Escalation in South: IAF bombs Hamas targets after IDF soldier critically wounded in rioting
August 22, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighters bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday night after an IDF soldier was severely wounded during violent riots on the Gaza border earlier in the day. Read more
Report: Hezbollah ‘lies’: Four killed in Israeli strikes in Syria
August 22, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli Air Force (IAF) strikes in Syria against Hezbollah targets Thursday night killed four terror operatives, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported, negating claims by Hezbollah that there were no casualties in the attack. Read more
Two cranky old Jews symbolize everything that’s wrong with our political culture
August 22, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Apparently, two elderly, wealthy Jewish men aren’t speaking to each other anymore. Who cares? In theory, no one ought to. But when the pair in question are television comedy star Larry David and former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, and a chance meeting between them results in a public scene involving screaming occurs in a popular spot on Martha’s Vineyard, it’s exactly the sort of thing that does get treated as a very big deal indeed. Read more
Questionable friends
August 21, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
“In life, we never lose friends, we only learn who the TRUE ones are.” Read more
Taliban triumph in Afghanistan has Arab states and Israel hedging dependence on US
August 20, 2021 by Ariel Ben Solomon - JNS.org
The Taliban’s quick takeover of Afghanistan has Middle Eastern countries deeply concerned about their dependence on the U.S. security umbrella. Read more
Third Pfizer vaccine shot 86 per cent effective for those over 60, Israeli healthcare provider said
August 20, 2021 by JNS
The third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine was 86 per cent effective for people over 60 years old, Israeli health care provider Maccabi said on Wednesday. Read more
Mother follows her daughter, fallen soldier, joins police
August 20, 2021 by TPS
In a moving moment, Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai yesterday officially admitted Geula Malka into the force, following in the footsteps of her daughter, the late Border Police troop Hadas Malka, who was killed in a terror attack in the line of duty. Read more
Iranian oil tanker on its way to Lebanon – Nasrallah: “When it sails, it is in our territory”
August 20, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
In his speech on the occasion of Ashura Day yesterday, Hezbollah’s secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah said that the first Iranian oil tanker is making its way to Lebanon. Read more
Defence Minister Gantz on the transfer of Qatar money to Gaza: Israel will defend itself against any threats
August 20, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
TPS has reported that a senior UNRWA official confirmed that an agreement was reached to enable the distribution of funds donated by Qatar to people in the Gaza Strip. Read more
No need to go hungry in Sydney
August 20, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
J-Wire is publishing a list of organisations that are providing food for the needy in these tough times. Read more
Aug-29 8pm zoom: Dr Norman Swan talks to the head of the Israel team searching for a COVID treatment
August 20, 2021 by J-Wire
Professor Nadir Arber will talk with Dr Norman Swan about the drug he has developed to treat COVID. Read more
Dr Norman Swan talks to the head of the Israel team searching for a COVID treatment
August 20, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Professor Nadir Arber will talk with Dr Norman Swan about the drug he has developed to treat COVID. Read more
Royalty
August 20, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
I am amazed that so many Americans are enamoured with the British Monarchy and with its least impressive of its scions who hog the headlines precisely because of their limitations. Read more
Shabbat Ki Teytsey: Lost chickens
August 19, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
“If you see your brother’s ox or sheep wandering and you are tempted to ignore it, you must return it to him. And if your brother does not live nearby, you should bring the animal home and keep it until he comes to claim it, and then you must return it. Read more
Bennett to head for Biden meeting in Washington
August 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will leave for Washington DC at the invitation of US President Joe Biden. Read more
Watchdog: Western Islamists express pride, joy as Taliban takes over Afghanistan
August 19, 2021 by Ariel Ben Solomon - JNS.org
Despite most Americans being shocked at the events unfolding in Afghanistan over the past few days, a number of Western Islamists have via social media welcomed the return of the fundamentalist Taliban forces, according to an Islamist watchdog group tracking reactions. Read more
Israeli scientists 3D-Bioprint tumour, enable rapid treatment
August 19, 2021 by TPS
Researchers at Tel Aviv University declared a scientific breakthrough when they printed an entire active and viable glioblastoma tumour using a 3D printer. Read more
Freedom of Information refused in application to NSW Education Department: who posted Hitler photo on AUJS Facebook?
August 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord has accused the NSW Education Department of protecting a staff member who earlier this year wrote a “vile antisemitic pro-Hitler” Facebook post by formally blocking an inquiry into the matter. Read more
So far, so good
August 19, 2021 by Ron Weiser
The Israeli government coalition of eight parties, where not only can any one party bring the government down, but even a disaffected individual MK is able to do so, has survived its first two months. Read more
1000 meals a day from OBK to support charities
August 19, 2021 by Elana Bowman
Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen is flat out each day providing meals to the needy with increased requests during the lockdown. Read more
New Ministry of Defense policy: civilian relief for Gaza despite rocket fire
August 19, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Some 1,000 traders from the Gaza Strip entered Israel on Wednesday, for the first time since the Coronavirus outbreak over a year and a half ago. Read more
Israeli scientists developing meds that ‘put a super cork on the Coronavirus’
August 18, 2021 by TPS
A new therapeutic approach developed by Weizmann Institute scientists could spell new hope in the battle against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more
A rift of Poland’s making
August 18, 2021 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
The diplomatic crisis unfolding between Jerusalem and Warsaw is unfortunate. Eastern European countries have been staunch supporters of the United States and Israel in a way that their counterparts in the Western continent have long ceased to be. Read more
After American withdrawal from Afghanistan, implications for Israel look grimmer
August 18, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
As Israel observes the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, it’s difficult to forget the capitulation of the Iraqi army to ISIS in 2014 or the EUBAM observers who fled as Hamas seized power in the Gaza Strip in 2007, not to mention visions of the United States fleeing Saigon in the spring of 1975 as part of the collapse of the Vietnam War. Read more
Can the West be honest about the Islamist threat?
August 18, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It was only two months ago that the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, boasted on Twitter about flying a gay pride flag to signal its support for “supporting civil rights of minorities including LGBT persons,” and added the hashtags #Pride 2021 and #PrideMonth. Read more
Hamas leader: ‘Foolish act’ by Israel could lead to war
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said the terror organization based in the Gaza Strip maintains “a strategic relationship” with Iran, Hezbollah and “many [others] in the region,” and therefore, any “foolish act” by Israel could lead to a regional war. Read more
Australian Catholic University to introduce Ancient Israel Program
August 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s only academic program dedicated to the archaeology, history and languages of Ancient Israel will be introduced at Australian Catholic University (ACU), offering units on Archaeology of Ancient Israel in Arts, Education and Biblical Studies degrees from 2022. Read more
Thank you to the frontline workers
August 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
IDF deploys Super Hercules plane to fight fires
August 18, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
For the first time in Israel’s history, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) deployed a “Shimshon” C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to fight fires. Read more
AUJS Leadership for 2022
August 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
AUJS has held its second-ever Zoom AGM with students from across Australia and New Zealand electing a new Executive Committee to lead the organisation in 2022. Read more
