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Palestinians also suffer the 'knee-on-neck' hold by Israeli police. (Photo: File) By Benay Blend In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd there have been massive protests in major American cities.
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Browse > Home / News / Department of Communication representative added to discussion of commitment to International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance June 12, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk Read on for article A representative from Australias Department of Communications will be included in discussions about Australias commitment to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) after concerns were raised in Senate Estimates about an article published by the ABC. The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed this move. The inclusion of a communications expert will strengthen Australias commitment to fighting antisemitism and Holocaust denial, Dr Colin Rubenstein, AIJACs executive director, said
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US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst. The leading pro-Israel organization in the US praised President Donald Trump on Thursday for issuing an executive order that authorized American sanctions against International Criminal Court (ICC) employees involved in probes of the US military in Afghanistan and the Israeli military in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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All of last week and into this one, Americans grieved and demonstrated and were beaten in the streets by police as we protested George Floyds murder. It is an emotional time, with the wins of the Black Lives Matter movement making change seem, finally, possible. Yet existing communal tensions remained.
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Israel has occupied Palestinian land for over 50 years and Europe has barely mustered more than a few terse statements in opposition. As Israels looming annexation could result in greater humanitarian problems for Palestinians living under occupation, speculation has also grown over risks to Israels diplomatic standing. Yet Europe, succumbing to US and Israeli pressure, and its own divisions on the continent, may be left powerless in opposing Israels plans.
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At Night I Dream of Peace is the collection of diaries a young Jewish girl, Carry Ulreich, wrote during World War II in the occupied Netherlands. Ulreich, who moved to Israel after the war, became Carmela Mass and died in her nineties last year, has a fascinating story to tell: When the transports to the camps began during the war, she and her family (her parents, her older sister and her sisters fianc, who organized the hiding place) found refuge with a Catholic family, the Zijlmanses.
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America is experiencing another episodic paroxysm; this time triggered by the tragic death of George Floyd, at the hands and knees of a policeman. Most everyone is united in genuine outrage at this dreadful act committed by someone charged with protecting everyone.
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