Author: Jmedia Manager

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Tiffany Haddish is Jewish now. Yup, during an appearance on Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Girls Trip alum dished all about how she studied the faith and had a lavish bat mitzvah to celebrate. Jimmy Kimmel was one of the party’s guests (although he thought it was a joke, so he showed up in jeans and a windbreaker), along with Beyoncé‘s mom, Tina Lawson, and Barbra Streisand. Unfortunately,…

Iran and the US: how did it come to this and what’s next?

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Tit-for-tat attacks by Iran and the United States have seen tensions boil over again. How did it start? Who was Qassem Soleimani? And what will happen next? Tensions have boiled over again between Iran and the United States with the assassination of a top Iranian general by the US prompting a missile strike from Iran…

Iran launches missile attack on US forces in Iraq

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in Online, Print, Sydney Morning Herald

Tehran: Iran launched “dozens” of ballistic missiles against US military and coalition forces in Iraq on Wednesday, setting of fears off imminent direct confrontation between Tehran and Washington. It comes after the US assassination of Iran’s top military officer, Qassem Soleimani on Friday. Iranian State TV described it as Tehran’s revenge operation over the killing of…

Support for Palestinian rights is not anti-Semitic

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in Other Print, Print

The West Australian has also issued an apology to Melissa Parke: The West Australian refers to its story of April 13, 2019, headed “Melissa pulls out after Israel claim” and subtitled “Parke said pregnant Palestinian was ordered to drink bleach” and also to an opinion piece published on April 24, 2019, headed “Labor must be…

‘Don’t throw us out’: Australia pleads to stay in Iraq but plans for the worst

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London: The Morrison government is urging the Iraqi government to defy growing momentum to kick Australian troops out of the war-torn country, as the high-stakes stand-off between Donald Trump and Iran triggers a partial evacuation of embassy staff. The Australian government is alarmed by the dramatic escalation in the Middle East following the US President’s decision…

Extraordinary testimony to FBI gives hint of the forces Iran can unleash

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Shortly after his arrest in the Bronx in 2017, Lebanese-born US citizen Ali Kourani, a husband, father and MBA graduate, gave the FBI extraordinary testimony. “I am a member of 910, also known as Islamic Jihad or the Black Ops of Hezbollah,” he said. “The unit is Iranian-controlled.” He went on to describe himself as part of…

On the brink of war: The problem with Donald Trump’s Iran strategy

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Presidents on the brink of war tend to rely on an array of Oval Office assets: teams of experienced advisers, trusted sources of intelligence, strong ties with US allies and credibility with the American public. President Donald Trump may be in short supply across nearly all those categories as he faces the prospect of an…

New York march against anti-Semitism

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in Print, The Canberra Times

Throngs of demonstrators have walked solemnly across New York’s Brooklyn Bridge in a solidarity march against anti-Semitism and acts of hate. The “No Hate, No Fear” march on Sunday was organised by the Jewish community in the wake of recent attacks, including a knife attack at a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City that…

Rising tide of anti-Semitism is becoming a scourge to challenge all humanity

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in Print, The Australian

National crisis, editorial, New York Post, December 30: Saturday’s horrific attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey, on the heels of multiple anti-Semitic incidents in Gotham last week and the recent carnage in Jersey City, is a wake-up call … The surge in attacks has Jewish communities scared, livid and demanding swift action. Mayor Bill…

‘Stick of dynamite in tinderbox’: Why General Qassem Soleimani was killed, and what may happen next

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