Author: Jmedia Manager
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An attempt to explain why explosions are again filling the skies over Israel and Gaza
What appears to be an official ABC explanation for the current violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank is little more than propaganda. The ABC piece is attached here, including a running fact-check (in red font). The ECAJ has made a complaint to the ABC. The ABC piece by Emily Clark ‘An attempt to explain why explosions…
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Israel under attack And Biden is to blame
There is an oft quoted principle stated before discussing events in the Middle East: ‘It’s complicated’. Yet the quality of coverage in mainstream media and comments from many of our political class reflect extraordinarily poor understanding at best and, in some cases, antisemitism seems the probable explanation. With the ABC in mind particularly, there does…
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The slow but systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestine
Across the world, there has been deep shock over the actions of the Israeli Government’s military aggression towards the Occupied Territories of Palestine, in particular the Gaza Strip. But these actions are part of a deliberate and systematic ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people writes Dr Rashad Seedeen. AS AIRSTRIKES CONTINUE to rain down upon Gaza,…
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The folly of ‘even-handedness’ in the Hamas-Israel conflict
It is easy when watching the latest bloodshed between Israel and Hamas to throw up our hands in despair, to blame both sides for the conflict, to call for both to pull back, with Israel as the stronger party expected to lead, and for the resumption of peace talks. But is it fair or helpful?…
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Biden, Netanyahu at odds over Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Washington: US President Joe Biden says he supports a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a major shift from his previous position that Israel has a right to defend itself from rocket attacks coming from Gaza. Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his views in a phone call on Tuesday (AEST). “The President expressed his support…
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Deputy Commissioner Col Blanch said police were working to ‘stamp out’ anti-Semitism in Perth
WA Police have slammed anti-Semitic posters found plastered across Perth’s northern suburbs, vowing to crack down on racism relating to the escalated violence in the Middle East. Police released CCTV footage of a wanted man yesterday after racist posters — depicting imagery hostile towards Jewish people — were found in the Sorrento, Marmion and Watermans…
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Bruce Shapiro, anti-Semitism and 19th century China
Bruce Shapiro with the latest from the US, author and historian Deborah Lipstadt on anti-Semitism and writer Edward Rutherfurd discusses his latest epic on China. Listen to Phillip Adams on Late Night Live.
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Netanyahu says Israel will continue Gaza offensive
Israel is continuing to bombard Gaza with air strikes, the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the military offensive will go on for as long as it takes to “restore calm” for all of Israel’s citizens. Palestinian militants have also resumed cross-border rocket fire, while a UN agency estimates 52 thousand Palestinians have been displaced by…
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Jews pretending to support Israel
Israel is at war. I have many friends and relatives in Israel of all ages and they rush to assure me that they are okay, and things are good, but I can see that they are not. This is why I am particularly enraged by Jews who feel their moral obligation is to make sure everyone in the world…
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Could Netanyahu’s “divide and rule” approach to the Palestinians, be upended by the war with Hamas?
A general strike by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs against the air war between Hamas and Israeli forces shows the West Bank population is more energised than at any time in the past decade, says Irris Makler in Jerusalem. There is broad and mounting international pressure for a ceasefire, including from Arab neighbours with whom Israel’s…