Unlike Europe, Australia Steadfast Against Terrorism
While much is being said about the European trend of cozying up with terror groups, Australia continues to not tolerate groups which aim to kill civilians.
From Australian Associated Press newsfeed:
The government has relisted four terrorist organisations which it believes remain a threat to Australia.
The organisations are Hamas’s Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hizbollah External Security Organisation, Lashkar-e-Toiba, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Under Australian laws, a terror listing expires two years after it is originally made.
Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said the government believed the organisations were still a threat to Australia.
“The government continues to be satisfied on reasonable grounds that they are directly or indirectly engaged in preparing, planning, assisting in or fostering the doing of a terrorist act,” he said.
“The relisting confirms the government’s commitment to ensuring that involvement in these organisations will not be tolerated.”
More from SNAPSHOTS
Mahmoud Abbas’ Diatribe Threatening Israel Included Bogus Canaanite Claim
September 10, 2019
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent anti-Israel diatribe that aired on PA TV was monitored and translated by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). Excerpt: "I say to [Israel]: Every stone you have built on our land [...]
CNN Calls House’s Unifying Anti-BDS Vote ‘Divisive’
July 24, 2019
Yesterday, in an overwhelming vote of bipartisan support, the House of Representatives voted 398 to 17 to adopt a resolution opposing the anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divest, sanctions) campaign. Yet, CNN's headline casts the unifying vote [...]
NY Times Cites Poll, Hides Palestinian Support for Violence
July 9, 2019
The New York Times has struggled to accurately describe polls this year. In January, editor Jonathan Weisman misrepresented Pew polling data to describe a nonexistent surge in Israeli support for the United States under President [...]
CNN’s Zakaria Indulges Palestinian Propagandist Hanan Ashrawi
June 9, 2019
Fareed Zakaria’s weekly Cable News Network (CNN) program (grandiosely named “Global Public Square”) June 9 broadcast included a discussion of the current U.S. Middle East peace plan with guests Hanan Ashrawi (Palestinian Authority official) and [...]
In Robert Bernstein Obit, AFP Inappropriately References His Judaism
May 29, 2019
Robert Bernstein (Courtesy the New Press) In its obituary yesterday for American publisher Robert Bernstein, Agence France Presse inserted an inappropriate reference to the Human Rights Watch founder who later turned on the organization due [...]


