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Title: Alon Cassuto and Jeremy Leibler – 18C complaint lodged with the Australian Human Rights Commission against Mary Kostakidis (*from 0:23 mins)

Description: Since 7 October 2023, thousands of Jewish Australians have been victimised, harassed and racially vilified. Businesses have been boycotted and people’s safety threatened. In this context Alon Cassuto, CEO of the Zionist Federation of Australia, a dual citizen of Australia and Israel, lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission against Mary Kostakidis, acclaimed SBS newsreader for more than 20 years. The complaint relates to Mary Kostakidis sharing a call by Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of the proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah, for the ethnic cleansing of Jews “from the river to the sea”.

Title: Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet – The safe season for the Jews has ended (*from 6:57 mins)

Description: Morry Frenkel speaks with Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet, Resident Historian at the Sydney Jewish Museum, about his view that Holocaust and antisemitism education has done nothing to prevent the recent global upsurge in hate crimes and antisemitism and that, controversially, the “period of grace granted to Jews after Auschwitz has come to an end.” The real lessons of the Holocaust are that once democracy and the rule of law are collapsing, we will see once again what happened 80 years ago: a dictatorial regime implementing race ideologies as a state doctrine against minorities, defaming, discriminating, expelling and in the case of war, exterminating them. Professor Kwiet also explained his belief that hate ideologies, including antisemitism, have an important social function. To access information on the permanent and feature exhibitions at the Sydney Jewish Museum, purchase entry tickets, to become a member of the museum and to make a donation, go to www.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au.

Title: KAN English News Flash – July 17, 2024 at 2PM IDT (*from 25:58 mins)

The latest English language radio news bulletin from KAN, the Israeli Broadcasting Service.

Title: Effi Yaacobi – Israel update (*from 32:24 mins)

Description: Maurice Klein speaks with our Israeli tour guide Effi Yaacobi for an Israel update. Effi tells us about the current state of tourism to Israel, who is coming and the impact visiting the devastation and destruction has had on his clients. The IDF continues to roll through Gaza with great success destroying much of the Hamas terrorists military infrastructure and capacity putting pressure on Hamas to revive the ceasefire negotiations, with some improved prospects re the return of the hostages. Due to manpower strains, the Israel government has approved a plan to temporarily extend compulsory IDF military service for men from 32 months to 36 months. With the wars and economic issues Israel is subsequently having to contend with, Google is displaying absolute confidence in Israel with advanced talks to buy Israel tech company WIZ for US twenty three billion dollars, in what will be the biggest ever Israel tech acquisition, that will also generate a tax windfall during the Gaza war. To contact Effi, email him at:    efyaac@netvision.net.il.

Title: Gareth Narunsky – Tomorrow’s AJN Headlines today (*from 54:31 mins)

Description: We cross to Gareth Narunsky, the Australian Jewish News National Editor, for the headlines in this week’s edition of the paper.

Title: Dr Ruth Westheimer dead at 96 – A tribute (*from 56:35 mins)

Description: Ruth Westheimer, the Sex Guru Known as Dr. Ruth, Dies at 96. Frank and funny, the taboo-breaking psychologist said things on television and radio that would have been shocking coming from almost anyone else.

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