Widening the Iranian corridor to Syria

In responding to U.S. President Trump’s surprise announcement of a withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Syria on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a brief statement that contained two messages…writes Yaakov Lappin/JNS. Read more

Palestinian killer of British exchange student to get away with 18 month sentence

Jamil Tamimi, a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem who stabbed a British exchange student to death on the Jerusalem Light Rail in April 2017, will serve only 18 months in jail after reaching a plea bargain with prosecutors who were concerned he could escape punishment altogether as he suffers from mental illness. Read more

Shame

When I do or say something I regret, I feel shame…writes Jeremy Rosen. Read more

Fair dinkum mate?

You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time but you cannot fool all the people all the time…writes Michael Kuttner.

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Pitching to the sharks

The third annual 2018 JCA Jumpstart Pitch Event was standing room only at the Intercontinental Sydney, Double Bay in Sydney. Read more

Ramban participants report back

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has held a briefing by Nationals MP Kevin Hogan and Samuel Mullins, who relayed their impressions from the Rambam Federal Parliamentary group and bipartisan Political Advisor group trips respectively, at an AIJAC luncheon in Sydney. Read more

A tragedy foretold – a reader’s letter

This week’s decision of the National Labor conference calling on the next Labor Government to recognize  Palestine as a state marks the end of bipartisanship on support for Israel in Australia. Read more

The Beth Din contempt verdict stays

The Court of Appeals in Sydney has upheld a decision by the Supreme Court finding the Sydney Beth Din contempt of court but has reduced the penalties imposed on the four rabbis involved. Read more

Pupil dresses up as Hitler and another dons a black face

A young girl student arrived at Rowena Public School in the far north west of NSW earlier this month dressed as Adolf Hitler, in full regalia along with swastikas and a moustache. Read more

Netanyahu: ‘Hezbollah’s tunnels – an act of war’

The purpose of the tunnels discovered in Operation Northern Shield was to penetrate Israeli territory and kidnap and murder civilians and conquer the northern part of the Galilee, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said yesterday.
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Mishpacha

Follow the adventures of a Jewish family some of whom you might recognise… Read more

SBS corrects article but misreporting remains

SBS has partly corrected an article on its website called “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict explained” in response to an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) complaint. Read more

Kristallnacht: “White Australia Stood Silent” (Not)

On 7 December 2018, The Guardian’s Australian edition published an article headed ‘Aboriginals stood with Jews against the Nazis – we have a long history together’…writes Hilary Rubinstein. Read more

Stinting on compassion for Jewish victims of terror

In a moment that had to tug at the heartstrings of their listeners, a young Israeli couple whose baby was killed as the result of a terrorist attack sought to find consolation amid their sorrow…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more

PA asking the world to donate $350 million, equal to terror payments budget

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) and the Palestinian Authority issued a joint statement in which they launched a $350 million appeal to “address critical humanitarian needs of Palestinians.” Read more

IDF’s nightly battle against the proliferation of West Bank guns

On many occasions in the Israel Defense Forces’ ongoing battle against illegal guns in the West Bank, security forces seize such weapons before the terrorists can even arm themselves with them. But not always…writes Yaakov Lappin/JNS. Read more

Mark Dreyfus reaffirms Labor’s position on Israel

Following the Senator Penny Wong’s resolution passed at yesterday’s ALP national conference which stated that a Labor government would seek to recognise Palestine’s statehood, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has reaffirmed Labor’s support for Israel. Read more

UN hit list can bypass Congress and fund Trump border wall

21 Nations that received almost $14 billion in US foreign aid in 2017 could become the key to unlocking the White House confrontation between President Trump and Democrat leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer over their refusal to commit the Democrats to authorizing Congress to commit $5 billion immediately towards the construction of Trump’s border wall to prevent illegal immigration into America. Read more

Reaction to Penny Wong Palestine speech

 Liberal Senator Eric Abetz, the ECAJ, the Zionist Federation of Australia and AIJAC have reacted to Senator’s speech at the ALP national conference calling for the next Labor government to work to recognise a Palestinian state. Read more

Labor calls for a Palestine state…eventually

Senator Penny Wong has moved a resolution at the ALP conference in Adelaide calling the recognition of a Palestinian state as “an important priority for the next Labor government” providing Israel and Palestine recognise that they will live in peace and security.

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Germany to compensate Holocaust survivors who fled Nazis as kids, 80 years later

Eighty years later, Germany has said that it will compensate Jewish men and women who survived the Holocaust as children—most of whom lost their parents during the Shoah and years of World War II—according to the Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which negotiates restitution with the German government. Read more

Airbnb condemns BDS, but is reportedly not reversing its ban in Judea, Samaria

Airbnb has denied earlier reports that it has reversed its decision to blacklist properties in Judea and Samaria. Read more

UN says Hezbollah tunnels that crossed into Israel violate Security Council resolution

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has confirmed that the tunnels dug by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah into Israel violate Security Council resolution 1701. Read more

Liberal Friends salutes Morrison

The NSW Liberal Friends of Israel have commended the Australian Government on its formal recognition of West Jerusalem as the true capital of Israel. Read more

Israel to send time capsule in historic mission to the moon

Israel will send a time capsule along with an Israeli spacecraft on the Jewish state’s first mission to the moon in 2019. Read more

NZ government’s ‘vile abstention’

Despite a majority in favour of what would have been a historic resolution condemning terror against Israel, it was not adopted because the general assembly voted to require a two-thirds majority. Read more

Inclusivity and inspiration at Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah pre-schools

A heartwarming video prepared by kinder teachers for their class end of year concert in one of the Yeshivah – Beth Rivkah kinder classrooms has been viewed thousands of times and received a flood of reactions (and tears!) after it was posted on Facebook. Read more

Double passes for Madiba for NZ readers

The powerful Madiba the Musical is an inspiring celebration of the visionary South African leader Nelson Mandela…and we have double passes to give away. Read more

Music played in Seidler buildings

In the Sydney Festival’s Seidler Salon Series music and architecture will come together in a series of concerts hosted in and around, and inspired by, the singular buildings of Australia’s most famous modernist architect, Harry Seidler. Read more

Emanuel School’s HSC success

Sydney’s Emanuel School’s say their HSC results are a reflection of the strength of the 2018 cohort. Read more

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