IDF: Building housing media orgs was Hamas military intelligence base
May 16, 2021 by TPS
The Israel Defence Forces on Saturday conducted an airstrike against a high-rise building in Gaza City, which, according to the IDF, served as a Hamas military intelligence base. Read more
Israeli man, 50, killed in rocket attack near Tel Aviv
May 16, 2021 by TPS
A 50-year-old Israeli man was killed in a missile strike in Ramat Gan, a city close to Tel Aviv, on Saturday. Read more
IDF pulverizes Hamas’ ‘Metro’ underground city
May 16, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The IDF has struck and severely damaged the Hamas’ so-called “Metro” underground city in a combined and one of its most powerful strikes in the Gaza Strip in Operation Guardian of the Walls. Read more
Israel experiences violent weekend of attacks: IAF pounds terror targets
May 16, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An Israeli man was killed by a rocket launched by Gaza-based terrorists at the centre of the country on Saturday, as Operation Guardian of the Walls continued with full force. Read more
MDA Trivia night
May 14, 2021 by J-Wire
An event for the Magen David Adam capital appeal for Australia except for NSW which has its own MDA office. Read more
Hamas surprised by IDF’s powerful counterattack – IDF spokesman
May 14, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The public in the Gaza Strip is starting to lose its patience and the Hamas terror organization is surprised by the IDF’s powerful counterattack and is having a hard time implementing its attack plans, IDF spokesman Hadai Zilberman told reporters on Thursday morning. Read more
In a hospital in Ashkelon
May 14, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Under heavy rocket fire, President Reuven Rivlin yesterday visited Barzilai Medical Centre in Ashkelon. Read more
Concerts continue at The Great Synagogue
May 14, 2021 by Arts Editor
Pianist Simon Tedeschi and violinist Andrew Haveron, concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony will be the featured musicians at an upcoming concert at The Great Synagogue. Read more
Hypocrites of the world unite
May 14, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
“Hypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves.” Read more
Shavuot, Torah, and Humanity
May 14, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
As rockets continue to rain down on our families in Israel, and a civil war rages with mobs of hooligans attacking peaceful citizens and neighbours, I pray for three things. Read more
European lawmakers: Palestinian terror groups committing ‘double war crimes’
May 14, 2021 by JNS
More than 50 European lawmakers expressed solidarity with Israel while condemning Palestinian terror groups for their rocket fire on Israel and using their own populations as human shields. Read more
Might Biden be turning America into Israel’s foe?
May 14, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
U.S. President Joe Biden has dispatched the American official Hady Amr to the Middle East to “de-escalate the fighting” between Israel and Hamas. Read more
How the Biden administration set the stage for a new war with Hamas
May 14, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
America’s European allies don’t get it. Read more
IDF begins ‘air and ground’ operations against Gaza to quell ongoing terror attacks
May 14, 2021 by JNS
The Israeli Defence Forces began a heavy bombardment against Palestinian terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip late Thursday evening. Read more
Let my people be …writes a Moriah graduate in Israel
I wipe the sleep out of my eyes as I write this, sitting on the bed in the bomb shelter. Read more
Rivlin visits the South
May 14, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven Rivlin yesterday visited Ashkelon and the area around Gaza. Read more
Netanyahu warns Israelis: Do not take the law into their hands
May 14, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has updated Israelis on the current situation warning severe punishments will be handed out to this who take the law into their hands. Read more
IDF decimating Hamas anti-tank squads on Gaza border
May 14, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
IDF Special Forces operating on the border with the Gaza Strip have been successful in detecting and eliminating some 10 Hamas squads who were engaged in firing anti-tank rockets at Israel, including four on Thursday by noon. Read more
Over 700 Australian athletes nominate for Maccabiah in 2022
May 14, 2021 by Michael Puterflam
Hamas seeking a way out: shortage in rockets, loss of assets, launching capabilities hindered
May 13, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The Hamas terror organization is licking its wounds and is seeking a way to end the IDF’s Operation Guardian of the Walls against its infrastructure after incurring significant damage from the Israeli airstrikes. Read more
Muslim pogroms continue in Israeli cities: Jews counterstrike
May 13, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Muslim rioters continued their rampage in cities throughout Israel on Wednesday night, attacking Jews and Jewish property, and the continued pogroms have led to similar acts by Jewish hooligans. Read more
Netanyahu discusses war in Israel with Biden, Blinken
May 13, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday night and thanked him for “the American backing for Israel’s right to self-defence.” Read more
If current Mideast violence a test, some experts say Biden is failing
May 13, 2021 by Josh Hasten - JNS
The Biden administration has come under withering criticism in the United States and Israel for its poor handling of the current situation in the Middle East. Read more
Netanyahu: “We will not tolerate this. This violence is not us”
May 13, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hs announced further power for the police and additional forces as the country faces a seemingly endless barrage of rockets. Read more
New Zealand Foreign Minister calls on Israel to cease demolitions and evictions
May 13, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel Institute of New Zealand co-director, Dr David Cumin, has reacted to remarks by Foreign Affairs Minister, Nanaia Mahuta, in which she appears to blame Israel for the current escalating violence in the Middle Eastern state. Read more
IDF eliminates 4 top Hamas commanders, deals significant blow to terror org
May 13, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Shin Bet security service and the IDF were successful in eliminating four of Hamas’ senior commanders, members of Hamas’ so-called General Staff Forum, including the Gaza City commander, the head of Hamas’ cyber and missile improvement system, and the head of its military production system. Read more
Israeli President: ‘Lod pogrom unforgivable’
May 13, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
“The sight of the pogrom in Lod and the disturbances across the country by an incited and bloodthirsty Arab mob, injuring people, damaging property and even attacking sacred Jewish spaces is unforgivable,” President Reuven Rivlin stated Wednesday, following two consecutive nights of Muslim riots in the city. Read more
Israel slams UN envoy for ‘ignoring’ 1,000 rockets fired by Hamas and Islamic Jihad
May 13, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Foreign Ministry had harsh words for Tor Wennesland, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and accused him of ignoring Hamas and Islamic Jihad rocket attacks. Read more
Rivlin sends a message to Israelis
May 13, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Rivlin has sent a message to Israelis under fire from Hamas rockets. Read more
Lots of luscious Ludwig: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 13, 2021 by Fraser Beath McEwing
The lure of familiar Beethoven was probably enough to virtually covid-fill the Town Hall last night, but for those with more contemporary tastes, there were a couple of works for their corner too. Read more