Keywords: President Obama
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AUSTRALIA
- Antony Loewenstein
- 03 September 2010
31 Comments
The Australian Jewish News has condemned the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) for calling on Australians to boycott Israeli goods made in the illegally occupied Palestinian territories. The NCCA is supporting a campaign of groups determined to act where western political leaders have failed. Leaders including Barack Obama, Julia Gillard or Tony Abbott refuse to acknowledge what they are backing when they declare they are ‘pro-Israel’.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Jan Forrester
- 28 June 2010
6 Comments
I am struck by lurid online comment on whether Aussie troops should go or stay in Afghanistan, a miasma of old-left vs new-right
trench exchanges, armchair military strategists and conspiracy theorists. As in the national game of Buzkashi, Afghanistan is a goat carcass fought over by a gaggle of teams.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 08 February 2010
12 Comments
That Senator Joyce's arguments for reducing foreign aid make little sense does not stop them from winning
popular support. Many voters decide on the basis of emotion rather than
rationality. And tapping voter greed is likely to be more successful
than appealing to altruism.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 15 January 2010
1 Comment
Safran's stunts — such as hoodwinking a Palestinian sperm bank into donating Palestinian sperm to the Israelis, and vice versa — are cringe-making. But they are in the context of a cogent and
pithy argument that has serious intent. October 2009
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 06 November 2009
3 Comments
Progressive Christian activist Jim Wallis is one of Barack Obama's key advisors on religious and ethical issues. He has been a key proponent of Obama's controversial health care reform legislation, which has raised the ire of some conservative Christians.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 23 October 2009
4 Comments
Safran's stunts — such as hoodwinking a Palestinian sperm bank into donating Palestinian sperm to the Israelis, and vice versa — are cringe-making. But they are in the context of a cogent and
pithy argument that has serious intent.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 14 October 2009
16 Comments
The Republican Right's claim that Obama has yet to achieve anything is
a smokescreen for their rage, for Obama got this
award precisely because he is 'not Bush'. To speak a credible language of moral inspiration and hope to the world is an achievement in itself.
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AUSTRALIA
- Ben Coleridge
- 12 August 2009
18 Comments
If there's a problem with Somali youth integrating into the community, let's all own it. That means taking an interest and being open to friendship. It's not just the responsibility of bureaucrats who devise 'policy solutions'.
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AUSTRALIA
- Ben Coleridge
- 10 July 2009
4 Comments
The current strategy is underpinned by a consensus on counter-insurgency that has gained ground since 2007. Marine Brigadier General Nicholson advocates drinking tea and eating goat with the locals, over and above firing bullets.
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AUSTRALIA
It is hard to imagine any solution to the discontent in Xinjiang without a general change in the political
culture of China. That seems a distant prospect indeed. For Australia's part, a soft and friendly voice may do more than condemnation or contention.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Kerry Murphy
- 19 June 2009
The US strategy now recognises that success in an insurgency conflict is slow. It can only take place when the occupying forces realise the important thing is to protect the Iraqi people, not to focus on killing the 'bad guys'.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 18 June 2009
6 Comments
Fitna is a heavy handed piece of anti-Muslim propaganda. It plays into the kinds of sentiments and fears that are exposed when, for example, plans are put forward to build a Muslim school on Sydney's southwest fringe.
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