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Escalation of the Day

Escalation of the Day

At least 11 people were killed and 37 others injured in a missile attack, the Israeli authorities claimed. It added that 17 of the injured are in serious condition.

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This Is Not Us

This Is Not Us

Parlermaid The Settlement Centre Waikato (SCW) in Hamilton, New Zealand, is a place of unity and one which welcomes all people, regardless of their religious or political beliefs, ethnicity or country of origin. A key feature of the newly redeveloped SCW are the ethnic panels that externally wrap the building

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Let’s See If They Uphold the Law

Let’s See If They Uphold the Law

I’m not a huge fan of racial vilification laws (as distinct from incitement laws), such as Australia’s notorious Section 18C, but, if we must have them, then surely they must be equally applied to everyone? Yet, to date, there’s been a notable slant in the few prosecutions

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Smelt Asks NZ Labour Party: Why Are You Against Peace?

Smelt Asks NZ Labour Party: Why Are You Against Peace?

Dr Simon Smelt Israel Institute NZ Dr Simon Smelt is a retired economist. In response to NZ’s Labour Party spokespeople calling “for an immediate and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza, Smelt asks Labour the following pertinent questions: Why are you against peace? There was a ceasefire in place on Oct

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Be One of the Brave Few

Be One of the Brave Few

In the German movie Das schreckliche Madchen (The Nasty Girl), a high school girl is determined to win an essay prize by writing about her little town’s brave resistance to the Nazis during the Third Reich. Everyone is delighted. But, as she delves deeper, she finds the terrible truth:

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We’ve Had Enough of the Whingers

We’ve Had Enough of the Whingers

The Waikato Settlement Centre is a building in central Hamilton to support immigrants and refugees from around the world. The recently revamped and extended building, partly funded by Hamilton City Council, was due to open last Thursday but that got cancelled when there was news of a planned Palestinian protest

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Why Antisemitism Is Likely to Grow

Why Antisemitism Is Likely to Grow

Barry Brownstein AIER Barry Brownstein is professor emeritus of economics and leadership at the University of Baltimore. Let us be wary of the soothing narrative that downplays the seriousness of growing antisemitism. The belief that Jew hate will diminish once the Israel-Hamas war concludes may be misguided. As I go

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Putin and the Attacks on Christians and Jews in Russia

Putin and the Attacks on Christians and Jews in Russia

Antonio Graceffo Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA MBA, is a China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia. He has spent 20 years in Asia and is the author of six books about China. On Sunday, 26 May 2024, Islamic gunmen stormed an Orthodox Christian church in Russia’

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Holding the UNRWA to Account

Holding the UNRWA to Account

For years, evidence has been growing of the damning links between UN agencies – its Palestinian UNRWA in particular – and Hamas terrorism. The UNRWA was first caught out distributing violently anti-Semitic propaganda in the guise of “textbooks” for Palestinian schoolchildren. But October 7 laid bare much worse: hundreds of UN employees

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Shouting for Hamas from the Rooftop

Shouting for Hamas from the Rooftop

After years of the left seeing ‘Nazi symbolism’ in even the most ludicrous places, a former Nazi symbol adopted by a modern terrorist group was flown from the roof of the Australian parliament. And the increasingly openly anti-Semitic left couldn’t have been more chuffed. A group of ‘pro-Palestinian’ supporters

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