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Hate Mail for Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs
JWire reports on virulently anti-Semitic leaflets that have yet again made an appearance in letter-boxes in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. The author of this material chose to distribute this material to Jewish households during Jewish New Year in an effort to frighten and intimidate Jews at one of the holiest time in the Jewish calendar. The…
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Hate Mail for Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs
Published in the J-Wire on September 28, 2014. http://www.jwire.com.au/news/hate-mail-sydneys-easter-suburbs/46307 Virulently anti-Semitic leaflets have yet again made an appearance in letter-boxes in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs…raising the ore of local Federal Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The Minister for Communications and member for Wentworth said: “Earlier today my staff were handed copies of a disgusting, racist leaflet which has…
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Anti-Semitic Flyers Distributed in Sydney Again; Neo-Nazi Group Wants Jews Out of Australia (VIDEO)
Published in The Algemeiner on September 29, 2014: http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/09/29/anti-semitic-flyers-distributed-in-sydney-again-neo-nazi-group-wants-jews-out-of-australia-video/ The Australian Online Hate Prevention Institute (OPHI) is charging that a fringe neo-Nazi group is again distributing crude anti-semitic flyers in the Sydney area, after a previous episode of such behavior shocked that city’s Jewish residents. Entitled, “The world’s foremost problem,” the new antisemitic flier by the group, “Squadron…
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It’s time Facebook repents
Originally published as: Andre Oboler, “It’s Time Facebook Repents“, Jerusalem Post, October 3, 2014. On the morning of Rosh Hashannah a petition signed by 10,306 people arrived at Facebook Headquarters asking the company to change their policy on Holocaust denial. Facebook’s current position on Holocaust denial is that “the mere statement of denying the Holocaust…
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antifa notes (september 30, 2014)
September 29, 2014: antifa notes (september 30, 2014), Slackbastard (Blog), http://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=36965 Briefly: Australian Defence League/Patriots Defence League Australia I wrote a piece about the Australian Defence League (ADL) for New Matilda. You can read it here. The Patriots Defence League Australia, an ADL splinter group, was planning on holding a rally at Hyde Park in…
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Dealing with Online Hate
In J-Wire, Australian Jewish News Agency, September 24, 2014, http://www.jwire.com.au/news/dealing-online-hate/45949 The Online Hate Prevention Institute has hosted an event to highlight the rising antisemitism on social media and to launch tools to help combat it. At the core of the event was the beta-launch of an online tool developed by OHPI to report and monitor…
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Problems with Gaza casualty numbers gaining recognition
August 12, 2014, Or Ovi Guy Problems with Gaza casualty numbers gaining recognition, article on the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council website. In his article in The Australian (Rise of anti-semitism from this war is no accident, 11 Aug), Andre Oboler, CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), suggested that the world is beginning…
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Rise of Anti-Semitism From This War is No Accident
Our CEO Andre Oboler writes for The Australian about the rise in antisemitism that has been caused by the war in Gaza. Oboler points out that civilian casualty statistics are now being called into question, and notes the way that these statistics have been used to justify and mobilise hostility towards Israel. Oboler also discusses…
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The battle against online hate
Australian Jewish News covers the rise in antisemitism online since the start of the conflict in Gaza. They talk to our CEO Andre Oboler about the surge in online posts that engage in antisemitism. Oboler discusses the different forms that this antisemitism is taking, and its growing prevalence in the general public.
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Gaza “Civilian Casualty” Count Untrue and in Question
August 12, 2104, Gaza “Civilian Casualty” Count Untrue and in Question, Pamela Geller: Atlus Shrugs (blog). Recaps Dr Andre Oboler’s column in The Australian.