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jwire.com.au > australia-backs-sanctions-but-rules-out-settlement-trade-ban

Australia backs sanctions but rules out settlement trade ban

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (400+ words) The prime minister has defended a decision not to follow the UK in announcing trade bans on Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Anthony Albanese has defended his government’s decision not to join the UK in restricting trade with…...

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jwire.com.au > podcast-lchaim-to-life-14

Podcast: L'Chaim to Life

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (176+ words) Yaron Hallis – A beautiful melody is a beautiful melody Morry Frenkel speaks with Yaron Hallis, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the three-time ARIA Award-winning group, Monsieur Camembert, about the upcoming tour of “Cohen Noir: The beauty, mystery and romance…...

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jwire.com.au > canberra-weighs-sanctions

Canberra weighs sanctions as Israeli ambassador pushes back

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (637+ words) Israel’s ambassador Hillel Newman has urged Australia to resist a British-style ban on settlement goods, warning against broader sanctions as Canberra prepares further targeted action over violence and settlement expansion in the West Bank. Newman told The Australian that sanctions…...

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jwire.com.au > difficult-test-looming-in-neo-nazi-high-court-case

'Difficult' test looming in neo-Nazi High Court case

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (458+ words) A neo-Nazi leader and his fledgeling political party have a reasonable chance of winning a High Court dispute, a leading legal expert has said. White Australia Party Inc, headed by white supremacist Thomas Sewell, launched the legal challenge after a…...

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jwire.com.au > tasmania-moves-to-ban-extremist-symbols

Tasmania introduces legislation targeting antisemitism

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (397+ words) Tasmania has introduced legislation targeting antisemitism that would ban the public display of terrorist and prohibited hate group symbols and create specific offences for intimidating worshippers and damaging religious sites. The Justice Miscellaneous (Prohibited Symbols and Protection of Worship) Bill…...

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jwire.com.au > aijac-accuses-abc-guidance-of-embedding-anti-israel-bias

AIJAC accuses ABC guidance of embedding anti-Israel bias

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (761+ words) The ABC’s internal framework for reporting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could lead to systematically one-sided coverage even when journalists follow it faithfully, according to a new report from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC). The AIJAC report argues that the…...

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jwire.com.au > behind-closed-doors-arts-leaders-take-antisemitism-concerns-to-royal-commission

Behind closed doors: Arts leaders take antisemitism concerns to Royal Commission

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (504+ words) Senior figures from Australia’s arts and creative industries have met privately with the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion to discuss the exclusion of Jewish artists, the politicisation of cultural events and ways to improve the sector’s response to…...

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jwire.com.au > queensland-man-charged-over-alleged-antisemitic-threats

Queensland man charged over alleged antisemitic threats

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (640+ words) A Far North Queensland man has been charged over alleged threats containing antisemitic abuse directed at an unnamed religious organisation. Queensland Police and Australian Federal Police officers arrested the 52-year-old Mossman man on the Captain Cook Highway at Macalister Range…...

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jwire.com.au > family-welcomes-expulsion-after-attack-on-jewish-teenager

Family welcomes expulsion after attack on Jewish teenager

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (449+ words) The family of a Jewish teenager who was punched at a Scouts Victoria event says the youth involved has been expelled from the organisation. Joshua Levy, then 18, was wearing a kippah and had an Israeli flag draped around him when…...

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jwire.com.au > idf-kills-hamas-terrorists-in-gaza-including-oct-7-perpetrator

IDF kills Hamas terrorists in Gaza, including Oct. 7 perpetrator

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (797+ words) The Israel Defense Forces over the weekend targeted and killed a Hamas commander who infiltrated the northwest Negev as part of the terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border massacre, the military said on Sunday. Abd al-Fattah Abu al-Eish, a Hamas Nukhba Force…...