Author: Jmedia Manager
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Neo-Nazis a growing security threat, ASIO boss warns
The nation’s domestic spy chief has revealed his agency uncovered a “sleeper” agent who ran a major spy ring for years, helping foreign intelligence operatives harass dissidents in Australia. During a wide ranging public address last night, the boss of ASIO also declared Neo-Nazis are emerging as one of this country’s most challenging security threats.…
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Jewish anger at lethal chess game in Al Pacino’s Nazi drama
It is the latest blockbuster series from Amazon and boasts of being “inspired by true events”, but Hunters has been accused of “Jewsploitation” in sensationalising the horrors of the Holocaust. The 10-part drama series, released on Amazon Prime on Friday, follows a ragtag bunch of Nazi hunters in 1970s America led by an Auschwitz survivor…
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Israel AG in support of crypto as central bank defies
Israel, known as a blockchain-friendly hub, saw an increase of about 32% in 2019 in the number of blockchain and crypto-related companies, according to the Israeli Bitcoin Association. Despite this continual increase in the popularity and usage of digital currency, Israeli crypto holders expressed their struggle against the local banks in a series of lawsuits. As reported…
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Why religions say humans have intrinsic value
Australia is a secular society, but there’s a religious claim that forms part of the foundation of its liberal democratic values: That all people, regardless of circumstance, have intrinsic value. Judaism and Christianity claim every person is “made in the image of God”, but what does this mean in practise? Guest host Justine Toh and…
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UN’s blacklist on Jewish business an own goal
The Palestinians and the UN Human Rights Council have stepped up their campaign against Israel, this time issuing a blacklist of Jewish businesses, reminiscent of 1930s Germany. Far from engendering peace, the move will increase Israeli distrust of international bodies, hurt Palestinians and the Palestinian economy, and chalk up one more item on the growing…
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Amazon criticised for Holocaust inventions in Al Pacino Nazi-hunters series
Warsaw: The Auschwitz Memorial criticised Amazon on Sunday for fictitious depictions of the Holocaust in its Prime series Hunters and for selling books of Nazi propaganda. Seventy-five years after the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops, world leaders and activists have called for action against rising anti-Semitism. Hunters, released on Friday and starring…
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Hardliners make early gains in Iran polls
Candidates affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards looked on course to win a parliamentary majority on Saturday, reportedly leading in the race in Tehran and towns and villages elsewhere. An Interior Ministry official said a list of candidates affiliated with the Guards led in the capital. Lists linked to hardliners captured 83 seats in towns and…
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Today I Discovered The Racist Origins Of The Pointy Witch Hat
Why do witches wear tall pointy hats? You’ve probably never questioned it through years of Harry Potter and Hocus Pocus, but it has to have come from somewhere, right? As it turns out, that hat’s probable origin, like a lot of human history, is pretty racist. While witches and their aesthetic are pretty trendy these…
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Israeli jets strike Islamic Jihad targets
Israeli fighter jets launched air strikes on suspected Islamic Jihad positions in Syria, after the militant group and Israel exchanged rockets and air strikes around Gaza. The air strike in the Adeliyah region outside Damascus targeted what the Israeli military called “a hub of Islamic Jihad’s activity in Syria,” including the research and development of…
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Iran election likely to bolster hardliners
Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to help religious rulers tighten their grip on power as the country faces mounting US pressure over its nuclear programme and growing discontent at home. With thousands of potential candidates disqualified in favour of hardliners loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the vote is…