Author: Jmedia Manager

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Learn from the past to stop anti-semitism and hate As a teacher of history, I often reminded my students of the adage, “those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it”. Regrettably, the seemingly cyclical nature of history points to an ignorance of it, and suggests that the lessons of the past have been…

A Palestinian, a Jewish settler and a shared house: struggle at close quarters

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in Brisbane Times, Print

Jerusalem: Few places in East Jerusalem show the struggle over the city more intimately than a four-storey house on a narrow alley in the Silwan district. Nasser Rajabi, a Palestinian, and his family live in the basement, third floor and part of the second. Boaz Tanami, an Israeli settler, and his family live on the first…

Racist graffiti covers Heathcote national park’s Viewing Rock

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in Herald Sun, Print

A small country town’s tourist attraction at Heathcote’s Viewing Rock Lookout has been vandalised with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti. Heathcote’s Greg Gilmore said the lookout in the Heathcote-Graytown National Park was trashed on Friday June 4 by “hateful” graffiti including a large swastika and racist phrases including “s — t skin” and “n—-r”. Nearby benches…

Israel suspends ultranationalists’ march

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in Other Print, Print

Israeli police say they have blocked a planned procession by Jewish ultranationalists through parts of Jerusalem’s Old City following warnings that it could reignite tensions that led to a punishing 11-day war with Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers last month. The parade, which celebrates Israel’s capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, was underway…

‘Getting away from Netanyahu’ will help Biden purse ‘better relations’ with Iran

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in Sky News, Television

Cypress College Political Science Professor Peter Mathews says Israel’s change of leadership will allow President Biden to pursue “better relations” with Iran, particularly on the nuclear deal which Prime Minister Netanyahu is “adamantly” opposed to. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year reign is set to come to an end after Israeli opposition parties agreed to form…

From Gadigal to Gaza: Solidarity protest demands decolonisation worldwide

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in Other Print, Print

The protest platformed international solidarity in decolonisation. Yesterday, Palestine Action Group Sydney and Fighting in Solidarity Towards Treaties (FISTT) rallied in Town Hall in condemnation of the Nakba, the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, and Israel’s almost forty-year-long campaign of displacement and genocide in the area. Particular emphasis was placed on the…

Benjamin Netanyahu a ‘larger than life’ figure

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in Sky News, Television

Liberal Senator Sarah Henderson says Benjamin Netanyahu is a “larger than life” figure who has made an “extraordinary contribution to peace”. “He has made an extraordinary contribution on the international stage,” Ms Henderson told Sky News. It comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year reign is set to come to an end after Israeli…

Israel has never been more in need of a leader such as Netanyahu

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in Letters

The system is broken if Greg Sheridan is not, at the very least, a finalist in the 2021 Gold Walkley awards. His consistently high standard of articles on Israel and anti-Semitism is exemplified by his piece “Rise of anti-Semitism must not be Israeli leader’s lasting legacy”, 5-6/6). There would be few if any foreign editors…

Netanyahu alleges ‘the greatest election fraud’ as Israel faces fears of political violence

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in Print, Sydney Morning Herald

Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “overthrow” the new coalition poised to replace his government, as he teeters on the brink of being ousted from his role as Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. The threat came a day after the head of the domestic security services warned that the heated political discourse could spark physical violence. “Recently…

He ‘drove on to hunt fascists’: Last liberator of Auschwitz dies at 98

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