Hamas in its entirety to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation
February 17, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Government has proscribed Hamas in its entirity as a terrorist organisationas well as naming three new groups and extending the listings of others. Read more
Labor silent on BDS, outspoken on “apartheid” Israel
February 17, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Media, politicians from both sides of the divide, have made strong criticisms of Labor’s Senator Susan Lines following a speech in which she supported Amnesty International report branding Israel as an “apartheid” state. Read more
Illegal Arab residents of Sheikh Jarrah preparing for ‘Great Evacuation,’ disappointed with Hamas
February 16, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in eastern Jerusalem is becoming a “fortified compound” following the establishment of MK Itamar Ben Gvir’s office. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past: Albert Aaron Rosenfeld – One of Australia’s greatest rugby leagueheroes
February 16, 2022 by Features Desk
Albert, known as ‘’Rozzy’’, was born on 28 July 1885, the son of a Jewish tailor. Read more
Israel stands with the people of Tonga
February 16, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Humanitarian supplies donated by Israel’s Agency for International Development and Cooperation, MASHAV, and The Embassy of Israel in Australia have been delivered to Tonga by the Royal Australian Air Force. Read more
Ivan Reitman, ‘Ghostbusters’ director and son of Holocaust survivors, dies at age 75
February 16, 2022 by JNS
Jewish producer and director Ivan Reitman died in his sleep on Saturday night at his home in Montecito, California, at the age of 75, his family told The Associated Press. Read more
Top Turkish delegation to visit Israel
February 16, 2022 by JNS
A delegation of top Turkish leaders will arrive in Israel this week, ahead of a planned visit by President Isaac Herzog to the country, the president’s office said. Read more
Why we should care about the fate of Ukraine
February 16, 2022 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It’s difficult to know where exactly the crisis over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine will end. Read more
JIFF Movie: Dirty Tricks
February 16, 2022 by Features Desk
Welcome to the world of competitive bridge. Far removed from the recreational card game enjoyed by millions of senior citizens around the world, it is a cutthroat world where billionaires sponsor elite players in ruthless high-stakes tournaments. Read more
Clerici and Shamray at The Great
February 15, 2022 by Community newsdesk
SUMMIT UIA: Book now for a campaign with a difference
February 15, 2022 by J-Wire News Service
UIA shares with the community its planned annual event for 2022: Summit UIA. Read more
Head of UN probe on Israel asked to resign after her anti-Israel bias exposed
February 15, 2022 by TPS
The head of a new United Nations (UN) inquiry into the IDF’s counterterrorism Operation Guardian of the Walls against Hamas in May was accused Monday of “making prejudicial statements” on the issues under investigation, “compromising her impartiality,” and was asked to recuse herself in a legal brief filed today with the UN by a Geneva watchdog group, which has also launched an online petition campaign. Read more
Anti-Israel group compels Dutch universities to reveal Jewish, Israeli connections
February 15, 2022 by JNS
Administrators at more than a dozen universities in the Netherlands are complying with a freedom of information request filed by a pro-Palestinian organization to make public lists of their connections to Jewish and Israeli organizations and universities. Read more
Israeli company turning smartphones into brain monitors
February 15, 2022 by Yaakov Lappin
An Israeli company has turned standard smartphones into neurological monitoring machines backed by artificial intelligence and is about to expand significantly into the American market. Read more
Gathering signatures calling out anti-Israel UN commission of inquiry
February 15, 2022 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Immediately after “Operation Guardian of the Walls,” which began after Hamas in the Gaza Strip started firing barrages of rockets at Jerusalem and its civilian population last May, the U.N. Human Rights Commission, reacting to Israel’s retaliation against Hamas, set up a special permanent inquiry to investigate “all alleged violations and abuses of international human-rights law leading up and since 13 April 2021.” Read more
Maccabi fun run raises funds for Save a Child’s Heart
February 15, 2022 by Community newsdesk
Maccabi NSW had a great turnout from the Sydney community in support of the Maccabi Life 5km Fun Run on Sunday. Read more
Bennett receives warm welcome in Bahrain
February 15, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has landed in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, on his first official visit to the country. Read more
The ayatollahs’ men in Washington
February 14, 2022 by Caroline Glick - JNS
Former Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif recently co-authored a book in Farsi about the 2015 nuclear deal that tells us a great deal about how we should be assessing the nuclear negotiations taking place in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 (the United States, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom and Germany). Read more
Collectors livid as auction site vows to prohibit sale of Nazi artifacts
February 14, 2022 by JNS
The fight against the auctioning of Nazi artifacts took another turn over the weekend, as popular auction website “Bidspirit” announced a total ban on the sale of Nazi items. Any auction houses violating the ban will be removed from Bidspirit’s website, it warned.
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Study: Women twice as likely as men to experience COVID vaccine side effects
February 14, 2022 by JNS
Women experience nearly twice as many adverse events following inoculation with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as men, a new Israeli study published in the peer-reviewed journal Vaccines showed. Read more
Mathias Cormann meets Israeli cabinet
February 14, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD, Mathias Cormann, attended the meeting of Israel’s Cabinet Sunday morning. Read more
UN: End the jaw-jaw – use Trump to redraw the Israel-Jordan border
February 14, 2022 by David Singer
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demonstrated that the UN has learnt nothing about resolving the 100 years-old Arab-Jewish conflict when he addressed the gabfest held by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (Inalienable Rights Committee) in New York on 8 February. Read more
Feintooner
February 14, 2022 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon. Quid pro no. Read more
On the other hand
February 13, 2022 by Michael Kuttner
Living in Israel one really does not need to have a calendar in order to know when the next festival is approaching. Read more
Israel calls on its citizens to leave Ukraine immediately, prepares for emergency evacuations
February 13, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has elevated its travel warning to Ukraine and has called on Israeli citizens to leave the country immediately, following a situational assessment that took place Saturday and as the US warned Russia will invade the country in the coming days. Read more
Belgium museum returns Nazi-looted painting to Jewish heirs
February 13, 2022 by JNS
Belgium’s Royal Museums of Fine Arts has returned a painting to the great-grandchildren of a Jewish couple who owned the artwork before it was stolen by the Nazis, reported Reuters. Read more
Palestinians furious with PA over corruption, suspension of hospital construction
February 13, 2022 by JNS
The Palestinian Authority and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, face sharp criticism for stopping the construction of a new Palestinian hospital to treat cancer patients, even though the funds were already raised for the project. Read more
Corbyn to join webinar affiliated with Muslim Brotherhood
February 13, 2022 by JNS
Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is scheduled to participate in a webinar that will feature extremist figures affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Read more
The Israeli left’s antisemitism blind spot
February 13, 2022 by Ben Cohen
A great scholar of antisemitism once told me that there was one country that frustrated him when it came to its understanding of the extent and depth of Jew-hatred: Israel. Read more
Feb-28 7:30pm SBS-World Movies: This Must be the Place
February 13, 2022 by J-Wire
Cheyenne (Sean Penn), a wealthy former rock star, now bored in his retirement in Ireland embarks on a quest to find his father’s persecutor, an ex-Nazi war criminal now hiding out in the U.S. Read more
