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Iran: Nationwide protests call for overthrow of the regime
It took the popular uprisings in Iraq and Lebanon, following the earlier uprisings in Sudan and Algeria this year, for the Iranian masses, especially unemployed and student youth, to gain the courage to go out into the streets in large numbers again. For the first time since the December 2017–January 2018 uprising, they are mobilising to call…
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Moree Secondary College student Tayla Simpson inspired by BAMM Courage To Care exhibition
Moree Secondary College year nine student Tayla Simpson was one of hundreds of students from across the North West region who have taken part in the Courage to Care exhibition currently on show at Bank Art Museum Moree. Tayla is currently doing work experience at The Moree Champion and wrote a first-hand account of how she found the educational…
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How the regime extinguishes Iran’s “Petroleum Protests”
The most damaging unrest since the 1979 revolution lacks leadership or popular support, so appears doomed to fail. Iran is amid a new round of unrest once again, which has claimed at least 106 lives, according to Amnesty International. It started after the Rouhani government announced a three-fold increase in petrol prices, effective immediately. Iranian Mehr News…
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Headspace CEO caught in missile fight on Israel visit
Geelong’s Jason Trethowan got caught in the crossfire of a Middle Eastern missile fight when he visited Jerusalem last week to help open a new mental health facility. GEELONG’S Jason Trethowan got caught in the crossfire of a Middle Eastern missile fight when he visited Jerusalem last week to help open a new mental health…
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Holocaust survivors share their stories with Moree as part of Courage to Care exhibition at BAMM
If it wasn’t for the help of some extremely brave people, who had the courage to stand up and do good in the face of grave danger, Holocaust survivors Maurice Linker and Eva Engel believe they wouldn’t be here today. That’s the message the pair, along with a band of dedicated volunteers and other Holocaust…
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Israel fires missiles over Damascus
Cairo: Israel has attacked Iranian and Syrian military targets in Syria in what it says is retaliation for rockets fired toward Israel the day before, military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Avichay Adraee said. “Warplanes raided dozens of military targets belonging to the Iranian Quds Force and the Syrian Army inside Syrian territory, including surface-to-air missiles, headquarters, weapons depots…
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Israel shoots down four rockets from Syria
The Israeli military said it intercepted four incoming rockets from Syria on Tuesday and explosions were heard shortly after that in Damascus, a week after another Israeli strike targeted a top Palestinian militant in the Syrian capital. Israeli air defence systems captured the projectiles, the military said, and no harm was caused to Israeli communities…
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Israel says rockets fired from Syria
Israel’s military said on Tuesday it had intercepted four incoming rockets from Syria with blasts heard shortly after in Damascus, a week after another Israeli strike targeted a top Palestinian militant in the capital. Israeli air defence systems captured the projectiles, officials said, and no harm was caused to Israeli communities in the Golan Heights…
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US signals backing for Israel’s settlement building in West Bank
Washington: The United States has effectively backed Israel’s right to build Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank by abandoning its four-decade position that they were “inconsistent with international law.” The announcement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday, US time, was a victory for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is struggling to…
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The US says it will no longer view Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as ‘inconsistent with international law’
Settlements are communities established by Israel on land occupied in the 1967 Middle East war. They have long been a source of dispute between Israel and the international community, and the Palestinians. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the status of the West Bank was for Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate. Israel immediately welcomed…