Author: Jmedia Manager
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At 21, Gena Turgel was marched into an Auschwitz gas chamber. She walked out alive.
“When I think back, I have to pinch myself sometimes to see if I’m really alive,” Gena Turgel told NBC News in 2015; 70 years after the British liberated her, and fellow prisoners in the German, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Born the youngest of nine children to Samuel and Estera Goldfinger in 1924, Poland, Gena Turgel’s story of…
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Vatican appears to rebuke new US West Bank settlement policy
In what appears to be a rare public rebuke of US foreign policy, the Vatican issued a statement Wednesday, reaffirming its support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and calling on Israel to reside “within the borders recognised by the international community”. The communique follows this week’s controversial announcement that the US Government is reversing…
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Weather presenter forced to apologise after calling traffic jam ‘holocaust’ in ‘disgusting’ tweet
A UK weather presenter has been slammed over an “absolutely disgusting” Twitter rant. Sian Lloyd, 61, a previous forecaster on UK channel ITV, came under fire after likening traffic problems in her native Swansea in Wales in the UK to the Holocaust. She later deleted the tweet and apologised, claiming she’d not been referring to…
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What James Packer has to do with the case against Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing bribery and fraud charges linked to gifts he received from Australian billionaire James Packer and Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan. The specific charges of fraud and breach of trust are dubbed Case 1000, an investigation first flagged almost two years ago and one of several covered in the indictment.…
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Holocaust not unique: eco-warrior Roger Hallam disowned
One of the British eco-warriors who founded Extinction Rebellion has been disowned by his allies and rebuked by the German government after insisting there was nothing “unique” about the Holocaust. Roger Hallam created a schism in the radical protest movement on Wednesday with an interview with the German newspaper Die Zeit in which he described…
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Israelis facing third election in a year after Gantz loses mandate
Former military chief Benny Gantz failed to form a government by his deadline, raising the likelihood of a third election in a year while prolonging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule and political uncertainty in the country. Mr Gantz blamed his inability to form a government on Mr Netanyahu and said he was willing to make…
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Will charges force Benjamin Netanyahu to step down?
In a watershed moment, Israel’s Attorney General has charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with bribery, fraud and breach of trust. He’s alleged to have accepted gifts from, among others, James Packer – and dispensed favours to try and get more positive press coverage. It’s the first time a sitting Israeli Prime Minister has been charged…
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Iran convicts cheetah trackers on trumped-up Spy charges
Six conservationists working to save the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah have been sentenced to prison on internationally criticised espionage charges in Iran, activists said on Thursday, even as protests and unrest continue in parts of the country amid a government- imposed internet shutdown. The case against members of the non-profit Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation show…
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Unionist’s anti-Semitic slur towards Josh Frydenberg
A former federal Labor MP turned Northern Territory union heavyweight is under fire over anti-Semitic comments he made in relation to Josh Frydenberg during an interview with Darwin radio station Mix FM. Damian Hale, a one-time Solomon MP and recently resigned Australian Workers Union NT organiser tied the Treasurer’s handling of the budget to his…
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US stand on West Bank won’t change much on the ground
The announcement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was unscheduled but not entirely unexpected. Following a legal review by the State Department, Israeli settlements in the West Bank were “not, per se, inconsistent with international law”. This is the latest in a series of such gestures by the Trump administration over the past two…