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Labor attack on Israel is just wrong, says Penny Wong
Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong has condemned an anti-Israel resolution backed by Queensland Labor Party members, as Jewish groups have accused the Left faction-dominated state branch of using “talking points disseminated by Hamas”. Senator Wong said viewing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from one perspective “will not advance the cause of peace”. “It will take leaders…
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New film Breaking Bread shows a side of Israel we don’t often see
Good news out of Israel is rare these days but Breaking Bread delivers with a story that had its origins in MasterChef, of all places. It’s about the A-Sham Arabic Food Festival, a fusion of Arab and Israeli culinary traditions set up by Dr Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, the first Arab to win Israel’s MasterChef. A natural optimist on a mission…
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Theatre Works and RK Collaborations present SINGING SWALLOWS
An intimate headphone experience arrives at Theatre Works just in time for the June-July school holidays designed to connect young people with those who went through the Holocaust. Singing Swallows is a compilation of four Holocaust stories, created for young audiences between the ages of nine and 18 years old. Each story focuses on four different…
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Gerroa author David Kerr to launch new book Wall of Tears: The Human Face of the Israel – Palestine Conflict
Gerroa author David Kerr is set to launch his first novel, Wall of Tears: The Human Face of the Israel – Palestine Conflict. The launch will be held at the Nowra Library on Wednesday, June 23 from 5pm and follows on from his first book, Out of Latvia, published in 2017, a memoir of his great mate and…
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Here’s every Australian and NZ Game in the Indie Bundle for Palestinian Aid
The InIn just three days, the Indie Bundle for Palestinian Aid has already surpassed its fundraising goals of $500k for UNRWA for Palestinian Aid. In a monumental community effort that collects over 1000 games, the bundle features Liyla and The Shadows Of War, a Palestinian-made narrative platformer that explores the experience of a child during the 2014 Gaza…
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Confessed white supremacist denied bail
A self-confessed white supremacist and “soldier for the white race” is a serious concern for Victoria Police, who fear he is indoctrinating people into a neo-Nazi subculture. Thomas Sewell, 28, is the leader of a right-wing organisation called the European Australian Movement and is heavily involved in the right-wing National Socialist Movement. Sewell is behind…
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A Rare Chance to Chart a New Course towards Peace
There has never before been an Israeli government representing the entire political spectrum from the extreme left to the extreme right. It offers a rare chance to chart a new course to gradually end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It will be tragic to miss this historic opportunity. Now that the arduous wrangling between eight starkly ideologically-different…
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Why checking your privilege on race is more than just a ‘woke’ mantra
It was a strange phone call from the moment he answered. I was following up a complaint about an article. The man claimed it had damaged him and took Region Media’s journalist to task aggressively. “Ah, Ms Jacobs,” said the voice on the other end of the phone. Someone I’d never met or spoken with. “Let me…
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Penny Wong deserves credit for ‘condemning’ QLD Labor’s pro-Palestine motion
NSW One Nation Leader Mark Latham says Labor Senator Penny Wong deserves credit for taking a stance against a motion put forward by Queensland Labor to endorse Palestine in the Middle East conflict. “There’s no way in the world Labor should ever give any encouragement to organisations engaged in terrorism,” Mr Latham said. “And the…
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Netanyahu denies inciting political passions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected accusations of incitement against his political opponents, after security services warned of an escalation in violent discourse. In power for 12 consecutive years, Mr Netanyahu faces being toppled by a coalition of parties united only by their shared hostility towards him. Mired in a court battle on corruption…