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Fast Forward Former Haredi Girls’ School Principal Arrested For Sex Abuse in Israel
The former principal of a haredi-Orthodox girls’ school in Melbourne is facing extradition from Israel to Australia on claims she sexually abused some of her students. Malka Leifer, a resident of the West Bank settlement of Emmanuel, was arrested Sunday, officials said. The mother of eight ran the Adass Israel girls’ school from 2001 to…
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Fast Forward Sydney Police Aim To Block Pro-Palestinian Protest at Israeli Film Fest
Police in Sydney launched a legal bid to stop a pro-Palestinian protest at the opening of the Israeli Film Festival. Officials of the Palestine Action Group said members are listed for a hearing Monday in the Supreme Court of New South Wales ahead of the group’s planned protest outside the cinema on Thursday. The Guardian…
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Fast Forward Jewish Children Terrorized by ‘Slit Your Throat’ Thugs on Australia School Bus
Five teenagers were arrested for allegedly hurling anti-Semitic abuse and physically threatening Jewish school students on a bus in Sydney. Police confirmed that the five minors were arrested Thursday morning but were too drunk to be interviewed. They were released into their parents’ custody and are expected to be interrogated by police later Thursday, a…
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Fast Forward Australia Columnist Mike Carlton Quits Over Israel ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Remark
A controversial columnist for a major Australian newspaper resigned after he was exposed sending “anti-Semitic” emails and tweets to critics. Mike Carlton, a longstanding columnist for Saturday’s edition of the Sydney Morning Herald, resigned “on the spot” Tuesday when management suspended him after he called one reader a “Jewish bigot” and told others to “f—k…
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Fast Forward Australian Newspaper Apologizes For Cartoon Slammed as Anti-Semitic
The Sydney Morning Herald apologized “unreservedly” for publishing a cartoon that Jewish leaders called “crudely anti-Semitic.” Jewish leaders had threatened legal action if the daily did not publish an apology for the July 26 cartoon by Glen Le Lievre. The cartoon depicted a hook-nosed Jewish man wearing a kippah and sitting on an armchair emblazoned…
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Fast Forward Does Australia Gaza War Cartoon ‘Vilify’ Jews?
The umbrella body of the Jewish community in Sydney threatened to take action against a major newspaper for publishing a cartoon about Gaza that it claims “racially vilifies” Jews. Yair Miller, president of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, wrote to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday claiming that the cartoon…
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Fast Forward Sydney Jewish Leader Resigns Government Post Over Gaza War
A senior Jewish leader in Sydney resigned from a high-profile government post amid a furor over the Gaza conflict. Vic Alhadeff, the chief executive of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, stood down on Sunday as the part-time chair of the NSW Community Relations Commission just two weeks after an email he sent…
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Fast Forward More Than 3,000 People Attend Pro-Israel Rallies in 3 Australian Cities
More than 3,000 people demonstrated in support of Israel at rallies in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. In Melbourne, a piercing siren shattered the silence Sunday as about 2,000 people joined a “Code Red” rally. Dr. Danny Lamm, president of the Zionist Federation of Australia, told the crowd, “Israel faces a battle on three fronts —…
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