that grants rights to anyone who uses land for agricultural purposes for a period of several years, whether they own it or…
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Israel Protests Proposed Law In Poland To Limit Claims On Property Stolen By Nazis
Israel has summoned Poland’s ambassador to protest a bill passed by the lower house of parliament that critics say may make it harder for Jews to recover property seized from them during World War II. The proposed legislation seeks to put a statute of limitations on property claims, Reuters reported. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said shortly after the…
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Goulburn’s old Jewish cemetery wins State Heritage Register listing
Goulburn’s historic Jewish cemetery has been listed on the State Heritage Register, affording it a higher level of protection. Minister responsible for Heritage, Don Harwin, announced the listing on Monday, saying the Long Street facility would be protected for perpetuity. “Sites of importance to the Jewish community are underrepresented in the NSW State Heritage Register,”…
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Coronavirus: Delta variant slams shut the reopening of Israel to world
The Delta variant is sending Israel back to the future. Ten days after the country lifted the requirement to wear masks indoors, they’re back. So are the coronavirus cabinet meetings. Covid-19 testing sites are being reopened. Tourists and pilgrims, vital to Israel’s economy, were meant to return at the end of this week, but that…