Help us sharpen our knuckledusters. [17] Yemini noted how disappointed he was at the news, stating that it was a sad day for democracy in Melbourne. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Now, to my horror, but not my surprise, they did exactly both. Avi Yemini is the Australia Bureau Chief for Rebel News. We periodically review and remove channels that are not in compliance with our policies, and channels that repeatedly violate these policies are suspended from our partner program., Violent extremists: Asio boss warns of angry and isolated Australians radicalised during pandemic, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. He didnt ask if I was okay. Even the term street journalism implies a documentarian role. There are a few reasons for this. But nothing will ever thwart the waiting mass of media outlets waiting to skew the work of activists and agitators toward their own political ends. 4 hr ago Further concerns were raised by Jewish community members[24] of Robert's appearance on the antisemitic conspiracy theory podcast "Jew World Order" where Roberts had discussed the "Climate Change agenda worldwide. It was like I didnt exist as a human being, I was just a vessel for his hatred, Ms Lyford told the court. Story #2:Wills weekly NFL quarterback depth chart. The event expected 150 people to attend and was claimed by Yemini, Roberts and Hanson to be cancelled over "security reasons". Yemini posted on his Facebook page that Manny and Zephaniah were harbouring a child sexual offender, adding that this abuser is being hosted there for Zephaniah Waks financial gain with what seems to be Mannys full blessing. Im not going to be intimidated by you, Rebel News, or anybody else, the protester said. After surviving blow-back for the 2017 events, which prompted boycotts by advertisers and Canadas Conservative party, the pandemic provided an opportunity for Rebel News to shift its focus to anti-vaccination and anti-lockdown causes. Goldy, who has denied being a white supremacist, was fired after appearing on a neo-Nazi Daily Stormer podcast, and Levant has insisted she was not reporting for Rebel News at Charlottesville and attended in direct contradiction of my written instruction to her not to attend. Usually, its Far-Right agitators doing it, but as Ive orchestrated some of those stunts myself, I am good at spotting them. Its become almost a meme, humiliating my client over and over. But Rukshan is more wildly partisan than even Avi Yemini. Avi Yemini secretly recorded the full interview and exposes Jefferies and Comedy Central as dirty, rotten liars. We take a look at some of the most notable events surrounding Avi Yemini below. And as much of the Lefts boots-on-grounds activism has waned over the pandemic, there have been few contests to these events (or independent eyes watching them). He has worked in anti-racist political comedy, most notably through his satirical group the Million Flag Patriots and anti-racist groupYelling At Racist Dogs(Y.A.R.D.). Close Don Lemon, East . We need YOU! Towards the Anti-Semitism, Israel, Popular, Protest, Terrorism July 21, 2019 Terrorist rally in Melbourne This morning I joined a protest against the state of Israel. In 2009, at the age of 21, Yemini opened his first IDF gym in Caulfield, Victoria[9] followed by a second in Melbourne's CBD in 2016. Rebel Newss inclusion at a leaders debate had been a point of contention. His brother, Manny Waks, who also attended Yeshiva College, came forward with sexual abuse allegations in 2011 against a former Yeshivah employee. Defined, it simply means independent people gathering sharing news without being part of an establishment media organisation uploading conflict, activist struggle, war or police brutality to the internet. Following, Yemini started his personal Facebook page which has amassed over 140,000 followers since 2016. 62.141.45.132 https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/b49qux/hidden_camera_footage_shows_comedian_jim_jeffries/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share. Now, he is joined by figures like Rukshan Fernando, AKA Real Rukshan. Now it's just a shambling mass of womanhood crying at awful astroturfed agitprop for a corrupt shithole in Eastern Europe as sub-80 IQ proles beg around for a single carrot in Asda. Last week, Pastor Paul announced his church in Narre Warren would remain open for services throughout the lockdown. It is precisely their sleek, apolitical opportunism that enables their grind. 294K subscribers in the JordanPeterson community. [19][20], One of the concerns that was levelled at the event by the Jewish community was Malcolm Roberts previous expressions of climate change denial expressed as antisemitism,[21] which conservative columnist Andrew Bolt felt "smacks too much of the Jewish world conspiracy theorising. Victoria Police are acting like CCP enforcers shutting down media they don't fancy. Theres a hyper-partisan platform or ten waiting for whatever theyre handed, ready to blast it out to the world. They are by far the biggest drivers, amplifiers of it, Dr Timothy Graham, the centres chief investigator, told the Guardian. Rob "hops". 6 Big Health Benefits of Zeolite. Citizen journalism can attract criticism for competing with the operation of better-quality, better-funded establishment journalism and it can be prone to bias but it nonetheless implies independent participation in newsgathering. Replying to @OzraeliAvi. It's sad to see this contrived, neutered, agenda-stuffed version of comedy being shoved down people's throats. [30] The National Council of Jewish Women of Australia issued a statement against Yemini's event, noting "As Jews, we are particularly sensitive to the pernicious nature of racial hatred and hate speech. Avi and Rukshan are absolutely part of a propaganda machine Avi is right at the centre of it in Australia, enjoying backing from a few independent propagandists himself but they arent stand-alone creators of it. But that will change.) The anti-lockdown movement has given a platform to citizen journalists seeking fame and determined to incite hate and disturb the peace. More importantly, though, Im someone who will actually go to the rallies in question, so I can get to see the bullshit unfold in person. Here's the link. About Rebels fundraising efforts continue despite the efforts of PayPal, which reportedly cut services for Rebel News, and YouTube, which has attempted to prevent Rebel News and Yemini from monetising its platform. Use our link to get a limited time offer of 1.99 USD per month for three years. Firstly, its so ideologically malleable that any agitator can step in and stamp their agenda upon it uncontested. Yemini, who served in the Israeli military, came to Rebel News with his own chequered past. Its a protective layer of bullshit for these career bullshit artists. #Entrepreneur #Adventurer #MusicLover #LiveFree #connecter @ instagram/fb/LinkedIn @livefreeinfo On 4 March 2018, Yemini was announced as a member of the Australian Liberty Alliance [1] to run as a Victorian candidate for the upper house. Support independent journalism Subscribeto IA. He began live streaming videos and attending rallies. So the appeal of the journalist tag is not just about prestige. The video, which has over 75,000 views, helped promote the fundraiser. As an adult Yemini moved to Israel, gained Israeli citizenship, and became a sharpshooter in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) serving with the Golani Brigade from 2005 - 2008. Story #3:How Australia has slid into insanity and authoritarianism,with journalistAvi Yemini. Both those things. [14] Fellow attendees of the Yiannopolous event in Melbourne attacked Jewish opponents with antisemitic chants of concentration camps, chanting Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Dachau.[15] Yemini attended the event with convicted antisemite and "fascist agitator" Neil Erikson. Now, he is joined by figures like Rukshan Fernando, AKA Real Rukshan. The crowds gathered in Canberra are populated by a disparate collection of sovereign citizens, wellness advocates, anti-vaccination groups, conspiracy theorists, doomsday preppers, United Australia party supporters, and other fringe political groups. Firstly, its so ideologically malleable that any agitator can step in and stamp their agenda upon it uncontested. Avi Yemini October 17, 1985. 16TH JANUARY 2023. . Donate, Avi Yemini and his ilk are anything but journalists, Self-proclaimed journalists such as Avi Yemini (left) and Rukshan Fernando (right) aren't deserving of the title (Screenshots via YouTube), Political and media vultures done with Alice Springs 'youth crime' panic, An Intervention? The moment she confessed that she had secretly appeared on an anti-Semitic podcast, I fired her, he told the Guardian. Alice Springs can't even get a new skate park, Indigenous arguments against the Voice exist but the media is hiding them, Albanese must halt regional bank closures, Vultures done with Alice Springs 'youth crime' panic. He's a former Israeli Defence Force marksman turned citizen journalist. After receiving an offensive message to the page that Yemini posted publicly, his business page was banned by Facebook for antisemitism. Citizen journalism is a term to be careful with its misuse tarnishes a lot of real work. However, upon its release, Yemini hit back at with claims that Jeffries and Comedy Central had selectively edited the segment to suit their own narrative, and later uploaded his own hidden camera footage of the interview, showing himself giving different answers to Jeffries than the version that had been aired. The hiring of Yemini, who had already amassed a sizeable YouTube following of his own, has helped propel Rebel News to new audiences here. This is part of the punishment he is wearing for this matter., Despite that, Magistrate Charles Tan expressed that public discourse did not warrant adequate sentencing, stating It was offending against a female in her own home, involving her suffering an injury, while thanking Ms Lyford for her moving statement.. Yemini was critical of the accusations made towards his former school, Yeshiva College. A.B. He has crowd-funded hundreds of thousands of dollars at least which Rebel News says is for the purpose of wildly varying causes. Help us sharpen our knuckledusters. He has produced various advance promotional videos for anti-lockdown rallies while (intentionally) taking his name off them. Alice Springs can't even get a new skate park, Indigenous arguments against the Voice exist but the media is hiding them, Albanese must halt regional bank closures, Vultures done with Alice Springs 'youth crime' panic. Most of his active duty was spent in the Gaza Strip.[7]. The latter referees to a separate incident unrelated to the domestic assault incident. Levant contested the notion that Rebel News was profiteering from the protest coverage. No matter what the left call us, I am the worlds proudest Jewish Nazi, he told the cheering crowd. As has Yeminis recent appearances on Fox News in the US, where he is framed as an objective commentator on Australias Covid response. Ciryl Gane enjoys the great outdoors. Australians now make up 13% of the traffic to the website, the third most of any country. Many of the rest of us have been stuck at home during the pandemic, providing these events with an unusually large captive audience. They are street propagandists. Harrelson pushed an anti-vaccine theory about big pharmaceutical companies being "drug cartels." Far-right fringe figures praised him for being "red-pilled," a slang term for being enlightened. Hes more low-energy and bland than the usual popular right-wing figurehead, more along the lines of an Andy Ngo. The list of its authors can be seen in its historicaland/or the page Edithistory:Avi Yemini. The Melbourne rally fuelled record growth for the page, delivering it almost 44,000 new followers in a single week in September, a growth of more than 64%. He's years ahead, deep into the funding and content machine of the far-Right; through sheer amoral opportunism, this double-vaxxed content creator is quite comfortable representing the interests of organised anti-vaxxers. R!CKYRANTS. He has written for The Times of Israel[2] and appeared on numerous Australian television shows including The Project, Sunrise and the Today show. Lab Leak + Woody on SNL = Heavy-Handed Narrative Management. The call came into the off-site. TheHerald Sunreported the Israeli-Australian dual national had previously pled guilty to both of the charges, though Yeminis defence lawyer Deborah Mandie, said she believed that her client has already served his time, as he has already been destroyed in the media. I want to disconnect these figures from a label that allocates them esteem they dont deserve. That is the reason agitators stunts and ruses at rallies always succeed. And then I spoke to their victims. He's a former Israeli Defence Force marksman turned citizen journalist. Throughout, hes been fighting coronavirus fines. They need donations to pay for Avis private security guard, who they already pay for. Everyone knows this is what happened. Known for his extreme right-wing ideology and controversial comments, including calling Islam a barbaric ideology and saying that Muslim countries are Islamic sh*tholes, Yemini who once served as a sniper in the Israel Defence Forces and is a proud Zionist has had quite the checkered past when it comes to political controversy and run-ins with the law. Almost. Yemini was fined $3,600 and was also convicted of breaching a personal safety order after failing to take down an online video, which did not relate to Ms Lyford, as the court has ordered. He has been convicted of assaulting his ex-wife and once described himself as the the worlds proudest Jewish Nazi a comment he has since claimed was sarcasm. After revealing on Twitter that he would be taking on the role of spokesperson for far-right, anti-muslim activist Tommy Robinson while he served prison time, Avi caused outrage after he was seen draped in the Australian flag while addressing protestors on a London street. . WATCH this unseen footage of the most enraging, heartbreaking and brutal lockdown arrest so far. As a critic of Islam, Yemini began posting publicly about the conflict in Syria and the Middle East on his IDF Facebook page in 2016. It should be something like, Hidden camera footage shows Jim Jeffries drew picture of Muhammad and jokes about killing Muslim children, then uses deceptive editing to accuse his guest of islamaphobia.. Right-wing propagandists calling themselves citizen journalists are nothing more than frauds and opportunists, writes Tom Tanuki. Jon Andrews follow 2 min read July 30, 2019 - 3:50PM Moorabbin Glen Eira Leader The reality is, organisations organisations like yours that continue to spread misinformation and disinformation on the science around vaccines is part of why were seeing such unfortunate anger and lack of understanding of basic science, said Trudeau. The pair were in the [] "[22] In his claims about climate change, Roberts cited holocaust denier Eustace Mullins[23], an American neo-Nazi, anti-Semite and Holocaust denier. It was founded there in 2015, is led by controversial Canadian figure Ezra Levant, and traffic to its website remains overwhelmingly North American. Common sense. All I know is that this is the product of highly effective commercialisation of a pseudo-political fundraising machine and there is nothing journalistic about it. [ Learn more ]. We dont want you going up to people.. But that will change.) In 2017 Avi Yemini told journalist John Safran in his investigation of extremists and extremism in Australia that "It's lucky I was born a Jew. In January, 2017, Yemini raised over $140,000 for the Hakin family after a terror attack in Melbourne city. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/b49qux/hidden_camera_footage_shows_comedian_jim_jeffries/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share. The brothers' relationship has been strained for years, but the defamation suit represents a new low. [34], Manny Waks sued Yemini for defamation after he refused to remove a post on his public Facebook page that claimed Waks and his parents hosted a paedophile in their home for monetary gain. In another video from the protest site, Yemini was filmed from afar by an anti-vaccination group streaming live to its followers. Press J to jump to the feed. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. His father was Russian-Polish & his mother is Yemeni. I drove to The Revival Christian Church early Sunday morning to find the entire industrial area closed off by police. PLEASE DONATE NOW! Facebook would not share the amount of strikes it had delivered to Rebel Newss page. Elise Thomas, an open source intelligence analyst with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, says anti-vaccination and anti-lockdown communities are well-suited for groups like Rebel News to reinvigorate their following. In the week to 5 February, Rebel News Australias interactions spiked considerably to 95,000, almost double the week prior and triple the pages weekly average for the past year, driving a 4% growth in its following. On Wednesday evening, controversial political activist Avi Yemini - who campaigns heavily for issues he believes violate free speech, like the ongoing court case of Sonia Kruger and the. Among his uncritical audience that passes for impartiality, in the midst of so much spectacle, being boring seems close enough to being honest. One minute, Avi is encouraging police to shoot and kill environmental activists; the next, hes comfortably rebranding as an anti-police brutality activist. And as much of the Lefts boots-on-grounds activism has waned over the pandemic, there have been few contests to these events (or independent eyes watching them). Whatever happened to judging a man by his actions? Last week, near the marble-clad walls of Australias largest library, a perplexing confrontation broke out between anti-vaccination protesters and the far rights news outlet of choice, Rebel News. Subscribe They need donations to pay for Avis private security guard, who they already pay for. 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