Author: Jmedia Manager
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Iran says it foiled “very big” foreign cyber attack
Two months after reports of a US cyber operation against the country. Iran has foiled a major cyber attack on its infrastructure that was launched by a foreign government, the Iranian telecoms minister said on Wednesday, two months after reports of a US cyber operation against the country. US officials told Reuters in October that…
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Visit the Western Wall: No Special Permission Needed
Credit to Erwin Renaldi, a journalist at the Australian ABC’s Asia Pacific Newsroom, who wrote about his experience visiting Jerusalem. Being a Muslim Indonesian and an intrepid traveller, I’d visited Mecca and Medina in neighbouring Saudi Arabia many times, but never made it west to Jerusalem despite it being on my bucket list for years. Part…
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‘Who didn’t get the memo?’: Panel no-show forces another delay in Malka Leifer decision
Tel Aviv A new psychiatric panel decision on former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer’s mental fitness to stand an extradition trial to face charges of child abuse has been postponed to next year. The psychiatric panel was apparently unaware of Tuesday’s hearing and did not turn up, forcing the delivery of a decision to be adjourned…
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Iran: When maximum pressure collides with indefinite defiance
From the burning of Iranian diplomatic outposts as part of massive months-long protests in Iraq, to slogans admonishing Iranian interference as part of anti-sectarian demonstrations in Lebanon, along with deadly rallies across cities at home in Iran, it’s been a bad month for the regime in Tehran. It’s tempting to suggest events in the region point…
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Many American Jews are worried Trump’s reported decision to define Judaism as a nationality and not just a religion would do far more harm than good
President Donald Trump reportedly plans to sign an executive order that would classify Judaism as a race or nationality instead of just a religion. Three administration officials told The New York Times that the order would threaten to withhold federal funding for colleges and universities that fail to combat discrimination on their campuses. The loudest…
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Israel poised for third election in a year
Israel is headed towards a third national election in less than a year with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing the fight of his life for political survival after a criminal indictment. After giving its preliminary approval, and barring last-minute progress in deadlocked efforts to form a new government, parliament was set to vote for its…
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Upping the Ante: Israel’s War of Words (And a Bit More) With Iran
Opening the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about the threat that Iran poses to Israel, in particular, and the region in general. He made specific reference to the recent riots in Baghdad, during which Iran’s proxy militant force in Iraq, al-Hashd al-Shaabi, killed 25 demonstrators (also here). Mr Netanyahu evidently spoke of…
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Israel snub denied in Malka Leifer legal fight
Foreign Minister Marise Payne has denied Australian diplomats rebuffed an Israeli initiative at the UN in protest at the delayed extradition of alleged Melbourne child sex abuser Malka Leifer. Reports of the dispute, in which Australian representatives at the UN in Geneva allegedly refused in November to attend an Israeli-led event about preventing child sexual…
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Democratisation of technology: Iran shows Australia what’s possible
The rise of China as a high-technology competitor to the US is one of the underlying drivers of the return to great-power strategic and economic competition. It’s a phenomenon that has enormous implications for the design and structure of Australia’s military. Left unattended, the result will be a return of combat losses to Australia’s military at a…
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Trump accused of anti-Semitism after saying Jewish Americans will vote for him so they can avoid a wealth tax
Jewish groups have accused President Donald Trump of using anti-Semitic tropes in remarks at the Israeli American Council conference in Florida on Saturday. “A lot of you are in the real-estate business, because I know you very well,” Trump said in a speech at the conference. “You’re brutal killers. Not nice people at all, but you…