Israel-Hamas: Information meeting in Melbourne
July 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
In a joint venture between the Zionist Federation of Australia and the Zionist Council of Victoria, a community information is being held this evening in Melbourne… Read more
Pro-Israel rally in Wellington
July 16, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A rally in support of Israel will take place in New Zealand’s capital city Wellington on Friday.
Ceasefire? Michael Kuttner see it his way
July 15, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
Dateline: Efrat, Israel July 15 noon: Ceasefire? Does Hamas want it? Read Michael Kuttner… Read more
Guardian article calls for Alhadeff to step down
July 15, 2014 by J-Wire
An article in “The Guardian” by Joseph Wakim a former commissioner with the NSW Community Relations Commission, has called for Vic Alhadeff, the Commission’s current chair to step down from his position. Read more
Ask the rabbi
July 15, 2014 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, and was Australia’s highest profile rabbi and the leading spokesperson for Jews and Judaism on the Australian continent. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem Read more
Rally anti-Israel or antisemitic
July 15, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
Chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission Dr Dvir Abramovich, has expressed concern over the motives behind the recent pro-Palestinian rally held in Sydney. Read more
Newsflash: Ceasefire
The Israeli Security Cabinet, this morning (Tuesday, 15 July 2014), decided to accept the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire starting at 09:00 today.
Hamas’s position remains unclear. An Israeli spokesman told J-Wire: “We don’t have ANY information on their position.”
NZ calls for Kiwis to quit Gaza
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has said his country strongly supports the United Nations Security Council’s call for a ceasefire between the Israelis and Palestinians. Read more
Anti-Semitic attacks on the rise
July 15, 2014 by Agencies
Following the attack on a Melbourne man reported on J-Wire yesterday, the World Jewish Congress reports that similar incidents are happening in other parts of the western world. Read more
Abbas, Auschwitz, and Palestinian strategy…writes Ben Cohen
July 15, 2014 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
It was often remarked that the late Palestine Liberation Organization leader, Yasser Arafat, would sound moderate when speaking in English and utterly intransigent when speaking in Arabic. Much of the same could be said about his successor, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority. Read more
Winning on the Third Front…by Dvir Kahana
Last week, the State of Israel began an extensive military operation designed to restore order and allow Israeli citizens to go back and live their lives in peace. Read more
Respite for children from rocket area
July 15, 2014 by Avi Mayer
More than 1,500 children from rocket-battered southern Israel participated in rest and recreation activities organized by The Jewish Agency for Israel outside the line of fire. Read more
The Sabba Safta army…writes Michael Kuttner
July 15, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
Normally in Israel at this time of the year with the long summer school vacation in full swing young children and older teens are busily occupied attending organized fun activities, summer camps and sports competitions. Read more
Antisemitism flying high at Sydney rally
July 14, 2014 by Julie Nathan
The rally in support of Gaza was held outside Sydney’s Town Hall, in the plaza. On the majestic steps and podium, and in the crowd, dozens of the black jihadist Shehada flags and Hezbollah flags were flying high. Speakers were dwarfed by a huge Palestinian flag behind them. Read more
Us and them
July 14, 2014 by Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described to his Cabinet what he perceives to be a major point of difference between the Israelis and Hamas… Read more
WJC criticises the U.N. – Australian Labor Party supports U.N. call for ceasefire
The World Jewish Congress has criticised the United Nations Security Council and senior UN officials for failing to recognise Israel’s right to self-defense under the UN Charter against armed attacks against its territory and population. Read more
Israel Defends Entire Civilized World…writes Alan Dershowitz
July 13, 2014 by Alan Dershowitz
Israel’s military action against Hamas terrorist rockets is a preview of what the entire civilized world is likely to face in the near future. Read more
Obama’s ongoing shameful behavior against Israel…writes Isi Leibler
July 13, 2014 by Isi Leibler
We are now reconciled to the fact that in any conflict — even when we are exercising our right of self-defence — we will either be condemned or, at best, accused of acting disproportionately. Read more
A message from President Peres
July 13, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, has addressed the current security situation saying “Hamas terrorists aims to kill and injure as many innocent Israelis as possible.” Read more
Venus in Fur…a film review by Roz Tarszisz
July 13, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
Venus in Fur – a play within a play. Based on David Ives’ Tony Award winning play “Venus in Fur”, this two hander directed by Roman Polanksi opens innocuously enough in a small rundown theatre in Paris.
Palestine – Abbas Facing Prosecution For Aiding And Abetting War Crimes…writes David Singer
July 13, 2014 by David Singer
Mahmoud Abbas – Head of the Government of National Consensus in Gaza since 2 June – faces prosecution in the international criminal justice system for aiding and abetting war crimes involving the indiscriminate firing of 384 rockets and missiles from Gaza into Israeli population centres reaching as far away as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem over the past four days. Read more
Why Israel Has Been Forced to Go to War…writes Dennis MacEoin
I want you to imagine this. An independent Scotland, fired up by new-found freedoms and ruled by President Robbie Burns II, bursts into ructions of tartan nationalism. Read more
Seconds to safety
July 13, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
As I write these lines after Shabbat rockets are bombarding Tel Aviv and the coastal cities and the iron dome anti missile system is performing outstandingly. Read more
Slavins help the IDF
July 13, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen Slavin family is in Israel working in temporary barracks in the car park of a movie theatre…without their patriarch Rabbi Dovid Slavin. Read more
Attack in Melbourne
July 13, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
An evening walk through the leafy suburbs of Elsternwick ended in a vicious attack on a Melbourne man wearing an Israeli t-shirt printed in Hebrew. Read more
Public rebuke? Judge for yourself
July 13, 2014 by Henry Benjamin
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that NSW Premier Mike Baird had publicly rebuked Vic Alhadeff, CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and Chair of the NSW Community Relations Commission over a statement made to Jewish community relating to the Israel/Gaza situation. But enquiries by J-Wire reveal that the Premier did not speak publicly other than through a statement to the Herald attributed to a spokesman. Read more
Aussies told to evacuate from Gaza…immediately
July 12, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra has issued a directive to all Australians currently in Gaza to evacuate immediately with the Australian embassy in Tel Aviv on standby to arrane travel plans to Amman in Jordan. Read more
We can make a difference…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
July 11, 2014 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Israel is once again under attack with multiple rocket attacks aimed at densely populated areas. Read more
How many rockets would YOU tolerate?…asks Emily Gian
July 11, 2014 by Emily Gian
As Israel enters the fourth day of “Operation Protective Edge”, there is one simple question I would like to ask of Israel’s detractors. Read more
A message to the Diaspora
July 11, 2014 by J-Wire Staff
A message to the world’s Jewish community from Naftali Bennett, Israel’s Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs. Read more
