French Holocaust denier leads EU Parliament’s extreme right
BRUSSELS - A controversial French politician who was convicted and sentenced last week for questioning the Holocaust is the leader of a new…
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What’s so bad about ‘good for the Jews’ KALEIDOSCOPE Our obsession with whether political candidates are ‘good for the Jews’ begs the question: Which Jews?
IS he good for the Jews?” “Is she good for the Jews?” “Are they good for the Jews?” As political candidates step up to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →People of the Boot The election of Richard Pratt last week as president of Ca[?] Football Club continues a long tradition of Jews who have come to the rescue of Aussie Rules clubs, writes Jason Frenkel. [?]
CAN the white knight with (navy) blue blood save the silver-tails? That was the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Vox Pop Who will you vote for in the state election and why?
I don't know. I am going to listen to what they offer and the one I consider most plausible, I…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →MARCH 24 Nsw Elections ‘Jews not warming to Debnam’
NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam is facing an up-hill batde toward the March 24 elections and Liberal Party insiders believe his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vox Pop Who will you vote for in the state election and why?
“Greens, because I am more concerned with environmental issues and I don’t like the smear…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Nsw State Election Saturday, March 24 on the Record Peter Debnam
“I WANT to put them [the NSW Government] on notice that we are watching the investigation. As much as the police have a good…
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JOHN Kaye has been part of the Greens since the early ’80s and is now taking his first tilt at state politics. Kaye is the Greens’ education…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Senior Libs to block candidate
SENIOR Liberal powerbrokers, including Treasurer Peter Costello, have moved to ease Jewish community concerns over the possible…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liberal Party blocks ‘antisemitic’ candidate
THE Liberal Party has unanimously quashed the political comeback of a former MP accused of making antisemitic attacks in parliament in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police chief candidate quits
JERUSALEM — Israel Prisons Service chief warden Ya’acov Genot (pictured) has asked to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Vox Pop Do you think that the fact that a majority of the Green politicians in NSW Parliament are Jewish will influence Green Party policies?
No, because they were voted in based on their policies for NSW, not their religious beliefs…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Better Than Debnam? France Flirts with New Talent. Currently on exchange in France, Samuel Robinson reminds us that elections can be interesting
Segolene Royal is the Socialist Party (PS) candidate in the French presidential election, the daughter of an army colonel and a party apparatchik for many years. After winning…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Is it Kosher to be Green? The Greens are presenting voters with a more balanced position on the Middle East ahead of this year’s federal election, but as Jason Frenkel reports, greenfriendly Jews still have questions about the emerging third power in Australian politics
SOMETHING odd happened during Kerry Nettle’s trip to Israel in January this year. It wasn’t that Nettle jammed…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Guess who’s not coming to dinner? A beleaguered America, a divided Congress and the upcoming election season in the US are a sure prescription for paralysis in the Middle East. American Angle
IT was to be a glittering occasion in the East Room next Wednesday. King Abdullah, sovereign of Saudi Arabia, was to be feted with the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Candidate slips on Jewish wallets
WASHINGTON According to Republican presidential hopeful Tommy…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A tale of two speeches John Howard and Kevin Rudd both made pleas last week to Australian Jews for support come election day, but the Labor leader will have an up till battle winning over those Zionists who remain wary about the ALP's true colours, writes Dan Goldberg
WITHIN 24 hours last week, the prime minister and his would-be…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Vox Pop Will you support George Newhouse or Malcolm Turnbull in the federal election?
Definitely Turnbull. its not about the religion of the candidate but what they stand for,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Conservative Wins Elections French Jews rejoice with Sarkozy
PARIS - Optimistic and celebratory, Jewish groups were quick to offer congratulations to Nicolas Sarkozy after his victory in French presidential…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Canberra confidential AJN political editor Jason Frenkel is keeping a campaign diary leading up to the federal election
LABOR’S bete noire of Australian Jewry, Julia Irwin, has defied a push by the party’s powerbrokers to replace her as the preferred candidate in the Sydney seat of Fowler…
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