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Nazi symbols and a slogan have been painted on train carriage in Brisbane
An investigation has been launched after Nazi ideology symbols and slogans were spray-painted on a train carriage on Brisbane’s southside Swastika symbols and the Nazi slogan “blood and soil” have been plastered over a ballast carriage in a holding yard south of Brisbane. The painting of the Nazi symbol and the slogan has coincided with…
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US ship fires 30 warning shots in encounter with Iranian vessels
Washington: A US Coast Guard ship fired about 30 warning shots after 13 vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy came close to it and other American Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon said on Monday (Tuesday AEST). This is the second time within the last month that US military vessels have…
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Netanyahu says Palestinian militants to pay ‘very heavy’ price for rocket attacks
Gaza/Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Palestinian militants would pay a “very heavy” price after three Israelis died from rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, in the latest round of violence to roil the region. Israel carried out multiple air strikes in the Palestinian territory of Gaza raising the death toll of Palestinians to 32.…
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‘Under attack’: ‘Full-scale war’ warning
The Middle East is bracing for a “full-scale war” between Israel and Palestine after a disturbing rise in violence in recent days. Overnight Palestinian militants Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at Israel’s economic hub Tel Aviv in retaliation for an Israeli strike that destroyed a tower block in Gaza, as the foes traded their…
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Greek leaders call for peace in Jerusalem as violence and tension escalates
Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Monday, including a barrage that set off air raid sirens as far away as Jerusalem, after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at a flashpoint religious site in the contested holy city. The rocket fire drew heavy Israeli retaliation in the Gaza…
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New survey of US Jews reveals worries, strengths, divisions
A comprehensive new survey of Jewish Americans finds them increasingly worried about anti-Semitism, proud of their cultural heritage and sharply divided about the importance of religious observance in their lives. The survey, released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, estimated the total Jewish population in the country at 7.5 million — about 2.3 per cent of…
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More deaths in Gaza amid exchanges of fire
Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza as the Islamist group Hamas and other Palestinian militants fired multiple rocket barrages over the border at Tel Aviv and the southern city of Beersheba. At least 35 people have been killed in Gaza and five in Israel in the most intense exchanges for years.…
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What’s behind the latest Israeli-Palestine conflict?
Head of Politics and International Relations at UTAS, Dr Matt Killingsworth explains on Mornings with Leon Compton.
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Hateful words too horrific to share spray painted on train carriage
Police and rail authorities are investigating after a ‘hateful’ act of graffiti was painted on a train stationed adjacent to one of Brisbane’s busiest suburban train lines. Hateful graffiti was sprawled across the side of a rail carriage adjacent to a Brisbane suburban train station, visible to hundreds of commuters. The graffiti was a slogan…
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Pressure on government to ban swastikas as Nazi groups grow
There are growing calls to ban the swastika and other hate symbols after a white power cell was seen in regional Victoria over the weekend. About 20 far-right extremists descended on the Cathedral Range over the weekend, hoping to film a promotional video for their group, the National Socialist Network. Fascist experts say the stunts…