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San Francisco Chronicle
3 hours ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
Netanyahu brands Australia's Albanese 'weak' over Palestinian state recognition
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday brushed off accusations from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu that the Australian leader is a 'weak politician who had betrayed Israel' by recognizing a Palestinian state. Netanyahu's extraordinary public rebuke came after an Aug. 11 announcement by Albanese that his government's recognition of a Palestinian state will be formalized at the United Nations General Assembly in September. The announcement was followed by tit-for-tat cancellations of Australian and Israeli visas. 'History will remember Albanese for what he is: A weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia's Jews,' Yetanyahu posted on social media Tuesday. Albanese responded pointedly Wednesday: 'I treat leaders of other countries with respect. I engage with them in a diplomatic way.' 'I don't take these things personally,' Albanese said. 'Increasingly there is global concern and global concern because people want to see an end to the cycle of violence that we have seen for far too long. That is what Australians want to see as well.' Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke further inflamed Israel's anger Monday by cancelling the visa of far-right Israeli lawmaker Simcha Rothman, a member of Netanyahu's coalition, who planned an Australian speaking tour. Rothman is a member of the Religious Zionism party, which supports continuation of the war, the mass relocation of Palestinians through what it describes as voluntary migration and the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza. Burke on Wednesday accused Netanyahu of 'lashing out' against Australia as he had done against Britain, Canada, France, Ireland, Norway and Spain over recognition of a Palestinian state. Burke denied Albanese was weak. 'Strength is not measured by how many people you can blow up or how many children you can leave hungry,' Burke told Australian Broadcasting Corp. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar retaliated Monday for Rothman's treatment by revoking visas of Australian representatives to the Palestinian Authority. Saar also told the Israeli Embassy in Australia to 'carefully examine' any official visa applications from Australia to Israel. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong responded by accusing the Netanyahu government of isolating Israel. Alex Ryvchin, co-chief executive officer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the nation's peak advocacy group, said the Jewish community was 'profoundly disturbed and concerned by the rapidly deteriorating state of relations' between the two countries. Australian Jews did not feel 'abandoned' by the Albanese government, rejecting Netanyahu's accusation, Ryvchin said. 'When allies speak, they should speak frankly, robustly, but also in a dignified way, and I think firing off tweets which contain elements of abuse to them," Ryvchin said. 'I don't think that's the way to operate.' Australia is an increasingly multicultural country where more than half the population was born overseas or has at least one foreign parent. There is widespread community concern over the Israel-Hamas war, indicated by tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marching over the Sydney Harbor Bridge earlier this month. Antisemitism has reached unprecedented levels across Australia, which the government acknowledged last year by appointing the nation's first Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Sydney lawyer Jillian Segal. The worsening bilateral relationship with Israel was spilling over into Australia's relationship with the United States, an important ally that doesn't recognize a Palestinian state, opposition leader Sussan Ley said. 'The prime minister needs to explain how he is going to get this relationship (with Israel) that he has so badly mismanaged back on track,' Ley told reporters.
Business Insider
5 hours ago
- Business Insider
Russian preschools are introducing patriotic and war-themed lessons to teach kids to 'love the Motherland'
A new Russian pilot program with 100 preschools aims to teach children as young as three to be "worthy citizens" and "cultivate respect for the culture and history of Russia," the country's education ministry said. The lesson series, called "Conversations about Important Things," is to be tested in schools for children from three to seven in the occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, Moscow, Kaliningrad, and at least 17 other Russian oblasts and autonomous regions. On Tuesday, Russia's education minister, Sergey Kravtsov, said the classes would be tailored to young children with "colorful illustrations, interactive tasks, and game elements." "This will help children better absorb information, form correct ideas about important life values, and ultimately grow up to be worthy citizens of their country," Kravtsov said. While the education ministry said the program involves lessons on citizenship, morality, and families, it is also meant to foster a "love for the motherland." "Conversations about Important Things," which promotes Russia's national identity and past war actions, has been compulsory learning in high schools since 2022, the year that Moscow invaded Ukraine. The new push into preschools comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin said in October that he supported the program being rolled out to the country's "youngest children." Putin said he was disappointed, for example, that the Soviet Union's heavy losses in the Battle of Stalingrad were not discussed in children's textbooks about World War II. "All this shows that, of course, at the very earliest age we must instill certain basic things in a child," he said at a meeting with Russian teachers that month. "But everything, I repeat, must be within the bounds of reason." War-themed lessons for preschoolers The education ministry didn't specify what activities would be included in the pilot lessons. However, social media posts from some Russian preschools and kindergartens indicate that they've already voluntarily introduced some form of these programs. Novaya Gazeta Europe, an independent news organization founded by exiled Russian journalists, wrote in October that over 560 Russian preschools and kindergartens had posted about introducing "Conversations for Important Things" to their students. The outlet analyzed social media posts from over 10,000 kindergartens about war-themed lessons. It found that at least 19,000 of these activities were about supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In other posts seen by Business Insider on the Russian social network VKontakte, preschools and kindergartens uploaded photos of children video-calling a Russian soldier purportedly fighting in Ukraine and of students lining up in formation to honor the Russian flag. For example, one kindergarten in the Orenburg region said in October that it held a version of "Conversations about Important Things" to discuss the local farming industry. It posted a photo of young children holding up the region's coat of arms. Another preschool, in Kursk, said it invited a former helicopter pilot who fought in Afghanistan to speak to students. The post said he "read poems of his own composition about the exploits of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War and participants in a special military operation." In January, the city of Vologda also said in a statement that all of its kindergartens were planning patriotic and war-themed classes for "Conversations about Important Things." "Children will be told about the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, military professions, hero cities, monuments, awards for military exploits, and much more," the statement said, referring to World War II. One analysis by the independent Russian media outlet Agency found that the classes in Vologda discussed military awards, taught kids how to be bandaged, and included games about armored vehicles. Власти Вологды первыми в стране ввели еженедельные «Разговоры о важном» в детсадах Мэрия Вологды во вторник объявила о начале еженедельных занятий с детьми «Разговоры о важном» во всех 78 детсадах города, приурочив этот проект к Году защитника Отечества и 80-летию Победы в… — Новости «Агентства» (@agents_media) January 21, 2025 All of this comes as Russia goes all out to shore up local support for the war in Ukraine. Moscow has also sought to assimilate the population of occupied Ukrainian territories, offering parents cash sums to send their children to Russian-controlled schools. Public favor is especially key for the Kremlin, which relies on costly infantry assaults to fight against Ukraine — a tactic requiring a steady flow of fresh recruits from the civilian population. Ukrainian intelligence says that Russia has repeatedly hit its recruitment targets through hefty sign-up bonuses and payments made to families of wounded or killed soldiers. This year, Russia reportedly plans to recruit 343,000 new troops.
Epoch Times
5 hours ago
- Epoch Times
‘The Last Days': Hungarians Haunted by the Holocaust
Viewpoints Opinion Hungarian survivors tell their stories in this compelling documentary. As late as 1944, even when it was certain Hitler would lose World War II, he feverishly pursued the extermination of the largest remaining European Jewish population, the Jews of Hungary. This commentary spotlights a disturbing but necessary Oscar-winning documentary about Hungarian Jews who survived Nazi camps during what was meant to be the culmination of Hitler's Final Solution.
