Category Archives: Israel

So Why Doesn’t Australia Have Protests About Its High Cost Of Living?

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Luke Ford

In 2011, the main story in Israel were the social justice protests, aka the cost of living was too high. Australia’s cost of living is far higher than Israel’s. So why aren’t Australians taking to the streets? Because Australians and … Continue reading →

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Is Former Australian PM Malcolm Fraser Crazy?

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Luke Ford

Australian Jewish News reports: CLAIMS from Malcom Fraser (pictured) that Israel deliberately bombed the USS Liberty in June 1967 is a “mad, demented conspiracy theory”, Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) national chairman Mark Leibler said this week. The former … Continue reading →

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Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Luke Ford

Yossi Klein Halevi writes on page 101 of his new book about the morning after the Israelis took the Western Wall and reunited Jerusalem at the end of the Six Day War: Some Israelis came to loot. They smashed windows … Continue reading →

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The Apartheid State

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Luke Ford

Apartheid allowed South Africa to flourish like no other country in Africa and when it was dismantled more than ten years ago, the average life expectancy quickly plunged ten years (and it has now returned to former levels). Supporters of … Continue reading →

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Haaretz: Top rabbis move to forbid renting homes to Arabs, say ‘racism originated in the Torah’

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Luke Ford

I was Googling “Torah racism” to find out what the Torah has to say about racism — nothing in my knowledge — and I found this news article from 2010: A number of leading rabbis who signed on to a … Continue reading →

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