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Anti-semitic allegations force Women’s March founders out
The three original board members of the Women’s March are leaving the organisation, after allegations of anti-Semitism and bigotry over the past 18 months. Back in January, CNN reported the allegations of bigotry against the leaders, which threatened to eclipse the work of grassroots activities. Yesterday, the organisation announced that Tamika Mallory, Bob Bland and Linda Sarsour will no…
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Netanyahu vows to form new government
Israel’s acting prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told supporters he will build a new ruling coalition and said the next government could not depend on Arab parties. Singling out the United States and its president, Donald Trump, Netanyahu, whose right-wing Likud party came in second in general elections, according to exit polls, said Israel was…
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Netanyahu rival Gantz calls for unity government as vote goes down to wire
Benny Gantz, the main challenger to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the country’s general election, called for a broad unity government early on Wednesday as exit surveys showed a tight race. “We will act to form a broad unity government that will express the will of the people,” Mr Gantz told supporters at a…
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From the Archives, 1982: Massacre in Beirut stirs world outcry
First published in The Age on September 20, 1982 Massacre stirs world outcry BEIRUT, 19 Sept. — Israel today began to move its troops out of parts of West Beirut after a furious protest from the US President, Mr Reagan, over the massacre by Lebanese militiamen of hundreds of people in two West Beirut Palestinian camps. Mr…
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No talks with the US at any level, says Iran’s supreme leader
Dubai: Iran’s supreme leader says “there will be no talks with the US at any level” – remarks apparently meant to end all speculation about a possible US-Iran meeting between the two countries’ presidents at the UN later this month. Iranian state TV quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has been personally sanctioned by the Trump administration,…
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Pentagon urges restraint as US blames Iran for Saudi strikes
Washington: Pentagon officials are pressing the Trump administration for a restrained response to the weekend attacks on Saudi oil facilities, arguing against a potentially costly conflict with Iran, which the US has blamed for the strike. US Defence Secretary Mark Esper met with President Donald Trump and key national security officials at the White House on…
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Australia pays to foster hate
Australian foreign aid spending is at a record low. Successive years of cuts have seen our aid budget drop from 0.37 per cent of gross national income in 2013-14 to just 0.21 per cent today. Successive ministers have blamed a lack of public support for this shrinking commitment, and it’s true that Australians want to…
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Iran confirms detention of Australians
Iran has acknowledged for the first time that it is holding three Australian nationals, including two with joint British nationality, on suspicion of spying. The semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili as saying the three had been charged in two separate cases. He said two people, British-Australian blogger Jolie King and her Australian…
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Netanyahu’s offer for unity govt rebuffed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party stands at 32 seats after the latest election. Israel’s weakened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has seen his offer for a coalition with his strongest political rival swiftly rebuffed after the leader failed to secure a governing majority in a tight election. Netanyahu’s surprise move was an abrupt change…
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The last days of Netanyahu?
At long last, Israel has taken a step back from the religious nationalist abyss into which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been leading it. In the 17 September parliamentary election, the country’s second in five months, the ‘natural coalition’ of Netanyahu’s Likud party, Orthodox groups, and proto-fascist factions failed to reach the 61-seat threshold that would…