What can a sceptical world expect from Naftali Bennett?
June 6, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
This isn’t the way he planned on becoming prime minister of Israel. Read more
Shin Bet head warns of political violence
June 6, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Shin Bet head Nadav Argaman issued an unusual warning on Saturday against the intense political climate in the country which he claims may lead to political violence. Read more
Israel’s dysfunctional Government cannot survive
June 6, 2021 by David Singer
An amalgam of eight leaders trading insults and denigrating each other – whilst their parties have adopted policies that are totally irreconcilable on critical issues – is not the foundation for any stable Government – especially in Israel – whose enemies will become increasingly emboldened following the announcement of a cobbled-together Israeli Government comprising very different bedfellows. Read more
Beit Sefer Yalbalinga, a First Nations-Jewish learning course
June 4, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The first session of Beit Sefer Yalbalinga – an online course in partnership between the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and the Sydney Jewish Museum – kicked off this week to great success. Read more
Archival documentary on Babyn Yar massacre selected to premiere at Cannes Film Festival
June 4, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
The Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa’s film “Babi Yar. Context” has been selected to premiere at July’s Cannes Film Festival. Read more
UAE becomes first Arab Gulf country to open Holocaust-education exhibit
June 4, 2021 by JNS
In a continuing cultural relationship with Israel and the United Arab Emirates as part of the Abraham Accords, a museum in the United Arab Emirates debuted an exhibition about the Holocaust that also aims to raise awareness about antisemitism amid an increase in hate crimes against Jews worldwide. Read more
UNRWA Gaza chief to take leave of absence amid uproar over Israeli airstrike remarks
June 4, 2021 by JNS
The Gaza director of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will be taking a “long leave of absence,” a spokesman for the agency said on Wednesday, according to Hebrew media reports. Read more
Netanyahu calls emergency meeting of right-wing bloc
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called an emergency meeting of the right-wing bloc after Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid informed Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin late on Wednesday night that he had managed to form a coalition. Read more
Faced with a tsunami of antisemitism, Diaspora Jews still cling to their bubble
June 4, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The tsunami of antisemitism over the past few weeks is the work of an axis of anti-Jewish evil that spans continents and has the whole Jewish world in its cross-hairs in both Israel and the Diaspora. Read more
How did Hamas become the darling of the West?
In February 2009, I wrote an essay about a symposium at UCLA that marked the beginning of Hamas’s penetration into academic circles…writes Judea Pearl. Read more
The growing cost of anti-Israel media bias
June 4, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
For one of The New York Times’ most devoted readers, the front-page spread published on May 28 essentially accusing Israel of murdering Palestinian children was the final straw. Read more
Gantz meets with Biden officials as US lawmakers encourage Iron Dome replenishment
June 4, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz arrived in Washington on Wednesday as part of his two-day trip to shore up support for Israel’s security and request $1 billion to help Israel replenish its Iron Dome interceptor rockets. Read more
Philip Roth
June 4, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
Philip Roth (1933-2018) was one of the most successful American novelists. Read more
Blinken blunders and other balagan
June 4, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
For those uninitiated in the nuances of modern Israeli discourse, balagan loosely translated means chaos or fiasco. Read more
Moriah: Jankelowitz will not “run from challenge”
June 3, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Following a contested election at its AGM, the Board of Moriah College has welcomed three new directors. Read more
My friend Isaac
June 3, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
Sydney-based Steven Lowy is the Chairman of the World Board of Trustees of Keren-Hayesod and has worked extensively with President-elect Isaac Herzog. Read more
Biden welcomes Herzog
June 3, 2021 by TPS
The U.S. President Joe Biden extended his “warm congratulations” to Isaac Herzog on his election to serve as the 11th President of the State of Israel. Read more
Israel: What happens next
June 3, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Knesset is expected to convene as soon as possible to ratify the government with the government is expected to be sworn in 12 days on Monday. Read more
Hamas calling for Day of Rage in Judea and Samaria
June 3, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Hamas terror organization is calling for a Day of Rage in the Palestinian Authority areas over the weekend, including demonstrations and violent clashes with Israeli forces. Read more
Handing over the baton
June 3, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President of Israel Reuven Rivlin has congratulated president-elect Isaac ‘Bougie’ Herzog. Read more
Political stability
June 3, 2021 by J-Wire photo story
Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler has welcomed the news that Israel may have a new government. Read more
Community leaders welcome president-elect Isaac Herzog
June 3, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Congratulatory messages have been sent by community leadership on the election of Isaac Herzog as Israel’s new president. Read more
BBC deletes ‘unbalanced and partisan’ videos about Israel, Palestinians from its website
June 3, 2021 by JNS
The BBC has removed a series of controversial videos about Israel and the Palestinians from its website following a complaint from the group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), the pro-Israel group said on Monday. Read more
What does a Bennett-Lapid government mean?
Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid and Yamina Party head Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday that they have secured an agreement to form Israel’s next government, thereby likely ending the 12-year consecutive term of Benjamin Netanyahu as the country’s prime minister…writes David Isaac. Read more
The tragedy of Benjamin Netanyahu
June 3, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It didn’t have to end this way. In what may be only a matter of days, Benjamin Netanyahu’s unprecedented 12-year-run as prime minister of Israel looks to be coming to an end. Read more
One of the president’s last duties
June 3, 2021 by J-Wire
For the last time as President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin presented the 2020-2021 soccer State Cup last night to Maccabi Tel Aviv who defeated their opponents Hapoel Tel Aviv. Read more
Amid internal debate, Hamas trying to reopen offices in Damascus
June 3, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
A series of events and developments, accompanied by reports in the Arab and especially Lebanese media, indicate Hamas’ intention to renew its relations with the Syrian regime in Damascus after 10 years of severing ties. Read more
Official announcement: Chairperson of Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid informed President Rivlin that he has been able to form
June 3, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In accordance with paragraph 13(b) of Basic Law: The Government (2001), Chairperson of Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid informed President of Israel Reuven Rivlin that he has been able to form a government with Naftali Bennett as alternate Prime Minister Read more
Isaac Herzog elected as Israel’s next president
June 2, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Isaac Herzog will serve as Israel’s 11th president after 119 Members of Knesset cast their ballot on Wednesday and 87 of them voted for Herzog. Read more
IDF seeks to fast-track revolutionary approach to lessening future rocket fire
June 2, 2021 by Yaakov Lappin
The Israel Defence Forces are seeking to fast-track a new system designed to remove Hamas’s ability to terrorize the Israeli home front with mass rocket attacks in future conflicts. Read more