Author: Jmedia Manager
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Trump tries to spin his disastrous Syria retreat into a big success, says he showed ‘vision’ and ‘courage’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday portrayed his Syria retreat as a big win, despite its calamitous consequences. Trump’s move to abandon Kurdish forces to a Turkish invasion has opened the door for an ISIS comeback, gifted a geopolitical victory to Russia, catalyzed a humanitarian crisis, and sparked bipartisan criticism in Washington. Trump said he showed “vision” and…
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Security, not ambition, in Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu’s inability to form a new government after the second virtually dead-heat election in Israel this year highlights the challenges confronting the Jewish state amid the heightened regional tensions that have followed Turkey’s invasion of Syria. The mandate he was given by President Reuven Rivlin to build a new governing coalition is now set…
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PM urges Israeli action over accused child sex offender
Scott Morrison has suggested Australia’s longstanding friendship with Israel risks being damaged by the drawn out legal battle to extradite accused child sex offender Malka Leifer. The Prime Minister met two of the former Melbourne school principal’s alleged victims on Wednesday, as Labor and Liberal backbenchers united to demand she be brought back to face justice.…
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Aiia Maasarwe scholarship aims to build bridges between Israelis and Palestinians
As Aiia Maasarwe’s family prepares for her killer’s sentencing hearing, they will also launch something special that will ensure the bubbly student isn’t forgotten. The father of slain Israeli exchange student Aiia Maasarwe will return to Australia to watch her killer be sentenced — but he will also launch something special in her name. Saeed…
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Iranian Public Opinion Poll: Are US Sanctions Ineffective?
As relations between Iran and the West continue to deteriorate, a recent poll has shown that the majority of Iranians no longer support the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA or Iran nuclear agreement). The survey was conducted earlier this month. While it was neither representative nor reliable, the poll does reflect the general mood of the…
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Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit urges to keep retelling stories
Following the release of his successful film Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit raises controversies by retelling stories featuring the dictator Adolf Hitler as a young boy’s imaginary best friend. The director together with the film’s producer, Carthew Neal, and some of the movie cast, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie and Alfie Allen, took some time off from…
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Morrison urged Israel’s PM to prioritise Malka Leifer’s extradition
Prime Minister Scott Morrison raised the case of ex-Melbourne principal and accused paedophile Malka Leifer in his first call with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year, and intends to urge the country’s incoming leader to accept the extradition request. It marks the highest level of talks on the case since former prime minister Malcolm…
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Benjamin Netanyahu unable to form new Israeli government
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has given up on his efforts to form a new Israeli coalition government, after failing to secure a majority coalition in Parliament following an inconclusive election in September. Mr Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving PM who heads the right-wing Likud party, revealed on Tuesday morning (Australian time) he was returning the mandate…
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Pauline Kael: a critic who held her own
There were no half measures with Pauline Kael. She was a critic people loved or hated, filmmakers and readers alike. “One thousand reviews later, you’re the only writer who understood Jaws,” said Steven Spielberg in a telegram to her. In the New York Review of Books, Renata Adler called a collection of Kael’s work “jarringly,…
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Facebook disables ‘well-resourced’ Russian, Iranian operations
Washington: Facebook on Monday said it removed Russian-backed accounts that showed some links to the Internet Research Agency, an indication of the persistence of the tech giant’s disinformation problem a year before voters head to the ballot box. In some cases the accounts posed as locals weighing in on political issues in swing states. The Internet…