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Iran backs Europe’s nuclear deal plan
President Hassan Rouhani says Iran supports a plan by European countries to bolster a nuclear deal that Tehran reached with the West in 2015 and from which the United States withdrew last year. Rouhani said the plan included preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, securing its support for regional peace, lifting US sanctions and the…
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Holocaust survivor dragged through new hell: stepson
Bestselling Australian author Heather Morris has been accused of distorting the memory of a Holocaust survivor by producing a book “based on a heartbreaking true story” that misconstrues her true experiences. The closest known relative of Cecilia (Cilka) Klein, the woman at the centre of Morris’s newest work, Cilka’s Journey, claims his stepmother, who died…
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‘We are just reeling’: alleged Malka Leifer victims react to former principal being granted bail
“It just seems like this is never going to end… our biggest worry is that now that she’s under house arrest, we will never see her again.” Alleged paedophile school principal Malka Leifer, who is facing 74 counts of sexual abuse allegedly committed while working at the Adass Israel School in Melbourne, has been granted…
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Attorney-General to press for Malka Leifer’s extradition in person in Israel
Attorney-General Christian Porter says it is vital that an ex-Melbourne principal and accused paedophile return to Australia for trial after she was granted bail in Israel, and will raise the matter in person with his Israeli counterpart. Malka Leifer, who left Australia for Israel in 2008 after being accused of abusing female students at Melbourne’s…
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Accused child sex abuser Malka Leifer granted bail in Israel
Former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer, accused of sexually abusing female students at a Jewish school, will be released from custody in Israel as her court matters continue. Leifer appeared before the Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday and Judge Rom Vinograd will release her to house arrest in B’nei B’rak, abuse survivor advocate Manny Waks…
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Academics spending big in search for racism
If you were not already convinced that Australia’s humanities departments have truly lost their way, the latest research project from the faculty of arts and social sciences at the University of Sydney should get you over the line. Resurgent Racism is the seventh “flagship” theme of FutureFix, a program devised by academics at the university…
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The US, Iran and the Middle East amid Shifting Alliances
It is difficult to predict how President Trump might respond to Iran, which Washington believes was behind the 14 September attack on two Saudi oil facilities. If President Trump decides to launch military action against Iran, it will retaliate with counterstrikes against its neighbours’ oil infrastructure and other strategic targets. The ensuing conflict will have…
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Minister orders review into schools at centre of anti-Semitic bullying
Victoria’s Education Minister James Merlino has ordered an immediate review into the way two Melbourne schools dealt with separate “appalling and shocking” cases of sustained anti-Semitic bullying earlier this year. Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg also weighed into the “completely unacceptable” incidents, calling for lessons on the Holocaust, in which about 6 million Jews were killed…
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Europe condemns both Nazism and Communism. But what about Communist China?
Behind the scenes, there are totalitarian nightmares On September 19, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, passed a resolution on the Importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe. For the first time, an international organization officially judged National-Socialism and Communism by the same moral standard. Of course, everyone knows how evil Nazism was, and…
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Launceston Rabbi Yochanan Gordon commemorates Jewish New Year with blowing of the shofar
A powerful performance heralding the beginning of the Jewish New Year will continue in Launceston on Tuesday. As part of Rosh Hashanah – meaning head of the year – Rabbi Yochanan Gordon will take part in the blowing of the shofar for the Launceston community. An ancient instrument typically made from a ram’s horn, the…