Author: Jmedia Manager
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Israel and Palestine are vexatious neighbours with little in common
I first started working on Palestinian revolutionary groups as an intelligence analyst in the Australian Joint Intelligence Organisation in 1972. The worst incident I covered that year was the September 1972 death of 11 Israelis at the Munich Olympics at the hands of the militant Palestinian group, Black September. That was an atypical incident as…
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Israel’s Netanyahu fights to block opposition parties from taking power
A diverse coalition of hard-right parties, leftists, centrists and Arab Islamists in Israel have clinched a deal to form a government to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The deal has broken a period of political deadlock that led to four elections in two years, but Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to fight on, despite being on…
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Who is Naftali Bennett, the man poised to topple Netanyahu?
Jerusalem: The morning after Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 US presidential election, Naftali Bennett, the energetic leader of a relatively small, Israeli pro-settlement party, exulted before an audience of foreign reporters in Jerusalem: “The era of a Palestinian state is over!” Now, Bennett, 49, a former technology entrepreneur who insists that there must never be…
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Melbourne Inner-city council ‘backs down’ from Palestinian resolution
Sky News reporter Caroline Marcus says a Melbourne inner-city council has “backed down” from a resolution they made regarding the Israeli- Palestine conflict which received backlash from members of the Jewish and other communities. The remarks follow the Yarra City Council in Melbourne’s inner-city which had passed a resolution to stand in solidarity with the…
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The A-Z of Palestinian oppression
A glossary to help lefties launch their verbal attacks on Israel Are you confused about Israel? Rest assured, you are not alone, so I have compiled this glossary to guide you towards wisdom. Apartheid: Literally, ‘apartness’, you may think this means a system of segregation on the grounds of race, enforced by the state, as most…
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Last-minute deal reached to oust Netanyahu as Israel’s PM
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents announced they have reached a deal to form a new governing coalition, paving the way for the ouster of the long-time Israeli leader. The dramatic announcement by opposition leader Yair Lapid and his main coalition partner, Naftali Bennett, came moments before a midnight deadline and prevented the country from plunging into…
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Homecoming to Israel for ‘lost’ Jews in India delayed by COVID-19
More than 100 Jews from India’s north-eastern Manipur state have had to delay plans to emigrate to Israel as family members fell ill with COVID-19 and were placed in quarantine in New Delhi. Soizagin, 40, who will soon renounce his Indian citizenship, calls his permanent move to Israel a “golden opportunity”. “We have been very…
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Disrupt Land Forces protesters turn out for second day at Brisbane exposition
Police have returned to a Brisbane weapons exposition on Wednesday as dozens of anti-war protesters enter their second day of planned disruptions. Eight people from “Disrupt Land Forces” were arrested on Tuesday after they allegedly smeared fake blood on the steps outside the Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre and disrupted Land Forces attendees from entering the building.…
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Faye Schulman: Fought Nazis with a rifle and a camera
FAYE SCHULMAN: 1922 – 2021 On August 14, 1942, a year after German troops invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, they massacred the last 1850 Jews from a shtetl named Lenin near the Sluch River. Only 27 were spared, their skills deemed essential by the invaders. The survivors included shoemakers, tailors, carpenters, blacksmiths, a barber and a young…
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Australian children’s book creators sign open letter in support of Palestine
Almost 300 publishing professionals, authors, illustrators and others with a connection to the children’s book industry have signed an open letter in support of Palestinian liberation since it was posted online on Thursday, 27 May. Created by artist and writer Matt Chun with Alyson O’Brien, who is associate publisher at Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, and Tess Cullity,…