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Israel’s new government is more stable than it looks
Opposition to Netanyahu was the primary catalyst in forming the country’s unprecedented new coalition government, and it may well be the strongest glue holding it together. If bookies in Las Vegas were laying bets on a long duration for the newly formed Israeli coalition government, the odds would be long. Eight parties—spanning the right, centre,…
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Israel’s new government faces first test and America’s white Evangelical racism
As we go to air on Wednesday afternoon, violence has resumed between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza. But will it tear apart the new coalition government, which is just a few days old? And, how did an elite club of Evangelical preachers come to shape America’s hopes and fears? Watch the program on…
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The Orthodox Jewish Prime Minister and the Arab Kingmaker
As we go to air on Wednesday afternoon, violence has resumed between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza. But will it tear apart the new coalition government, which is just a few days old? It’s the first government since 2009 that doesn’t have Benjamin Netanyahu as its leader. The coalition headed by Naftali Bennett…
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Exclusive: Family caught between neo-Nazis and cops in counter terror operation
Exclusive: A camper has spoken of the moment she found herself in the middle of a counter-terror police operation in a Victorian state park, after a neo-Nazi’s alleged armed robbery on a group of strangers. Janet* was camping with her 14-year-old in the Cathedral Range State Park over the Mother’s Day weekend when she spotted…
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Israel’s new religiously diverse government – Religion and Ethics
For the first time since 2009, Israel has a new government that doesn’t have Benjamin Netanyahu as its leader. The new coalition, headed by Naftali Bennett, is a patchwork of very different parties and is a government of extraordinary religious diversity. With guest Noa Landau, senior editor at the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz on the RN…
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When I heard the terrible truth behind that tear, my book was born: Gerroa author
Visiting Israel was never a bucket list item for Gerroa author David Kerr. Thankfully he joined his wife Christine and visited Israel in 2013. For it was during that trip that Kerr would meet a man who would change his life forever and give him the idea for his first novel. Some eight years later,…
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Iran’s polyarchal presidential election
Amid enormous domestic and foreign-policy challenges, the oil-rich, but US sanctioned, Islamic Republic of Iran is scheduled to hold its 13th presidential election on Friday. The voters will have a choice between seven male candidates who have been tightly vetted to ensure their dedication to the Islamic regime and loyalty to the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah…
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Netanyahu’s poisoned legacy
Soon, Benjamin Netanyahu will no longer be Israel’s prime minister. After 12 years in power, what kind of country will he leave behind? Netanyahu wasn’t always the irremediable hawk that his opponents (especially outside Israel) thought him to be. He often displayed a sharp pragmatism, reflecting a keen intelligence, extensive historical knowledge, impressive economic proficiency…
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Ceasefire ends as Israel responds to incendiary balloons with air strikes on Gaza
A fragile ceasefire has ended after Israel launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip in response to militants in the Palestinian territory sending incendiary balloons into southern Israel. The air strikes and balloons early Wednesday morning marked the first major flare-up between Israel and Gaza since the May 21 ceasefire ended 11 days of heavy…
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Israel launches air strikes on Gaza
Jerusalem: The Israeli military said its aircraft attacked Hamas armed compounds in the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday in response to the launching of incendiary balloons from the territory that caused fires in fields in southern Israel. In a statement, the military said that it was “ready for all scenarios, including renewed fighting in the face…