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L'Australia Palestine Advocacy Network afferma che le critiche a Israele vengono regolarmente rappresentate come antisemite – e che le voci palestinesi vengono escluse dal dibattito.Ricevi le nostre email con le ultime notizie, l'app gratuita o il podcast quotidiano.Le voci palestinesi vengono escluse dal dibattito sulla coesione sociale, ha dichiarato l'organismo di rappresentanza dei palestinesi in Australia dopo che gli è stato negato il permesso di comparire davanti alla commissione reale sull'antisemitismo e la coesione sociale.L'Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (Apan) ha presentato memorie dettagliate sulle questioni dell'antisemitismo – incluso come esso venga definito – nonché sul razzismo e sulla coesione sociale, ma è stata informata di non avere un interesse "diretto e sostanziale" nelle udienze pubbliche, attualmente in corso a Sydney. Continua a leggere...

• Il casting director esorta Keir Starmer a intervenire nel caso di Paata Burchuladze, 71 anni, condannato a sette anni di carcere dopo aver cantato durante le manifestazioni anti-regime • La Royal Opera House di Londra ha sollecitato Keir Starmer a intervenire nel caso di Paata Burchuladze, un cantante basso di fama mondiale imprigionato in Georgia da ottobre con l'accusa di aver guidato un colpo di stato contro il leader autoritario del Paese. • Il settantunenne ha esibito presso la Royal Opera House e la Metropolitan Opera House di New York e ha collaborato con artisti del calibro di Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo e José Carreras.

Deborah Conway descrive l'anti-sionismo come un 'impulso genocidario' mentre l'inchiesta ascolta come gli ebrei siano bersaglio di paragoni con i nazisti

Moscow steps up maritime presence in North Sea after UK threats to seize shadow fleet oil tankersBritain’s Royal Navy tracked and followed a Russian frigate every day last month as it sailed from the Atlantic to the North Sea as Moscow steps up its maritime presence after UK threats to seize shadow fleet oil tankers.The Russian navy’s Admiral Grigorovich escorted six Russia-linked vessels during April, including at least three under economic sanction passing east through the Dover strait, while being watched continuously by four UK ships and helicopters. Continue reading...

On its fourth day of public hearings, royal commission into antisemitism also hears Jewish Australians have been pressured to resign and verbally abusedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJewish Australians have been told to use “less obviously Jewish” names, felt pressure to resign and been verbally abused by colleagues in the wake of 7 October 2023.On its fourth day of public hearings, the antisemitism royal commission also heard evidence from Australia’s antisemitism envoy, who said hatred towards Jews had become “almost fashionable”, while a Sydney nurse said New South Wales Health was “not safe for Jewish people”. Continue reading...

Al Nahyans’ control over farmland in Europe has meant they receive proportion of payments to farmsThe United Arab Emirates’ ruling royal family is benefiting from tens of millions in EU subsidies to grow crops destined for the Gulf, it can be revealed.A cross-border investigation by DeSmog and shared with the Guardian found subsidiaries controlled by the Al Nahyans collected more than €71m (£61m) in six years for farmland it controls in Romania, Italy and Spain. Continue reading...

The third day of hearings of the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion heard further evidence from Jewish AustraliansFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastViolent antisemitic abuse was allowed to proliferate across a Jewish political candidate’s social media as part of a broader trend designed to intimidate Jewish Australians from public life, a royal commission has heard.Joshua Kirsh launched a campaign as an independent candidate for the New South Wales upper house in late 2025 but found his advertisements online bombarded by antisemitic tropes, abuse and threats. Continue reading...