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Iran Asks West To Leave Persian Gulf As Tensions Heightened
Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani separately promised to unveil a regional peace plan at this week’s upcoming high-level meetings at the United Nations. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president called Sunday on Western powers to leave the security of the Persian Gulf to regional nations led by Tehran, criticising a new US-led coalition patrolling the region’s…
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Netanyahu’s grip on power slips after Arab parties endorse his rival for Israeli prime minister
Arab lawmakers on Sunday endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rival, Benny Gantz, who leads the centrist Blue and White Party, in a historic move meant to topple Netanyahu’s 10-year grip on power. Partial results from last week’s election indicate that neither Netanyahu nor Gantz has secured an outright majority of 61 seats in its…
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Israel’s remarkable democracy
The support pledged by Arab MPs elected in last week’s Israeli election for Benny Gantz to be the Jewish state’s next prime minister is no assurance he will have the numbers to succeed. It could even work against him. But it does underline the vibrancy of Israel’s unique status as a vital democracy amid the…
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Court orders new psych report for accused child sex abuser Malka Leifer
Jerusalem The Jerusalem District Court has ruled that a new psychiatric report is needed to assess if former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer is fit to face an extradition trial over child sex abuse allegations. Judge Chana Miriam Lomp on Monday presented a distant deadline of December 10 for the new assessment to be filed by…
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In show of political power, Arab lawmakers back Gantz to lead Israel
Jerusalem: After 27 years of sitting out decisions on who should lead Israel, Arab lawmakers on Sunday recommended that Benny Gantz, the centrist former army chief, get the first chance to form a government over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a watershed assertion of political power. Ayman Odeh, the leader of the Arab Joint List, wrote in…
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New exhibition explores photographs from the British Mandate for Palestine
The role of archaeology and museums in recording and interpreting the past during the British Mandate for Palestine is the subject of a new exhibition at The University of Queensland’s RD Milns Antiquities Museum. Contested Histories: Photographs from Mandate Palestine in the JH Iliffe Collection draws on the collection of British archaeologist and museum curator John Henry…
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Against smears of anti-Semitism, Corbyn’s Labour is no model
hether primarily motivated by defence of Israel’s apartheid regime or a hostility to the left, concocted accusations of anti-Semitism serve to erode support for Palestinians’ struggle against occupation and oppression. Leftists have to decide how to respond. Their decisions can accelerate or counteract that erosion. Anti-Semitism is real. Last year a fascist murdered eleven people…
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Private school principal launches random drug tests and bag searches
Students at an elite eastern suburbs private school will be subject to drug screening, and bag, locker and pocket searches after students smuggled marijuana and e-cigarettes into an excursion. A prestigious eastern suburbs Jewish school will test and search students for drugs and e-cigarettes. Moriah College in Queens Park will introduce drug testing after Year…
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Liberal Party plays the anti-Semitic card to save Frydenberg
The Liberal Party continues to defend Josh Frydenberg’s citizenship status and accuse Trevor Poulton of anti-Semitism over his brief questioning the Treasurer’s eligibility. On 11 September 2019, Liberal Party Senator Andrew Bragg made a statement to the Senate outlining his theory that anti-Semitism is “underpinning a disgraceful challenge against the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s citizenship”. Senator Bragg is now the third Liberal parliamentarian to lash out over…
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Morrison pushes back on Trump’s ‘easy’ option of war with Iran during official US visit
Washington – Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pushed back on talk of drastic military action in the Persian Gulf that could escalate dangers for Australian defence forces after US President Donald Trump raised the “easy” option of going to war with Iran. Mr Morrison declared he had no “further activities planned” beyond the Australian commitment of…