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What it’s like for workers at one of the 2 remaining West Bank olive oil soap businesses
Olive oil soap has been manufactured in the West Bank for centuries – but today, there are just two soap factories still operating. Now, a once thriving industry is struggling to stay afloat. We went inside the Nablus Soap Company to see how traditional Palestinian olive oil soap is made, and how workers are coping…
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Dozens of Facebook pages linked to Russian and Iranian propaganda efforts were shuttered in the company’s latest effort to combat misinformation
Facebook removed dozens of accounts and Pages originating in Russia and Iran, the social media giant announced on Wednesday morning. The accounts and Pages were engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour on behalf of a government or foreign actor,” Facebook head of security policy Nathaniel Gleicher wrote in a blog post. In the case of the Russian…
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas key to peace, says ex-Israeli PM Ehud Olmert
Former Israel prime minister Ehud Olmert says Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is a partner for peace, defiantly rejecting efforts by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to sideline the veteran leader. Mr Olmert, Mr Netanyahu’s centrist predecessor who led Israel from 2006 to 2009, met Mr Abbas in New York hours after the Palestinian leader went before…
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Trump’s Middle East mirage
Enough time has passed to read and digest all 180-plus pages of what the US government calls ‘Peace to prosperity: A vision to improve the lives of the Palestinian and Israeli people’. It’s also referred to (sometimes derisively) as ‘the deal of the century’. Or, more neutrally, it’s described as the latest American peace plan for the…
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3 things every Christian should know about Israel
Academic Dean and theology lecturer at Melbourne’s Ridley College Dr Mike Bird shares his insight on some of the big questions Christians ask about the word ‘Israel’. Eternity News: When we read the word ‘Israel’ in the Bible, does it have the same definition as when we read it in the news? Mike Bird: Short answer:…
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Activists oppose Trump’s ‘deal’ on Palestine
Supporters of justice for Palestine made their views on United States President Donald Trump’s “deal” on Palestine and Israel known at a February 7 protest by holding up a large banner that read: “Palestine Not for Sale: Deal of the Century = Steal of the Century!”. According to the Palestine Action Group, which organised the…
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‘But we’re unstoppable’: Rocket failure fails to dampen Iran optimism
Tehran: An Iranian rocket failed to put a satellite into orbit on Sunday, state television reported, the latest setback for a program the US claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program. The launch happened at 7.15pm local time at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s Semnan province, some 230 kilometres south-east of Iran’s capital, Tehran. A…
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Palestinians soften peace plan response
A reworked Palestinian resolution has dropped its initial condemnation of Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, opting for less confrontational language ahead of a UN Security Council vote. The latest draft no longer mentions the US by name as the plan’s author, and couches its criticism in milder language than in the original. The changes…
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Cairns Jewish community celebrates New Year for nature
THE Cairns Jewish Community has been growing a small forest in the heart of the city to celebrate the Jewish New Year for trees and nature. Tree planting is part of the traditional celebrations of the holiday Tu B’Shevat, the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shevat, which started last night and marks the…
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Report: Every Single Israeli Voter’s Data Exposed
Campaign managers worldwide should have their internet privileges revoked, period, but here’s the latest stunning fiasco: Netanyahu’s political party the Likud exposed the country’s entire voter registry by uploading it to an app, Haaretz has reported. An “anonymous tipper” claimed to have easily accessed personal data of 6,453,254 Israeli voters, including names, ID numbers, addresses, and in…