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Israelis stand silent on Holocaust Day
Israelis have stood in silence as a two-minute siren wailed across the country in remembrance of the Holocaust’s 6 million Jewish victims. Public buses and cars stopped on the streets and highways, and pedestrians stood in place in memory of those killed in the Nazi genocide. The annual memorial is one of the most sombre…
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Sir Chips Channon: Nazi-loving arselicker to the aristocracy
Long-forgotten politician Sir Henry Chips Channon is about to enjoy a new lease on life decades after his death. Publication has begun, over three instalments, of his unexpurgated diaries. Channon’s bitchy and salacious revelations of the rarefied circles he moved in will provide immense entertainment to history buffs and royalists. Unfortunately, the avalanche of bon…
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Labor embraces Palestinian terror
For the first time in Australian political history a mainstream party has in its policy platform unconditional support for the establishment of a new state in which all main players have a strong record of Islamist jihad and terrorism, human rights abuse and corruption. The Australian Labor Party on 30 March on the first day…
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Talks to save Iran nuclear deal get off to good start
Iran, Russia and the US have reacted positively to the opening exchanges in a first day of talks in Vienna aimed at rescuing an international agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program. US President Joe Biden is ready to reverse the decision of Donald Trump to withdraw from the 2015 deal, negotiated to ensure that Iran never…
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Israel president taps Netanyahu to form government but doubts his chances
Israel’s president has unenthusiastically nominated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to form a government, two weeks after the latest inconclusive election, but voiced doubt that any politician could forge a parliamentary majority. Israel’s fourth vote in under two years failed to produce a clear path for any candidate to form a coalition capable of…
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Biden restores assistance for Palestinians axed by Trump
Washington/Jerusalem: The Biden administration has announced it will provide $US235 million ($309 million) in aid to the Palestinians, restarting funding for the United Nations agency supporting refugees and restoring other assistance cut off by former president Donald Trump. The package, including humanitarian, economic and development assistance, was detailed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as…
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Victory for ultranationalists in Israeli elections
The latest Israeli elections produced an electoral stalemate, but also a victory for ultranationalist and far-right parties. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is appealing to these parties — including the Jewish Power party — for political partners to establish a coalition government. The Kahanist far right are the ideological successors to the doctrines of the late Rabbi…
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Sceptical President invites Netanyahu to form next Israeli government
A sceptical President tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday with forming a new government, after another inconclusive election deepened political stalemate in Israel. The country’s longest-serving leader, in power consecutively since 2009, now faces the tough challenge of enlisting enough allies for a governing coalition. Under law, Netanyahu will have 28 days to do…
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Neo-Nazi leader reportedly says arrests of Adelaide men as part of police crackdown on violent extremism ‘won’t slow us down’
A neo-Nazi group leader reportedly says more ‘fun activities’ are being planned for Adelaide following the arrests of two SA members as part of violent extremism raids. The leader of a neo-Nazi extremist group has reportedly said the arrests of two Adelaide members on Wednesday “wont slow us down”. The group’s leader, Thomas Sewell, posted…
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Israeli president picks Netanyahu to try to form government
Tel Aviv: Israel’s president on Tuesday handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task of trying to form a government from the country’s splintered parliament, giving the embattled leader a chance to prolong his lengthy term in office while he stands trial on corruption charges. In his announcement, President Reuven Rivlin acknowledged that no party leader…