The last, overlooked but still active front of World War II
May 21, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Our current convulsions, with the Jewish people under murderous and venomous attack both in Israel and the Diaspora, are far more momentous than many may realize. Read more
The Associated Press (AP): A history of biased and anti-Israel media
May 21, 2021 by TPS
The AP news agency is the leading news agency in the world. It has approximately 15,000 media customers that in turn shares its reports to half of the world population every day…writes Amotz Eyal/TPS. Read more
Ex-British commander, foreign-affairs minister debate meaning behind Hamas actions
May 21, 2021 by JNS
Speaking during a webinar on the ongoing conflict in Israel on Wednesday, former commander of British Forces in Afghanistan Col. Richard Kemp said the Israeli government should be the determiner of when a ceasefire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip is appropriate, as the Jewish state has been on the receiving end of more than 4,000 rockets since May 10. His comments came a day before Israel and Hamas announced a ceasefire after 11 days of hostilities…writes Dmitry Shapiro. Read more
AIJAC welcomes ceasefire
May 21, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed the ceasefire in Israel and Gaza reached yesterday. Read more
Whose side are you on?
May 21, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
The latest round of fighting between Palestinians and Israel continues what has been a Hundred Years’ War and will in my opinion continue possibly for another hundred. Read more
May-30 Melbourne: Lone Voice The launch of The Wars of Isi Leibler
The launch of the book on the life of community identity the late Isi Leibler written by Suzanne Rutland. Read more
Lone Voice The launch of The Wars of Isi Leibler
May 21, 2021 by Community newsdesk
The launch of the book on the life of community identity the late Isi Leibler written by Suzanne Rutland. Read more
Exclusive: ‘Postponement of elections in Hamas’ eyes is as when Sharon entered the Temple Mount’
May 21, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
“The cancellation of the election by Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] is likened to Ariel Sharon’s entry into al-Aqsa. Read more
What is it that woke folk smoke?
May 21, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
If truth be known woke folk don’t need to smoke anything in order to vilify Israel and by extension, Jews. Read more
Official: Israel approves Egyptian brokered ceasefire
May 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The political-security cabinet unanimously accepted the recommendation of all security officials, the chief of staff, the head of the Shin Bet, the head of the Mossad, and the head of the National Security Council, to accept the Egyptian initiative for a bilateral ceasefire without any pre-conditions, which will come into effect at a time that is to be determined. Read more
AAP FactCheck: ‘Wounded’ infant photo has nothing to do with Palestine conflict
May 20, 2021 by AAP FactCheck
Australia’s prime news agency AAP has verified a photo of an infant purportedly injured in the Gaza conflict was taken in America…in 2019.
Israel-Gaza: Operation Guardian of the Walls
Reports, photos and video from TPS as we get them. Times relate to the report and not the incident.
Miriam Peretz, Isaac Herzog, running for president
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Isaac Herzog and Miriam Peretz have officially announced their candidacy for the next president of the State of Israel. Read more
Electric company rejects employees’ request not to repair power lines to Gaza
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The employees of the Israel Electric Company (IEC) informed the company’s management today that they do not intend to repair the power lines to the Gaza Strip damaged by Hamas fire, until the remains of Hadar Goldin, Oron Shaul and Avera Mengistu are returned to Israel. Read more
Nikki Haley rejects Biden’s pressure on Israel for a ceasefire with Hamas
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley rejected President Joe Biden’s pressure on Israel to end its counterterrorism Operation Guardian of the Walls calling it “unacceptable.” Read more
‘Simply a Lie’: Israel slams UNRWA claims that it is blocking aid to Gaza
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel has slammed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for its claims that the country was withholding humanitarian aid from the Gaza Strip, saying it was “simply a lie.” Read more
Sylvan Adams Velodrome in Tel Aviv to host finale to inaugural UCI Track Champions League
May 20, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
At an event unveiling the brand new UCI Track Champions League, it was announced that the six-round track cycling competition will culminate in a final round at the Sylvan Adams National Velodrome in Tel Aviv, where the male and female winners of the competition will be crowned. Read more
Hamas fires 70 rockets at Israel; 90% intercepted by Iron Dome
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Gaza-based terrorists fired some 70 rockets at Israeli towns and cities through the south, sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis running for cover throughout Wednesday night. Read more
Gazan kids celebrate Ramadan in Israeli hospital, despite rockets
Twenty-one foreign children recovering from heart surgery in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon slept in a bomb shelter last week—just like thousands of Israelis—as air-raid sirens warned of incoming missiles from Gaza…writes Abigail Klein Leichman. Read more
KKL-JNF to place portable bomb shelters in Israeli communities near Gaza
To help communities and residents living on the front lines in southern Israel and the Gaza Envelope, which are constantly exposed to rocket and mortar fire, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL–JNF), in coordination with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, will be placing new portable bomb shelters in strategic locations and cities so residents are better protected, and have accessible and immediate protection. Read more
Black Lives Matter expresses solidarity with Palestinians amid Gaza conflict
May 20, 2021 by JNS
The Black Lives Matter movement has expressed solidarity with the Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and terrorist groups based in the Gaza Strip. Read more
An ambassador speaks
May 20, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand Ren Yaakoby says Israel wants quiet to be restored. Read more
Netanyahu to ambassadors including Australia’s: ‘We target our enemies with great precision’
May 20, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized to foreign diplomats that the Israel Defence Forces go to great lengths to target its enemies with great precision and to avoid collateral damage. Read more
Aid on way to Gaza again shelled by Hamas
May 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Humanitarian aid that was on its way into the Gaza Strip from Israel on Wednesday was shelled by Hamas terrorists. Read more
Pro-Israel page with 78 M. followers pulled by Facebook after Islamists’ attack
May 20, 2021 by TPS
The Pro-Israel Jerusalem Prayer Team page, with some 78 million followers, was pulled by Facebook after radical Islamists flooded it with antisemitic hate speech. Read more
Rally in support of bringing IDF soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin back to Israel
May 20, 2021 by Michael Miller - TPS
Hundreds of participants gathered Wednesday evening in a protest rally in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, demanding the return of IDF soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin, along with other hostages, to Israel. Among the attendees were the families of Shaul and Goldin. Read more
Foreign Ministers arrive in Israel to express support and solidarity
May 20, 2021 by TPS
Today, at the invitation of Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, the Foreign Minister of German, Haiko Mas and of the Czech and Slovak Republics, Jakub Kukhanek and Ivan Korcok, will arrive in Israel to express solidarity and support. Read more
UN rebukes Hamas for bombing its aid for Gaza
May 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Hamas’ mortar attacks on the crossings from Israel into the Gaza Strip while humanitarian supplies and personnel were being brought into Gaza are “unacceptable” and are “preventing vital humanitarian supplies from entering the Strip,” said Lynn Hastings, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Palestine. Read more
The current “Ceasefire” proposal now discussed in Gaza is anything but a Ceasefire
May 19, 2021 by David Bedein
Indeed, a real “ceasefire” might result in the kind of armistice that ended hostilities in World War I, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the eleventh month on Nov. 11 1918, paving the way to the Versailles peace treaty and the genesis of the League of Nations.
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US slams Turkish President Erdogan’s ‘antisemitic remarks’ on Israel
May 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The US “strongly condemns” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “antisemitic comments regarding the Jewish people and finds them reprehensible,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price stated Tuesday. Read more
