Author: Jmedia Manager

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Through military and diplomatic manoeuvres, Russia has signalled its stance on further US intervention in the region. Recent revelations make it clear that Iran’s willingness to confront the US following the strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad was not driven just by a mix of domestic considerations and a compelling desire to…

Governor-General: Australia should consider debate on ‘reprehensible’ swastika

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in Brisbane Times, Print, Sydney Morning Herald

London: Governor-General David Hurley says Australia should have a national debate about whether to ban the swastika amid fresh warnings by world leaders of a steady reawakening of anti-Semitism across the globe. “That symbol provokes, to those who know and understand it, a great fear, and it represents something that we found reprehensible enough to send…

Netanyahu, Pence slam ‘anti-Semitic’ Iran

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in Other Print, Print

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced Iran as “the most anti-Semitic regime on the planet” at a gathering of world leaders at a Holocaust memorial event. Israel has hailed the World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem memorial centre, marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp during World War…

Vic Alhadeff: Amazon, please don’t sell hate

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in Print, The Daily Telegraph

An old forgery that has been used to justify the persecution of Jews is now up for sale on the web, writes Vic Alhadeff. Imagine that there was a book which accused Christians of being so stupid that they would massacre each other. Which claimed there was a secret plot to control children’s brains, the…

Leaders gather for Holocaust memorial

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in Other Print, Print, The Australian

Dozens of world leaders have descended upon Jerusalem for the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating modern-day anti-Semitism. Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Prince Charles, Vice President Mike Pence and the presidents of Germany, Italy and Austria were among the more than 40 dignitaries attending the World Holocaust…

Poll: What do Americans know about the Holocaust? Some, not much

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in Online, Other Communities

A new poll suggests Americans know about the Holocaust, the genocidal campaign against European Jews, but they’re fuzzy on the details. Most Americans (69 per cent) know the Holocaust took place roughly between 1930 and 1950. And they know the Nazis created ghettos where Jews were forced to live (63 per cent). But knowledge declines…

The Kurds are again caught in the crossfire, now between US and Iran

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in Online, The Interpreter

In the immediate aftermath of the Soleimani strike, Iran’s first act of retaliation was to launch 22 missiles against the US base at the Ain al-Assad airbase, in Iraq’s Sunni-dominated Anbar province. Less publicised were the seven simultaneous Iranian strikes against targets in the Kurdish capital of Erbil – an attack interpreted as a clear warning to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Just in…

Lessons from Auschwitz: ‘Never again’ is now

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in Brisbane Times, Print, The Age

Auschwitz. A name that hisses with a diabolical resonance. The largest mass murder site in history was liberated 75 years ago this month by stunned Soviet troops who discovered 7000 skeletal prisoners standing with bare feet in the winter snow, staring at them behind barbed wire fences. This earthbound place of limitless hell, the centrepiece…

Iran confirms two Russian-made missiles hit Ukrainian airliner

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in Print, Sydney Morning Herald

Dubai: Iran confirmed in a report released on Tuesday that two Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles hit a Ukrainian airliner that was shot down on January 8, killing all 176 aboard. While Iran’s Revolutionary Guard had previously admitted it shot down the plane, the report marked the first official acknowledgment that two missiles struck the aircraft, matching amateur…

Israeli troops kill Palestinians in Gaza border attack

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