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Anti-Semitic abuse building, says Jewish council
Anti-Semitic attacks involving face-to-face interactions surged 30 per cent in the year to September, according to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s annual report on anti-Semitism. The report found that although there had been only a slight rise in anti-Semitic incidents overall, from 366 in 2017-18 to 368 in 2018-19, incidents involving direct verbal abuse harassment…
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Sacha Baron Cohen slams Facebook for allowing hate speech
In his roles as characters like Borat and Bruno, actor Sacha Baron Cohen is famed for tricking real people into making outlandishly bigoted comments on camera, turning their prejudice into the butt of his jokes. But on Thursday night, Cohen didn’t need any of his on-screen personas to rip into America’s biggest social media organisations…
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Judge awards $265 million to reporter held by Iran, family
Dubai: A US federal judge has awarded a Washington Post journalist and his family nearly $US180 million ($265 million) in their lawsuit against Iran over his captivity and torture while being held on internationally criticised espionage charges. US District Judge Richard Leon in Washington entered the judgment late on Friday, US time, in the case filed by Jason…
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Facebook would have let Hitler buy ads for ‘final solution’: Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen has slammed Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google, accusing the tech giants of facilitating “hate and violence”. Accepting the International Leadership Award at the Anti-Defamation League’s Never is Now summit on anti-semitism and hate Thursday (US time), the actor and comedian used a wide-ranging speech to warn of a “handful of internet companies…
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Illegal Israeli settlements find U.S. support
A U.S. policy shift on the Israel settlements in the Middle East leaves no room for a two-state solution. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement has already defied the UN Security Council Resolution 2334, delivering more support for the right-wing leader and long-time Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who failed twice to form a government in Israel during the last 12 months. This violation provides a…
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Political paralysis deepens in Israel as PM Benjamin Netanyahu indicted
Israel’s longest-serving prime minister could be at the end of his political career. For more than 10 years, Benjamin Netanyahu – once dubbed the ‘king of Israel’ – has governed the Middle Eastern country. But perhaps not for much longer. The divisive leader has been indicted on serious corruption charges, including bribery, breach of trust and fraud,…
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‘Very disturbing’: People dressed in Nazi uniforms confront shoppers at supermarket
Shoppers at a Victorian supermarket were stunned when four people dressed in Nazi uniforms entered the store – an incident that highlights the increasing use of Nazi symbols in Australia, according to Jewish community leaders. Craig MacKenzie said he saw two men and two women, who all looked about 20 years old, enter a Coles…
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US calls for Iran protest crackdown videos
As the internet is slowly being revived across Iran after a days-long, government-imposed shutdown amid demonstrations, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is calling for Iranians to send the US videos “documenting the regime’s crackdown” on protesters. “The US will expose and sanction the abuses,” Pompeo tweeted early on Friday as pockets of Iran saw…
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Apology follows anti-Israel test paper
Poor research and weak internal processes have been blamed for misleading anti-Israel claims being included in Year 12 coursework for Victorian schools. The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation has responded to an independent review, saying it had terminated the contract of the author responsible for the material and had agreed to recommendations…
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James Packer stars in charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s Attorney-General has formally charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption cases, throwing the country’s paralysed political system into further disarray and threatening the long-time leader’s grip on power. Capping a three-year investigation, Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit charged Mr Netanyahu with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three different scandals. It…