UK antisemitism documented

UK antisemitism documented

July 5, 2016 | Gareth Narunsky

The release of the UK Labour Party’s report into antisemitism last week revealed the significant extent of the problem. We’re not talking about what was contained within the report, we’re talking about the launch itself.

Media Week - Beyond the pale; Siege mentality

Media Week – Beyond the pale; Siege mentality

July 1, 2016 | Allon Lee

In the Australian (June 24), analyst Paul Monk rebuked governments for cosying up to Iran whilst “vicious anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial and virulent anti-Zionism” remains part of its “DNA”.

Justice for Holocaust Survivors Before It's Too Late

Justice for Holocaust Survivors Before It’s Too Late

June 28, 2016 | Aaron Torop

June brought two developments of note to the Australian Holocaust survivor community. First, we express our deep sadness at the passing of Masha Zeleznikow, the 89-year-old Holocaust survivor and founder of Café Scheherazade in Melbourne, known for helping Holocaust survivors and other refugees. The second development is the conviction of Reinhold Hanning, a former Auschwitz guard, in Germany.

Same old Mahathir

Same old Mahathir

June 28, 2016 | Gareth Narunsky

One could have been forgiven for thinking, during a 60 Minutes interview with former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in March, that the one-time strongman of Malaysian politics had mellowed out significantly.

Reviving the Arab Peace Initiative

Reviving the Arab Peace Initiative

June 27, 2016 | Glen Falkenstein

Shifting dynamics in the Middle East may have presented a rare opportunity to establish the groundwork for a lasting, regionally-backed peace between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and their Arab neighbours.

Palestinians Celebrate Terror Attacks- Again

Palestinians Celebrate Terror Attacks- Again

June 17, 2016 | Aaron Torop

As we have reported on this blog in the past, large elements of the Palestinian leadership and much of the Palestinian public routinely celebrate terror attacks. The June 8 shooting in Tel Aviv that killed four is no different. Similar to responses after the Jerusalem bus bombing this past April, many parts of Palestinian society welcomed this most recent attack.

McNeill twists story about Egyptian border with Gaza to blame Israel

McNeill twists story about Egyptian border with Gaza to blame Israel

June 17, 2016 | Allon Lee

It’s been a while, but ABC TV “7.30” on Wednesday witnessed the full-blown reappearance of Sophie McNeill the advocacy journalist, in a story entitled “Rafah border crossing opens to sick Gazans seeking medical treatment in Egypt.”

The whole story was shallow and contradictory – and it was clear neither McNeill nor the show’s producers were going to allow the facts to interfere with a narrative they wanted to tell. Despite the fact that the story was ostensibly about a rare opening by the Egyptian government of its shared border with Hamas-ruled Gaza, that theme was that the suffering in Gaza is Israel’s fault and nobody else’s – not Egypt’s, not Hamas’ and not the Palestinian Authority’s. A veneer of balance was offered by speaking to an Israeli spokesperson, but the slant of the story was very clear.

 

Media Week - Lessons to be learned; Samah lingers on

Media Week – Lessons to be learned; Samah lingers on

June 10, 2016 | Allon Lee

Israeli author and former Associated Press reporter Matti Friedman told ABC Radio National “Late Night Live” host Phillip Adams (June 2) that he wrote his new book, “Pumpkin flowers” because “understanding in the West of the complexities of Israel’s situation lags behind the realities of the region.”

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati – the real face of the Iranian post-election regime

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati – the real face of the Iranian post-election regime

June 8, 2016 | Ari Wenig

The results of the parliamentary election in Iran at the end of February have often been represented as a victory for the moderates, reformists, and other supporters of 2013-elected President Hassan Rouhani. And it is true that, according to unofficial election results, Rouhani’s allies look to have gained a plurality in the 290-seat parliament, holding the most sway since 2004 and therefore, in theory, apparently carrying the potential to challenge the influence of the hard-line conservatives, who suffered humiliating losses in the elections. (Never mind that many of the candidates now considered part of the reformist bloc were previously identified as hardliners and only were named as affiliated with the reformist bloc just before the election after most genuine reformists were prevented from running.)

Media Week - All Shook up; Telling Tales

Media Week – All Shook up; Telling Tales

June 2, 2016 | Allon Lee

Anyone might have thought that Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman had just become Australia’s new defence minister such were the ripples in our media.

An opportunity for peace – if the Lieberman hype can be ignored

An opportunity for peace – if the Lieberman hype can be ignored

June 2, 2016 | Ahron Shapiro

To believe the hyped-up accounts of some media reports, the addition of Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu coalition has made the current government the “most right-wing ever” in Israel. But do the facts support this, especially after Tuesday’s historic news that Netanyahu is prepared to enter negotiations based upon the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative?

The death of a Palestinian activist exposes some brutal realities

The death of a Palestinian activist exposes some brutal realities

May 17, 2016 | Gareth Narunsky

PALESTINIAN activist Baha Nababta was passionate about helping his community in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem. In addition to being the head of the local volunteer fire department, he helped to pave roads, remove garbage and set up emergency medical services. For this service to his people, he was brutally murdered last week.

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