Author: Jmedia Manager
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The geopolitics of Holocaust memory
The 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army is an occasion marked by angst as well as sadness. Anti-Semitism is back with a vengeance around the world, as if the lessons of the Holocaust had evaporated with time—or, even worse, had never been fully integrated into our collective consciousness. This unprecedented…
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Benjamin Netanyahu formally charged over graft
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Wednesday formally charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust, the Justice Ministry said, shortly after the embattled politician dropped his request for parliamentary immunity. The indictment came as Mr Netanyahu was in Washington for a meeting with Donald Trump for the unveiling of a long-awaited US peace…
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Israel postpones move to annex large parts of West Bank
Jerusalem: Israel has postponed a move to annex large parts of the West Bank, a government minister said on Wednesday, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to quickly act on the Trump administration’s Mideast plan despite fierce Palestinian opposition. Netanyahu had said the Cabinet would vote on Sunday on extending Israeli sovereignty to dozens…
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Trump launches Mideast peace plan
US President Donald Trump has proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace solution, drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and for agreeing to let Israel maintain control of long-contested West Bank settlements. Trump announced his plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace at a White House event with embattled Israeli Prime Minister…
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Donald Trump’s peace plan unveiled: Will it solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Donald Trump has unveiled details of an ambitious and long-awaited peace plan that aims to resolve the ongoing struggle between Israel and Palestine. In what he called a realistic “win-win”, the US president proposed creating two states by doubling the amount of Palestinian land while ensuring Jerusalem “will remain Israel’s undivided capital”. Israeli PM Benjamin…
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How Israelis could agree to share a state with Palestinians
The announcement of President Donald Trump’s Middle East “Deal of the Century” this week basically cedes the West Bank to Israel, allowing the country to seize land that would otherwise have constituted a Palestinian state. Since Palestinian representatives were not invited to the White House for the policy’s announcement (Trump told reporters last week that…
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Trump’s Israel-Palestine peace plan derided as ‘slap of the century’
Washington: US President Donald Trump’s proposal for a Palestinian state on Tuesday has been backed by Israeli leaders but appears unlikely to attract Palestinian support. Trump’s plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace imposes strict conditions on Palestine and allows Israel to maintain control of long-contested West Bank settlements. The US President announced the plan at a White House…
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Trump’s Middle East peace plan condemned by Palestinians
Condemnation, congratulations and resignation have been some of the reactions to the release of US President Donald Trump’s plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Many countries, including Australia, say the plan could be a good first step to resuming negotiations to settle one of the world’s longest-running conflicts. But Palestinians say it’s a…
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Trump proposes Palestinian state with capital in eastern Jerusalem
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed creation of a Palestinian state with a capital in eastern Jerusalem, dependent on Palestinians taking steps to become self-governing, in an effort to achieve a peace breakthrough in their decades of conflict with Israel. Senior administration officials, briefing Reuters on the plan the president announced at…
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Iranians deny talks on jailed Aussie academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Iran’s Foreign Minister eschewed any discussion about the prison conditions of jailed Melbourne academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert during a meeting with Marise Payne, despite ongoing issues around her treatment in the country’s most notorious jail, according to an Iranian official. Mohammad Javad Zarif met his Australian counterpart, Senator Payne, in India earlier this month and discussed…