Tale of a child’s missing toy cat … and it isn’t pretty
My attempt to ease my daughter’s inconsolable grief ended badly. Missing was a small cuddly toy, a brown kitten to be precise, and my then two-year-old daughter christened her “Pretty”.
My attempt to ease my daughter’s inconsolable grief ended badly. Missing was a small cuddly toy, a brown kitten to be precise, and my then two-year-old daughter christened her “Pretty”.
Israel is on the cusp of stamping its authority across the Middle East like never before.
The Canadian PM’s trouble is that his personal charm now holds no sway with voters or his colleagues. There is a backlash against his perceived ‘wokeness’, similar to that seen in the US and NZ.
Global and regional players scramble as the political and strategic landscape shifts, and a new-look Syria emerges.
What has gone wrong until now? Before the PM’s strong but belated response on Wednesday, the truth was that the fish had rotted from the head. Language matters, actions matter, and these have been too equivocal for too long.
It was always going to be awkward for Anthony Albanese to visit the firebombed synagogue. While leaders tried to plead with their followers not to heckle the PM, for some, their request was a bridge too far.
Anthony Albanese was welcomed by community leaders but heckled after emerging from the burnt-out Melbourne synagogue, where he pledged ‘whatever support was necessary’ and said Australia would never tolerate evil acts.
Speaking while paying her respects at the burnt-out Adass Israel Synagogue, Tzipi Livni says the war against anti-Semitism begins with just one word.
Jewish leaders have urged Anthony Albanese to urgently convene the national cabinet and make sweeping changes to address the anti-Semitism crisis.
The fall of the murderous regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria is a stunning development that recasts the balance of power in the Middle East while throwing the region into even greater chaos.
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