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Antisemitism 'allowed to come into the open' says Bondi victim's daughter

Sheina Gutnick was the first person to give evidence at the royal commission investigating the attack.

Israel envoy protests Japanese TV commentatorโ€™s remarks about Kushnerโ€™s Jewish identity

Israelโ€™s ambassador to Japan and the Simon Wiesenthal Centre have condemned a Japanese political commentator over remarks he made on a morning news programme that were widely criticised as suggesting Jared Kushner should not be involved in negotiations with Iran because he is Jewish. Kushner, US President Donald Trumpโ€™s son-in-law, joined Vice-President J.D. Vance and special envoy Steve Witkoff in Islamabad over the weekend for talks aimed at ending the war between the US, Israel and...

UK government blocks Kanye West from entering Britain to headline festival

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been barred from entering the UK, where he was scheduled to perform at the Wireless Festival in July. It came after government officials condemned Yeโ€™s history of antisemitic remarks. The festivalโ€™s organisers confirmed the ban and said the entire three-day festival was being cancelled as a result. Yeโ€™s travel authorisation had been blocked on the grounds that the performerโ€™s presence in Britain would not be โ€œconducive to the public goodโ€, the BBC...

Pressure mounts on UK government to ban Kanye West after festival backlash

The British government was under growing pressure on Monday to bar American rapper Kanye West from entering the country after he was named as the headline act for the Wireless Festival of rap and hip-hop music set for July. West, now known as Ye, has been criticised in the past for antisemitic remarks and celebration of Nazism, which have led on several occasions to his โ€Œsocial media accounts, including on X, being barred. The decision to book Ye prompted several companies to pull their...