Author: Jmedia Manager
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Retracing never forgotten steps
It’s one of the world’s saddest sights – a jumble of shoes scattered along the Danube riverfront in Hungary’s capital Budapest. They come in all shapes and sizes, from workers’ boots to smart businessmen’s shoes, from dainty court high heels to a pair of children’s tiny lace-ups. These 60 pairs of cast-iron shoes are the…
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Any country that attacks Iran will become the ‘main battlefield’ the Revolutionary Guards warned as US orders Gulf reinforcements
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged calm over the question of what the United States may do about what it sees as an increasingly rogue Iran. And he has insisted that all Australia has agreed to do in the region at this stage is assist freedom of navigation exercises. US President Donald Trump raised the…
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Saudia Arabia reveals damaged oil facility as Iran gets hostile
Saudi Arabia has shown the world its damage to its oil facilities from attacks that Washington and Riyadh blame on Iran. The tour of its melted pipes and burnt equipment came as Tehran vowed wide retaliation if heightened tensions boil over into hostilities. The kingdom sees the September 14 strikes on its Khurais and Abqaiq…
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Learning from the Germans: Confronting racism and evil as a nation
Of all the horrors of World War II, the murder of over 6 million Jews is seen as an almost unparalleled act of evil. Still today, Germany struggles with the legacy of the holocaust: how it should be remembered and how to prevent it ever happening again. Moral philosopher Susan Neiman believes there are lessons…
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British unions vote ‘unanimously’ to boycott Israel
“At the moment we’re looking at a people lacking the control that allows them to function as a society — water, the freedom to travel, the basic right to safety,” said Martin Sundram, delegate for the Artists’ Union of England (AUE) at the annual congress of the British trade union movement. The AUE tabled Motion 75, titled “Palestine:…
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Lifestory: Dr Said Ailabouni – God is on the side of “rejected, oppressed, occupied”, Part II
Follow this link for part I… Born in Nazareth, Galilee, Rev Dr Said Ailabouni moved to the US at the age of 19 to become a physician. But he was so angry at God that he went to study theology instead, becoming a Lutheran pastor. Now he is leading the Middle East & Europe desk…
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Gantz wouldn’t diverge too much from Netanyahu’s path
Benny Gantz, possibly weeks away from being Israel’s next leader, would likely follow the same path as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on strengthening his country’s alliance with the US, securing its borders and countering Iran at a time of crisis in the Middle East. The 60-year-old retired general has pledged to steer a more unifying…
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‘Magician’ Netanyahu out of tricks and all but out of power
Benjamin Netanyahu spent the last two hours of voting in Israel’s general election on Tuesday speaking through a camera to an online audience, begging people to come out and vote for Likud, his ruling party, before it was too late. “All the battles I fought as a soldier in an elite unit, all the battles…
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Political rage is the new road rage
American politics is broken, and too few people are thinking about how to mend it. Donald Trump’s presidency has aroused strong and often angry passions among both opponents and supporters, but the problem runs much deeper than that. More and more, political rage seems to be crowding out political engagement. And make no mistake: Without…
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Israel election: Netanyahu’s long rule threatened by deadlocked polls
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger Benny Gantz are now facing tough negotiations to build a unity government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long grip on power appeared in jeopardy on Wednesday after elections left him tied with his main challenger Benny Gantz, raising the prospect of tough negotiations to build a unity…