Author: Jmedia Manager
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It’s time Australia rose up to defend itself
On my summer reading list is Ronen Bergman’s Rise and Kill First, the history of Mossad and Israel’s other intelligence services. The book’s title comes from a Talmudic injunction: “If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” But it is also a reference to the policy of intelligence-driven disruption operations, often…
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China, Russia and Iran hold joint naval drills in Indian Ocean
China, Iran and Russia are holding joint naval drills in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman, China’s defence ministry says, amid heightened tension in the region between Iran and the US. China has sent the Xining, a guided missile destroyer, to the drills, which started on Friday and last until Monday, and are meant…
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Jeff Sparrow’s Person X marks rise of ecofascism
Before an attempted massacre at a German synagogue in September, the alleged shooter broadcast an anti-Semitic manifesto online. The man, who killed two people on Yom Kippur, the holiest Jewish day of the year, said, “I think the Holocaust never happened”, adding that, “feminism is the cause of decline in birthrates in the West”. He…
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Menorah 3.5m high in mall for Jewish festival Chanukah
The Jewish festival of Chanukah will be celebrated this year with a 3.5 metre menorah set up in Brisbane Street Mall. This is the ninth year Chanukah has been observed in Launceston with a menorah lighting, but the first time it will have taken place in the mall rather than the St John Street synagogue.…
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Netanyahu retains Likud party leadership after vote
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has survived a challenge for the leadership of his Likud party. The country’s longest serving leader faced down contender Gideon Sa’ar in the first real challenge to his leadership in more than a decade. Netanyahu won more than 70 per cent of the support of Likud party members despite being…
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Iran subjecting Australian on hunger strike to ‘psychological torture’
An Australian academic, who launched a hunger strike from inside Iran’s notorious Evin prison, faces cruel conditions including “overcrowding, inadequate food, insect infestation and poor ventilation”, advocates warned. University of Melbourne Islamic studies lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been held in the Tehran prison since October 2018. She says has been subjected to psychological torture and prevented from…
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Netanyahu rebuffs challenge from within to win primary
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has easily brushed off a challenge for the leadership of the conservative Likud party, a crucial victory for the country’s longest-serving leader but one that may only harden its year-long political stand-off. In the party primary on Thursday, local time, the most serious internal leadership challenge Netanyahu had faced in…
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Israel’s Netanyahu wins leadership victory
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a primary election for leadership of the ruling Likud party. Official results announced early on Friday showed Netanyahu capturing 72 per cent of the votes, compared with 28 per cent for challenger Gideon Saar. Earlier, Netanyahu had declared a “huge victory.” The embattled leader…
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Lecturer’s plea for PM’s help
The rejection of Melbourne academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s appeal against her 10-year sentence for alleged spying is indicative of the deteriorating state of human rights in Iran. Her desperation at remaining in solitary confinement in a 2m by 3m cell in the hellhole that is Tehran’s Evin prison — revealed in a letter smuggled to Scott…
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Gaza rocket sends Netanyahu to shelter
A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip at a southern Israeli city as it hosted a campaign rally by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has prompted him to take shelter before resuming the event, Israeli TV stations report. The Israeli military confirmed the launch against Ashkelon, which is 12km from the coastal Palestinian enclave, and said…