Author: Jmedia Manager
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Israelis watch Trump abandon Kurds, and worry: who’s next?
Jerusalem: Israel’s national security does not immediately depend on who controls the border of Turkey and northern Syria, more than 500 miles from its own territory. Yet President Donald Trump’s abrupt order to withdraw US troops there and abandon Kurdish forces, who have been stalwart US allies against the Islamic State, set off clanging alarm bells…
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Huge haul of Nazi relics to go on show in Buenos Aires
A hoard of Nazi memorabilia found behind a bookshelf in a collector’s home has been donated to the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires. The stash, initially valued at $36m, includes a bust of Adolf Hitler, an eagle statue and harmonicas bearing swastikas. It is thought to be the single largest discovery of Nazi-era relics in…
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Iran plans to start using advanced centrifuges
Iran plans to start using a new array of advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium, the country’s nuclear chief said on Tuesday, in a move likely to intensify pressure on Europe to save Tehran’s collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Ali Akbar Salehi told Iranian state TV that an array of 30 IR-6 centrifuges would be…
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Daniel Andrews ‘can’t stop neo-Nazi concert in Melbourne’
The state government does not have the ability to stop a planned neo-Nazi concert going ahead this week in Melbourne, according to Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews. Mr Andrews joined human rights, faith and union groups in condemning the concert, planned for Saturday, as a “hateful” event, but said there was a “deficiency” in Victoria’s laws…
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s lifeline to James Packer after Mariah Carey break-up
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saved James Packer’s life after the Crown billionaire broke up with his fiancee Mariah Carey. Has a more extraordinary sentence ever been written about an Australian business person? Bibi’s saving of one of Australia’s richest sons is the latest stunning revelation from “Case 1000”, the high stakes investigation into Netanyahu’s…
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Ruins Of 5,000-Year-Old Megalopolis Uncovered In Israel
Archaeologists working in northern Israel have discovered the remnants of an Early Bronze Age city that boasted some 6,000 inhabitants, in a find that’s dramatically altering conceptions of the region’s ancient past. The lost city, found during the construction of a new highway interchange, is located near the Israeli city of Harish in the Haifa…
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Irish Woolfest success: Word in the Streets
You might wonder about why an article about an Irish Woolfest in Boorowa might catch the attention of Jmedia. Boorowa is a farming village in the Hilltops Region and is located in South West Slopes of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2011 census, Boorowa had a population of 1,211 people. It is located in…
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The Gaza Strip Could Be Uninhabitable By Next Year
As sewage spills onto my streets, a dire United Nations prediction is looking likely. Children swimming next to sewage drains on the beach, fishermen throwing their nets into contaminated water, wastewater leaking into the street. These scenes exemplify the water and electricity crisis in Gaza, where a harrowing prediction could soon become reality. In 2015, a…
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Maps and Memory in Palestine
In Palestine and Israel, lines on a map aren’t just convenient points for direction. Maps are heavily loaded historical and political documents. Dr Salman Abu Sitta is a Palestinian engineer and political activist who as a collector and expert on the maps of the region published an Atlas of Palestine. Listen to the episode on the…
