May 16, 2012 - News & Politics - 
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There’s no escaping it. We can argue about how and why people were dispossessed, it’s just part of our history now. What we can do is figure out how we can maintain a Jewish-democratic state while still being maximally inclusive of a Palestinian minority.
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May 9, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Gershom Gorenberg on StandWithUs: “The answer to slogans shouldn’t be slogans [...] Any account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that fits in a shirt pocket isn’t worth having.” This is where hasbara becomes deficient and is undermining the ability of Jewish students to learn about their identities, and Israel.
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April 16, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Bob Carr condemned increasing settlement activity, and the “retrospectively legalising … rather than evacuating” of illegal outposts (by Israeli standards). Some might deride this as grandstanding, but I think Australia has an important middle power role to play and this is part of that. I’m liking Carr more and more.
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March 20, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Highlighted in an NYTimes editorial, in the US interest on student loans start at between 6.8-15%, and don’t provide any help if the student loses their job, or is unable to pay back the loan. Ouch. Compare that with HECS. I know which I’d prefer.
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March 19, 2012 - News & Politics - 2
David Southwick and the Liberals are now appearing at Q Society events that further the fringe grou’s anti-multicultural and anti-Islam agenda. It’s very dangerous to see them forming a coalition with these neo-fascist bigots that will only do detriment to the cause and standing of the Jewish community.
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March 13, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Bob Katter’s anti-gay marriage ad in Queensland is, according to conservative columnist Andrew Bolt, “openly and shamelessly appealing to homophobia.”
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March 4, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Bob Carr on the possible future Iran-Israel war: “Australia has one role: to talk the Americans back from the brink.”
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February 25, 2012 - News & Politics, Sport - 3
According to a very scientific poll on Channel 9, Ricky Ponting is overwhelmingly the favourite to be Australia’s next prime minister. They have always said the captain of the test team is the toughest job in Australia…
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February 8, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
A Sydney man has been shot in the legs, and may not walk again, because of an argument on Facebook over the posting of an image of Syria’s dictator, Bashar al Assad.
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January 24, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Akiva Eldar in Ha’aretz: “A Jewish minority in enlightened countries cannot identify with a country that passes racist laws, persecutes human rights groups and besmirches the press. Some lovers of Israel have found a way to preserve their connection to the country by supporting groups that defend Israeli democracy.” In Australia, as Eldar says, that’s NIF.
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