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Moment of hope: Arab woman receives kidney from Jewish man killed during recent clashes
Jerusalem: A Jewish man killed during an eruption of Middle East violence has given new life to an Arab woman in bitter times. Yigal Yehoshua, 56, died on May 17 after being pelted with rocks amid clashes between Arabs and Jews in Israel’s mixed city of Lod. The ethnic violence was triggered by protests and clashes in…
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‘Bumbling Biden is in trouble’
Sky News host Alan Jones says the “bumbling” US President Joe Biden is in trouble after demonstrating a “hopeless understanding” of the conflict in the Middle East. “One wonders how long Joe Biden is going to last,” Mr Jones said. “How can this man be let loose?” Joe Biden is currently in trouble after he…
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Watch out for the mainstreaming of anti-Semitism
While the skies across Israel are silent once again as a ceasefire holds, for over a week Israelis’ have been subject to over 4000 rockets and artillery shells that have bombarded cities and towns in the country. Fired from Gaza by Hamas terrorists, many of these deadly projectiles are intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defence…
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The Palestine Israel debate…
Gareth Smith, in his letter last week, claims that he is ‘protesting against the colonial settler state of Israel’s brutal persecution of Palestinians who are considered “untermensch”, sub-humans not worthy of comparison to Jews and certainly not entitled to the same civic and life benefits.’ This is an inflammatory and disgusting statement, and I am glad…
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US diplomat meets Israeli and Palestinian leaders
The U-S Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East, trying to reinforce a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. He’s promising more aid and closer ties with the Palestinians, while Israel will also benefit by getting more American military supplies. Listen to the report on the AM program. [Editor: This insane American foreign…
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Liam Getreu serves up the rubbish that the ABC wants to hear
The executive director Liam Getreu of the New Israel Fund, a notorious organisation that pretends to support Israel, joined Beverley O’Connor on ABC News 24’s #TheWorld to discuss the recent escalation of violence in Israel-Palestine and how to ensure a robust shared Jewish-Arab partnership for democracy inside Israel. Getreu is happy to feed the ABC…
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Cornelia de Reuver honoured as Dutch-Australian holocaust hero
Cornelia de Reuver (nee Zwart), mother of the Manning’s Anke de Reuver, was given one of the highest honours the State of Israel can bestow at a ceremony at Emanuel Synagogue at Woollahra on Thursday, May 13. Forty years after her death, Cornelia was awarded Righteous Among the Nations, a title that recognises courage and…
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How Gaza occupies Indonesia’s identity wars
Israel-Palestinian issues have long featured in Jakarta’s worldview but with a domestic edge, too. Indonesia’s public debate over the issue of Palestinian rights was reawakened by the latest violence, which claimed at least 243 lives in Gaza and 12 in Israel before an eventual ceasefire. Social media was especially animated by vehement arguments as most Indonesians – 86.7% of whom…
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Photos: Thousands march again for Palestine after ceasefire
The huge protests in solidarity with the Palestinian people are continuing, triggered by Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah and its bombardment of Gaza. Tens of thousands of people protested Israel’s assault on Gaza and East Jerusalem on May 22 (and May 23 in Perth). This round of protests came the day after a…
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Hamas leader says ceasefire should hold
Senior Hamas officials say they believe the ceasefire with Israel will be upheld into the near future after 11 days of conflict with Israel left 260 people dead. A Hamas co-founder told Sky News both sides were not looking to escalate the violence, however, Hamas had achieved strategic and symbolic victories. “I think most of…