Andrew Friedman - TPS, Author at J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/author/andrew-friedman-tps/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Mon, 16 Jul 2018 05:50:40 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Netanyahu, Liberman: IDF Strikes Dealt ‘Severe Blow’ to Hamas https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-liberman-idf-strikes-dealt-severe-blow-to-hamas/ https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-liberman-idf-strikes-dealt-severe-blow-to-hamas/#respond Mon, 16 Jul 2018 05:50:40 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=87461 Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman said yesterday that IDF air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza over the weekend had delivered a “severe” blow to Hamas while Liberman added that Israel has “no intention of learning to live” with ongoing kite-born arson attacks from Gaza. 

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-liberman-idf-strikes-dealt-severe-blow-to-hamas/feed/ 0 87461 Former Chief Rabbi: Poles ‘shot selves in foot’ with Holocaust law https://www.jwire.com.au/former-chief-rabbi-poles-shot-selves-in-foot-with-holocaust-law/ https://www.jwire.com.au/former-chief-rabbi-poles-shot-selves-in-foot-with-holocaust-law/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2018 04:32:49 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=87244 The controversy surrounding a Polish law that criminalises “defamation of Poland” by accusing the Polish state of complicity in Nazi crimes during World War II was a   self-inflicted wound, former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau said Sunday.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/former-chief-rabbi-poles-shot-selves-in-foot-with-holocaust-law/feed/ 2 87244 Israeli hand-held ultrasound device stands to revolutionise breast cancer diagnosis https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-hand-held-ultrasound-device-stands-to-revolutionise-breast-cancer-diagnosis/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-hand-held-ultrasound-device-stands-to-revolutionise-breast-cancer-diagnosis/#respond Mon, 25 Jun 2018 06:12:53 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=86737 For more than a generation, the medical establishment has considered mammography to be the most accurate measure of breast health, and part of a $20 billion annual breast scanning industry in the United States alone.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-hand-held-ultrasound-device-stands-to-revolutionise-breast-cancer-diagnosis/feed/ 0 86737 Malka Leifer: bail refused https://www.jwire.com.au/86421-2/ https://www.jwire.com.au/86421-2/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2018 13:51:21 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=86421 The Jerusalem District Court rejected a request by defence attorneys to release Malka Leifer, the former principal of an ultra-Orthodox high school for girls in Melbourne, Australia on bail.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/86421-2/feed/ 3 86421 New delay in Leifer extradition process; survivors: frustrating, but making progress https://www.jwire.com.au/new-delay-in-leifer-extradition-process-survivors-frustrating-but-making-progress/ https://www.jwire.com.au/new-delay-in-leifer-extradition-process-survivors-frustrating-but-making-progress/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2018 03:33:54 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=86015 Malka Leifer, a former headmistress at a haredi girls school in Melbourne, Australia will remain in custody and will undergo a second round of psychiatric testing to determine whether or not she is fit to stand trial for extradition, the Jerusalem District Court ruled Thursday.

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