Israeli envoy slams UN agency for discriminating between murder of ‘Israeli ctizens’ and ‘settlers’

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan sent a scathing letter to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres following statistics published by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in which it differentiates between the murder of “Israeli Citizens” and “Settlers.” Read more

Eggs from a non-kosher bird?

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UN abandons moral compass in waging semantic warfare on Israel

The language being used by the United Nations (UN) and its officials to characterise the unresolved 100-years old conflict between Jews and Arabs disqualifies the UN from having any meaningful role to play in ending that long-running dispute. Read more

Éric Zemmour, presidential candidate

After months of speculation, the far-right columnist and TV pundit Éric Zemmour finally announced his candidacy in next year’s presidential election in France. Read more

UN adopts three resolutions condemning Israel, ignores Jewish ties to Temple Mount

The U.N. General Assembly passed three resolutions this week that targeted Israel, which brings the total to 14 resolutions being adopted in the next month that single out the Jewish state. Read more

Gal Gadot movie becomes most-watched film in Netflix history

“Red Notice,” starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Ryan Reynolds is now officially Netflix’s most-watched film of all time, surpassing the previous record-holder, “Bird Box.” Read more

Bennett to Blinken: Nuclear talks must be halted

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has called for a halt to the nuclear talks taking place in Vienna between Iran and world powers. Read more

New German chancellor vows to fight antisemitism at event honouring Holocaust survivors

Incoming German Chancellor Olaf Scholz talked about Germany’s commitment to combating antisemitism at the annual International Holocaust Survivors Night (IHSN) hosted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Read more

Australians creating miracles for Israeli boys in need

Although separated by 14,000 km, disadvantaged Israeli boys are being given a crucial boost from caring Australian friends they’ve never met. Read more

On the other hand

The whole country is in the midst of Chanukah celebrations banishing temporarily at least the spectre of corona mutations. Read more

‘Imagine’ all those people …

Diaspora Jews have a collective history of constant migration. Read more

Israelis lost in Ramallah rescued from attempted lynching

Two Israelis who mistakenly entered Ramallah on Wednesday evening were rescued by Palestinian security forces from an attempted lynching. Read more

Smart, suture-less wound dressing prompts healing, wards off infection

“Sutures? That’s practically medieval!” Read more

Chanukah celebrations

Members of the Jewish and Hindu communities recently came together to celebrate Chanukah and Deepavali, a celebration of light after lockdown. Read more

Shabbat Mikeyts: Was Joseph Fair?

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US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides visits Yad Vashem

The US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides and his son have visited Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem. Read more

Jewish Agency’s JReady network makes broad impact on world Jewry’s emergency preparedness

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They deserve each other

Either by design or mutual attraction, whenever Israel is in terror groups’ crosshairs one can unfailingly guarantee that not far behind will be the usual collection of anti-Israel groupies. Read more

Forced conversions

As we come to the end of Chanukah, apart from the heroics, there is another side to the Hasmoneans I  am not particularly proud of. Read more

Global KH-UIA award for Sydney community leader

Sydney communal leader Stephen Cordell was earlier this year honoured with an Order of Australia medal and now has received international acknowledgement for his long-standing honorary leadership as the only Australian to receive the prestigious Yakir Keren Hayesod Award. Read more

Facebook shuts down Hamas-linked network

Facebook has removed four networks from “Palestine,” Poland, Belarus, and China during November for violating its policy on Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB), the social media company stated Wednesday, including a Hamas-linked network. Read more

Yad Vashem slams Fox News host’s comparison of Dr. Fauci to Nazi Doctor Mengele

Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial, reacted sharply after Fox News host Lara Logan compared Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden, to Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele, infamous for his experiments on humans. Read more

Tel Aviv ranked world’s most expensive city

Tel Aviv is the world’s most expensive city, according to the Economist, leaping from the fifth most expensive city last year to the dubious first place in 2021. Read more

US contributes to PA budget for the first time since 2017

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) general budget shows that the US transferred financial aid to its coffers in October, for the first time since March 2017, the last time the US did so under the administration of former President Donald Trump. Read more

‘You have the audacity to single out Israel for violence in Jerusalem?’ Israeli envoy slams UN’s anti-Israeli resolution

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan addressed the General Assembly on Wednesday in a discussion on the “Question of Palestine,” in which the Assembly voted on three anti-Israel resolutions as part of an annual series of resolutions known as the “Palestinian Package.” Read more

Israeli luminaries receive Light of Israel award

Israel’s Foreign Ministry and Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll held a special ceremony in Jerusalem on Wednesday honouring a group of Israelis who “continue to share their light and Israel’s light with the world.” Read more

Bones of Herzl’s grandparents to be brought to Israel

The president of the Republika Srpska of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina agreed on Monday to help exhume the bones of the grandfather and grandmother of Theodor Herzl, the father of modern political Zionism, and send them to Israel. Read more

A touch of Israel on the Gold Coast – a touch of Australia in Netanya

Following the naming of a beachside area ‘Netanya Park’ in Surfers Paradise, Israeli city Netanya is to name a soon-to-be-built suburb after the City of Gold Coast. Read more

Sydney’s Maccabi Rugby 50th reunion

Talks of tries, scrums and lineouts were high on the agenda as members of Sydney’s Maccabi rugby 1971 team held their 50th-anniversary reunion. Read more

Black Eyed Peas lead member defies Palestinian pressure to boycott Israel

Black Eyed Peas lead band member will.i.am said he would not get into politics after Palestinian activists pressured him not to perform in Israel Read more

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