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Israel, Lebanon and the United States signed a framework agreement and security annex on Friday. This was aimed at removing the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group from southern Lebanon and laying the groundwork for broader political cooperation between the neighbouring countries. “It’s the beginning of the beginning. There’s a lot of work ahead,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after the signing ceremony.

New Zealand’s secondary teachers’ union is developing new guidance for educators following reports of increasing Holocaust denial, antisemitism and other forms of extremist behaviour in classrooms.

Instead of the “sheriff” in the White House shooting from the hip and making the outlaw gangs surrender, he is shooting from the lip and making sure that the “baddies” win while his allies are punished.The barrage of verbal artillery being lobbed can only be described as asinine and narcissistic. Our friends at AI clearly explain the symptoms of these two afflictions. Asinine is an adjective that describes something or someone as extremely foolish, stupid, or silly.

I have always enjoyed reading Yuval Harari (Sapiens, Homo Deus and Nexus). Jeremy Rosen He is creative and controversial. He covers such a wide range of anthropology, history and politics; and challenges us to think. He also gets some things wrong, whether scientifically, politically or socially. But I love the ideas he throws at us. So, although I despise the New York Times (and the BBC), I had to listen. Amongst the topics raised were nationalism and liberalism. Once terms of pride.

A West Australian man who sent an antisemitic message threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns has been given a suspended jail sentence. Will James King, 20, was sentenced in Mandurah Magistrates Court on Friday to seven months in prison, conditionally suspended for 12 months. The court heard King sent the message directly to Minns’ Instagram account in January. “You’re a Jew, not a real Semite,” the message said. “You’re an Ashkenazi Jew.

In a profanity-filled telephone conversation last September, according to New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in their new book, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, President Trump told Benjamin Netanyahu that “Everybody’s sick of you, Bibi. All the Jews are sick of you. Even the two Jews on this call [Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner] are sick of you.” Mencachem Rosenaft This may have been Trump’s most insightful observation ever.

New Zealand teachers are reporting more Holocaust denial, neo-Nazi language and other extremist views among students. This has prompted the country’s secondary teachers’ union to develop new guidance for schools. The Post Primary Teachers’ Association Te Wehengarua is seeking an expert to prepare resources for teachers dealing with antisemitism, racism, homophobia, misogyny and far-right extremism.

Extreme socialism is now on the march in America, with the demonisation of Israel as the principal weapon in its arsenal. Claire Valdez, Brad Lander and Darializa Avila Chevalier, three extremists backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, emerged victorious this week from their Democratic primaries in New York City’s 7th, 10th and 17th congressional districts. Valdez and Chevalier are affiliated with the ultra-left, anti-American Democratic Socialists of America.

Jewish life makes news every day. Sometimes it is inspiring. Sometimes it is confronting. Sometimes it is heartbreaking. Over the past year, rising antisemitism has made the threats facing our community painfully real. At times like these, Jewish Australians need more than headlines. We need independent reporting that understands our community and tells our stories accurately. That is why JWire exists, and why your support matters.

There is a question hanging over the Australian Jewish community: when something happens that shocks us, frightens us or confirms what we have been warning about, what answer are we actually being given? Not another statement. Not another condemnation. Not another assurance that antisemitism has no place in Australia. We have heard all of that. The question is whether Australia is responding with the seriousness this moment requires. The past few days have been difficult.