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Disturbing racist signs featuring KKK and Nazi symbolism found in Belmont and Rivervale
Racist signs including swastikas have been found in public parks across Belmont and Rivervale, just months after police requested information for similar disturbing material. Among the words scribbled over DVDS and pieces of cardboard were the captions “Kill em all” and “Hang all poxy scum”. WA Police said it was unclear if there was any…
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Netanyahu again?
Israel’s third electoral showdown in a year was not kind to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Even though his right-wing bloc of ultra-Orthodox and nationalist parties won more seats in parliament than the centre-left bloc headed by former army chief Benny Gantz, he still lacks the parliamentary majority required to form a government. This result does…
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Israel to quarantine all entering country
Israel will require anyone arriving from overseas to self-quarantine for 14 days as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus. With 42 confirmed cases of the virus, Israel has already taken some tough counter-measures, forcing visitors from many countries in Asia and Europe into home isolation. The virus has hit travel and trade, with tourism…
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Jewish socialist who clamoured for a new life in Sydney
Many factors made Lisl Ziegler the woman she was – first, growing up in Vienna surrounded by enlightened thinkers with socialist values; second, the challenging circumstances of her childhood, an orphan by the time she was 17; and third, the destruction of all that was dear to her with the rise of Nazism and the…
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‘All in this together’: Virus in 90 nations as officials warn of ‘false hopes’
Paris: The coronavirus outbreak has hit a milestone, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as it gets woven deeper into the daily lives of millions. The virus, which has killed more than 3400 people and has now emerged in more than 90 countries, edged into more US states on Friday, picked up its spreading pace in…
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A man unfurled a Nazi flag at Bernie Sanders’ rally and reportedly shouted ‘Heil Hitler’ at the Jewish candidate
An unknown individual unfurled a Nazi flag bearing a swastika at an Arizona rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday night. With the 2020 Democratic field narrowed to Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden, the Vermont senator could become the nation’s first Jewish president. “It is horrific, it is beyond disgusting, to see that…
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Rudolph Duerkop: The man behind the Nazi camp at Narrabeen
In 1948, most Sydneysiders would have been appalled to read that two former Nazis were on the loose and working in highly-paid jobs in the city. The story was only partly true – the two Nazis were still on the loose after escaping from an internment camp in Victoria but they were lying low. But…
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Filmmakers boycott Israeli Govt LGBTQI Film Festival
Over 100 queer filmmakers have agreed not to participate in the Israeli Government-sponsored LGBTQI Film Festival over concerns of “pinkwashing” human rights abuses. More than 130 people in the film industry from 15 countries have signed a newly established pledge committing to abstain from the 15th annual TLVFest, the Israeli government-sponsored LGBTQI film festival hosted in Tel…
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Netanyahu fumes after falling short of majority in Israel’s election
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fallen short of capturing the majority needed to form a government, final election results confirmed, deepening a year of political deadlock and dashing the long-serving leader’s hopes for a decisive victory as his trial on corruption charges nears. In an angry tirade, Netanyahu conceded that he did not have…
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Benjamin Netanyahu to wait a week to see if he is re-elected as Israel’s prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu will be forced to wait a week to see if he has won a record fifth term as Israeli prime minister after brushing off corruption claims. Israel will have to wait at least a week for its complete election results as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits agonisingly close to getting the numbers to…