Author: Jmedia Manager
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US hits Iran with fresh sanctions after missile attack
The Trump administration has hit Iran with more sanctions in the first concrete response to the attacks on US forces in Iraq this week, which were in retaliation for the US airstrike that killed the top Iranian military commander. The sanctions were widely anticipated, as President Donald Trump had publicly vowed to impose them in…
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Israel releases spy for Syria in Russian-brokered swap
Israel has released two prisoners — one of whom was convicted of spying for Syria — as part of a swap brokered by Russia. Sidqi al-Maqt, a Druze from the Golan Heights, was jailed in 2015 for 11 years for spying, treason, contact with a foreign agent and transfer of information for Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian…
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Missile, bomb or engine explosion brought down passenger plane over Iran: Ukraine
London: Ukraine says it is investigating whether a packed passenger plane that crashed shortly after take-off in Iran was shot down by a missile or hit by a bomb, casting further doubt over previous claims the aircraft experienced mechanical difficulties. The fiery Ukraine International Airlines crash killed 176 passengers and crew on Wednesday – just as…
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Israeli minister wants to put a million settlers on the West Bank
Israel’s Defence Minister has said he aims to boost the number of Jewish settlers in the West Bank to one million within a decade, from about 400,000 at present. Naftali Bennett, a hawk who draws much of his support from settlers, is leading his New Right party to elections on March 2. He was speaking…
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Qantas diverts Perth to London service over Iran attack
Qantas will reduce the number of passengers on its landmark service between Perth and London, its only flight over the Middle-East, and divert the services in response to the conflict between the US and Iran. The 17-hour flight – the first step of the airline’s “Project Sunrise” plan for long non-stop commercial flights – will…
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Iranian cultural sites include landmarks important to Jews and Christians, too
When President Donald Trump tweeted about the possibility of retaliatory strikes on “52 Iranian sites,” including some that are important to “the Iranian culture”, the world reacted with alarm. Strikes on cultural sites are considered illegal – some would even say a war crime. The US is a signatory to several international agreements, including the 1954 Hague…
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Townsville foodies open their next instalment of homemade cooking
THE next instalment of Jerusalem-born chef Avi Cohen has arrived and it promises to be another food sensation. Mr Cohen and his wife Dana Kvatinsky opened Israeli street-food cafe Balabite last year in the North Ward Shopping Centre and today will open Grandma’s in the same set of shops in Eyre St. The menu is…
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Palestinian children locked and loaded
What does it mean for a little boy to be “ammunition”? That is the question the UN Human Rights Council, UNICEF and every Palestinian family should be asking now that Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah has declared that Palestinian boys should forget toys, forget childhood and forget having a future — because they are merely “ammunition” and…
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UN to hear case against Israel over racial discrimination
A UN committee will hear a Palestinian complaint accusing Israel of racial discrimination, in a decision criticised by Washington on Tuesday. The committee of independent experts, which has the power to name and shame members of the UN convention on racial discrimination, decided it could handle a complaint filed by the Palestinians in 2018. The…
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Iran warns US any retaliation over rocket attack will draw renewed response
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards is warning any retaliatory measures by the United States against Tehran’s missile attacks on American targets in Iraq would draw a renewed response. “Americans know now that their bases can be targeted by Iran … Their bases will be targeted if the United States responds to Iran’s missile attacks in Iraq,” state…