Three Jews charged with lynching attempt of Arab
May 24, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office filed on Monday an indictment in the city Magistrate’s Court against three Jews who are suspected of participating in riots and a lynching attempt of an Arab citizen in the city of Bat Yam earlier this month. Read more
Temple Mount reopens to Jewish visitors after 19 days
May 24, 2021 by Agencies
After 19 days during which Jews were banned from visiting the Temple Mount due to Muslim unrest in Jerusalem, a group of 20 Jewish visitors was allowed on Sunday morning into the compound. Read more
How will we know who won the war?
May 24, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
Maybe one day, we will discover that the impetus for Hamas’s latest onslaught against Israel wasn’t the pending Israeli Supreme Court decision about whether or not to respect the property rights of Jewish landlords in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
Arab woman receives kidney from a Jew killed in Lod riots
Deadly riots in the mixed Jewish and Arab city of Lod claimed the life of 56-year-old Jewish electrician Yigal Yehoshua on May 17. Read more
Feintooner
May 24, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Cheerleading collaborators. Read more
Are we the chosen people?
May 24, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi…. Read more
16 years of community leadership
May 24, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
On May 14, Vic Alhadeff closed his office door at The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies where he had served its CEO for 16 years. Read more
Riot in Samaria
May 24, 2021 by TPS
Arab rioters ambushed Jewish farmers grazing their herd of cows near the Qana River in Samaria. Read more
Tale of two rallies
May 24, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney hosted two rallies showing solidarity with Israel. One was in the heavily-guarded Central Synagogue hosted by major community organisations and the other involved a motorcade in the Eastern Suburbs which transported supporters to Bondi Beach where showed their solidarity waving Israeli flags.
Israel is removing all corona restrictions starting next Tuesday, June 1st
May 24, 2021 by TPS
For the first time since the outbreak of the Coronavirus, all restrictions in the State of Israel will be lifted. Health Minister Yuli (Joel) Edelstein announced today that he will not extend the restrictions that will expire next Tuesday, June 1st. Read more
Five Israelis killed in a cable car disaster in the Alps
May 24, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Foreign Ministry reports that it has received word from the Italian authorities that 5 Israelis were among 13 people killed in a cable car disaster today in the Italian Alps and a child in critical condition, who was operated on at a local hospital. Read more
Solidarity rallies in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane
May 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Some of the Australian Jewish community united today to show solidarity with Israel with rallies in Australia’s three biggest cities. Read more
Netanyahu: “Israel didn’t initiate this conflict”
May 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A post ceasefire video from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more
Misinformed celebrities lean on same old tropes
As the violence was escalating between the Palestinians and the Israelis these past two weeks—and the terrible but predictable death and destruction mounted—celebrities like Mark Ruffalo, Mia Farrow, Viola Davis, Roger Waters, American singer Halsey and British pop-star Dua Lipa have taken to social media, slandering Israel and trafficking in classic antisemitic tropes about Jews…writes Lana Melman. Read more
Member of Palestinian security forces: ‘We will trample the heads of settlers’
May 23, 2021 by JNS
A member of the Palestinian Security Forces warned Israel in a video that appeared on various Palestinian online outlets on May 18 that it would pay a “very steep price,” according to a report by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Read more
Is Netanyahu responsible for this latest conflict?
May 23, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
As far as the many critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are concerned, there’s very little that goes wrong that can’t be attributed to what they consider to be his malevolent influence. Even the actions of Palestinian terrorist groups. Read more
‘It’s terrifying to be a Jew,’ says woman after threats from pro-Palestinians in London
May 23, 2021 by JNS
A Jewish woman called the British radio station LBC earlier this week and spoke live on air about an antisemitic incident she witnessed in North London on Sunday. Read more
In special meeting on conflict, Erdan slams UN for its incessant focus on Israel
May 23, 2021 by Dmitriy Shapiro
Hours before Israel announced a ceasefire between itself and the Gaza-based terrorist organization Hamas on Thursday, Israeli Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations Gilad Erdan said that member states condemning Israel for its actions in Gaza are choosing to side with terror and hurting the chances for peace in the region. Read more
The return of the anti-Jewish mob
May 23, 2021 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
The left-wing French parliamentarian Danièle Obono stormed out of a live debate on May 13 about the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian hostilities hosted by the French-language channel of the Israeli broadcaster, i24 News. Read more
Former Secretary of State Pompeo blasts Biden team for ‘folly’ of appeasing Iran
May 23, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo harshly criticized the Biden administration for its blatant efforts to appease Iran by going out of its way to avoid explicitly stating the Islamic regime’s involvement in the Hamas terror group’s firing of more than 4,000 rockets at Israeli civilians from its base in the Gaza Strip. Read more
Biden appoints acting ambassador to Israel with ties to 2015 US taxpayer-funded anti-Netanyahu campaign
May 23, 2021 by JNS
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is reportedly tapping former Obama administration official Michael Ratney to serve as acting U.S. ambassador to Israel until a new one is picked and confirmed by the Senate. Read more
US appeasement of Iran, misconceptions over facts linger in wake of Israel-Gaza conflict
May 23, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
The conflict in Gaza over the last two weeks highlighted a number of misperceptions and emerging trends between the United States and Israel. Read more
Vox out of the box: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 23, 2021 by Fraser Beath McEwing
The Sydney Philharmonia Choirs could hardly have offered a more popular choral work than Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana as the centrepiece of their concert in the Sydney Town Hall yesterday. Read more
Al Jazeera and AP cover up destruction of Hamas media mouthpiece
May 23, 2021 by David Singer
Al Jazeera and Associated Press (AP) reports on Israel’s demolition of the 14 storey building in which their respective offices were located – illustrates media anti-Israel bias that seeks to denigrate and delegitimise the Jewish State in much of the media reporting coming from the Gaza Strip. Read more
Sydney solidarity rally goes ahead
May 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Members of the Sydney community will rally to enforce their support for Israel. Read more
Yarra City Council takes a position on the Israel-Gaza conflict.
May 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The president of The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has slammed the Yarra City Council in Melbourne which passed a resolution to show support for Palestinians. Read more
Biden’s skin-deep support for Israel
May 21, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
Until Wednesday, President Joe Biden had maintained a fairly supportive posture towards Israel in the face of the Hamas terror regime in Gaza’s launch of its newest round of war against the Jewish state. Read more
Group of Jewish Google employees demand CEO sever ties with Israeli business, IDF
A group of Jewish Google employees has demanded that the tech giant express its solidarity with the Palestinians and terminate any contracts with businesses or organizations that “support Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights,” including the Israel Defence Forces. Read more
Johnson says UK won’t let antisemitism ‘take root and grow’ after rise in attacks
May 21, 2021 by JNS
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed his concerns on Wednesday regarding the rise in antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom since the start of the Gaza conflict, Reuters reported. Read more
Israeli embassy in China blasts state TV broadcaster for ‘blatant antisemitism’
The Israeli embassy in Beijing accused China’s state TV broadcaster of “blatant antisemitism” after a presenter promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories while reporting on the U.S. government’s support for Israel. Read more
