Netanyahu addresses Iranian people in new YouTube video
June 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a new video to the Iranian people with a World Cup theme…and shows he control the ball! Read more
IDF crowns first four female tank Commanders
June 29, 2018 by Mara Vigevani - TPS
The IDF has announced that for the first time in IDF history, four female soldiers became tank commanders after they successfully concluded a 16-month-long pilot course. Read more
Greens MP told to go back to history books and apologises for Holocaust photo posted on Facebook
June 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A post depicting images of children Holocaust prisoners next to an image purported to be of incarcerated refugee children being detained in the USA has been removed from the Facebook belonging to Ballina NSW Greens MP Tamara Smith. Read more
Prince William at Western Wall: ‘May the God of Peace Bless this Region’
June 29, 2018 by TPS
Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Thursday, as he concluded a a five-day Middle East tour that also took place in Jordan and the Palestinian territories. Read more
Wishful thinking isn’t enough when it comes to Mideast peace
June 29, 2018 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
President Trump’s peace plan for Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, his attempt at the “deal of the century,” will apparently soon be revealed to the world…writes Melanie Phillips/JNS. Read more
False narrative haunts PLO and UN as Trump courts Arab States
June 29, 2018 by David Singer
Nabil Abu Rudeineh – spokesman for Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas – has angrily reacted to President Trump’s intensive diplomatic efforts seeking to enlist Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia in advancing Trump’s long-awaited “deal of the century” to end the Arab-Jewish conflict. Read more
Otherwise occupied
June 29, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
In 1066 William the Conqueror invaded England and “illegally” occupied the country…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Gadi Ezra in Sydney – photo galery
June 29, 2018 by J-Wire
Do you attend a UIA event hosting Gadi Ezra? A J-Wire photo gallery. Read more
United Nations condemns the use of human shields
June 29, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has praised the United Nations vote condemning the use of human shields as an “important” step that “will help bring security and stability” to the Middle East. Read more
Women of Worth
June 29, 2018 by Hilary May Black
Brainchild of Vice-President, Caroline Lewis, the forthcoming WOW (Women of Worth) Weekend to be held at Sydney’s The Great Synagogue next month promises to be a must-do event for Jewish women from all walks of life. Read more
Rabbi Milecki’s termination found to be legal
June 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Last year Rabbi Benzion Milecki’s termination by the liquidator of Sydney’s South Head Synagogue was found to unlawful by a court hearing his claim…but the decision has been overturned by an appeal court this week. Read more
Prince William tells Abbas he hopes for a ‘lasting peace’ in the Middle East
Prince William met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday in Ramallah, telling the Palestinian leader he hopes for a “lasting peace” in the region. Read more
Victims of Palestinian terrorism speak out about Israeli government’s ‘pay to slay’ backtracking
June 28, 2018 by Eliana Rudee - JNS.org
The Palestinian Authority pays terrorist prisoners and families of martyrs and wounded nearly $1 million every day. According to the P.A.’s 2018 projections, 7.5 percent of its annual budget will go to terrorism, a little less than the 14.5 percent of the annual budget received from foreign aid…writes Eliana Rudee/JNS. Read more
ZFA asks The Greens to condemn eco terrorism
June 28, 2018 by Emily Gian
The Zionist Federation of Australia calls upon Senator Richard Di Natale as leader of the Australian Greens to abide by its core principles and condemn the eco terrorism being perpetrated by Palestinians in Gaza against Israel. Read more
Changemakers shine
June 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Perth’s Carmel School graduate Talya Faigenbaum and current Year 12 student, Gila Cherny recently won in their categories at the JNF B’nai B’rith Jewish Changemaker Awards in Sydney. Read more
Top Israeli human rights lawyer addresses UIA Events
June 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli human rights lawyer, Gadi Ezra addressed over 700 guests across a series of events in Sydney and Melbourne hosted by UIA . Read more
Polish moves to rescind criminal penalty from Holocaust Law
June 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress has welcomed Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s decision to recommend to parliament that it reopen discussions on its new Holocaust Law so as to rescind criminal penalty for suggesting that Poles bore some responsibility for the destruction of Polish Jewry. Read more
Prince William visits Yad Vashem
June 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge, visited Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre as part of the first ever, official British royal family visit to Israel. Read more
Top Jewish professionals from more than 50 countries join WJC in solidarity mission to southern Israel
June 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A World Jewish Congress delegation comprising senior professionals from more than 50 countries visited Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel on Tuesday on a solidarity mission with residents whose community has been terrorized by Hamas militants. Read more
The Prince and the President
June 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin welcomed His Royal Highness Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge to the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, marking the first official visit to the State of Israel by a member of the British Royal Family. Read more
Prince William meets descendants of survivors rescued by his great-grandmother
June 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara and Prince William, met with descendants of Haimaki and Rachel Cohen, who were saved during the Holocaust by Princess Alice, Prince William’s great-grandmother. Read more
Dassi Erlich tells her story
JNFNSW, in collaboration of the Jewish House and The Australian Jewish News, raised awareness for victims of child sexual abuse and support for the Association of Rape Crisis Centres in Israel. Read more
Human Rights in Australia under fire
June 27, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Liberal MP Julian Leeser is to deliver the 2018 B’nai B’rith Human Rights Address in Sydney. Read more
Bill Shorten on Joe Berinson
June 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has spoken in federal parliament on Joe Berinson who passed away earlier this month. Read more
Despite signs of moderation, Presbyterian Church continues trend of targeting Israel at its General Assembly
June 26, 2018 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
At its biennial General Assembly last week in St. Louis, the Presbyterian Church USA, one of the largest mainline churches in American Protestantism, continued to express support for the anti-Israel BDS movement by passing a number of resolutions condemning Israel. Read more
The Harry Oscar Triguboff Institute + the Matific Company = more math in the Negev
June 26, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
At the end of the first year of their program to advance mathematics studies in the Negev, the Harry Oscar Triguboff Institute and the Matific Company are expanding the program with additional students, creating another regional anchor for innovative learning. Matific is an innovative program for mathematics studies. Read more
An evening with Sir Andrew Davis, Anne-Sophie Mutter and the MSO
June 25, 2018 by Ron Jontof-Hutter
The Melbourne Symphony orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis played a memorable concert on Saturday evening…writes Ron Jontof-Hutter. Read more
Netanyahu corrects UK over royal visit to ‘Occupied Territories’ in Jerusalem
June 25, 2018 by TPS
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a veiled rebuke to the United Kingdom Sunday less than 48 hours before Prince William was scheduled to begin the first-ever official visit to Israel by a member of the British royal family, after Kensington Palace listed Jerusalem’s Old City as “Occupied Palestinian Territories” in the itinerary for the trip which will also take in the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. Read more
Israeli hand-held ultrasound device stands to revolutionise breast cancer diagnosis
June 25, 2018 by Andrew Friedman - TPS
For more than a generation, the medical establishment has considered mammography to be the most accurate measure of breast health, and part of a $20 billion annual breast scanning industry in the United States alone. Read more
Small communities are stronger when they work together
June 25, 2018 by Community newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) hosted the Inaugural JCCV Small Communities Dinner with over ninety community leaders and clergy from seven small, diverse Victorian communities. Read more
