This post edited on 1 January with an update:  On the radio news this morning (31 December) 6PR reported that Israeli troops had fired into civilians returning from the Haj pilgrimage and killed one civilian. A quick check of the Israeli news at the time showed that this was a Palestinian claim, that has yet to [...]

The one sided statement from Australian Church Leaders is a major step backwards in interfaith relationships.  It is all very well for the Christian leaders concerned to play politics, but their ignorance and one-sidedness is astounding.  In their Statement they claim as follows:  “We are particularly concerned by the imprisonment of teenagers, mothers with dependent children, [...]

While those of us are sweltering in temperatures that reached 44 degrees today, there are some hot topics around town. The numbers that came through recent Jewish population statistics are not hot at all.  In fact, according to Prof Gabi Sheffer of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, over the past 30 years the Jewish population has [...]

Today I received in my mailbox a brochure entitled “Do you want your children to grow up in a Muslim Australia? The brochure quotes selective verses of the Koran, and comments “Islam is primarily a religion of the Arab race and culture – one that is now spreading throughout the Third world – and its [...]

Roman Catholic leaders have today said the notion of a Jewish state is a blatant discrimination against other religions and must be abandoned. Just wondering if you’ve looked out the window, lately? How’s Vatican City, going, fellas? That’s a nice Catholic state-within-a-state you’ve got going, there. So I guess it’s ok for you to ‘discriminate’ [...]