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jwire.com.au > smartaid-steps-up-ukraine-support-as-russian-attacks-intensify-ahead-of-winter

SmartAID steps up Ukraine support as Russian attacks intensify ahead of winter

13+ hour, 21+ min ago   (595+ words) As Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid intensify, the country is bracing for another brutal winter. Hospitals, schools and rehabilitation centres face renewed disruption to electricity and essential services, threats that fall hardest on children, people with disabilities and the…...

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jwire.com.au > bondi-beach-to-host-massive-chanukah-event-marking-one-year-since-attack

Bondi Beach to host massive Chanukah event marking one year since attack

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (656+ words) Thousands of Australians are expected to gather on Bondi Beach this Chanukah in what organisers say will be the largest Jewish community event ever held in Australia, marking one year since a terrorist attack targeted the community’s annual celebration. Jewish…...

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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

4+ day, 4+ 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 > britains-attempt-to-isolate-israel-illustrates-its-irrelevance

Britain’s attempt to isolate Israel illustrates its irrelevance – J-Wire

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (586+ words) There was a time when any policy announcement from the foreign secretary of the United Kingdom was a momentous event. But that was a long time ago. Still, the panic in some quarters about this development is overstated. So, too,…...

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jwire.com.au > canberra-weighs-sanctions

Canberra weighs sanctions as Israeli ambassador pushes back

5+ day, 6+ 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 > morally-distorted-israel-hits-back-after-british-sanctions-on-judea-samaria

'Morally distorted': Israel hits back after British sanctions on Judea, Samaria

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (795+ words) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar declared “countermeasures” against the United Kingdom following Tuesday’s announcement by his British counterpart, Ed Miliband, that the United Kingdom would ban products from Judea and Samaria. “The accusations made today by the Foreign Secretary of…...

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jwire.com.au > israeli-ministers-urge-reprisals-as-uk-mulls-sanctions

Israeli ministers urge reprisals as UK mulls sanctions

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (570+ words) Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s finance minister, called for the British ambassador to be “expelled” immediately, adding: “We will not be a doormat trampled by an antisemitic government, in a country conquered by radical Islam, trying to save itself from economic and…...

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

Tasmania introduces legislation targeting antisemitism

6+ day, 5+ 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 > our-promise-is-their-protection

Our promise is their protection

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (300+ words) UIA Victoria Kol Nidre Appeal As we gather for Kol Nidre, in the holiest hours of the Jewish year, we reflect on the promises we make – to ourselves, to one another and to our people. Promises of responsibility, solidarity and…...

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jwire.com.au > greek-tavern-reportedly-faces-bomb-threat

Greek tavern reportedly faces bomb threat over Jewish-Greek dinner

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (10+ words) J-Wire...