Acts of courage: Amid horror, Israelis rise to occasion
October 13, 2023 by David Isaac
For some, it was their final act. Kibbutz Be’eri’s 22-year-old paramedic insisted on staying and helping the wounded, then hid for six hours in the clinic’s kitchenette, grasping a knife, waiting (like so many) for help that never came. Read more
Hamas atrocities explode the two-state myth
October 12, 2023 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
At last. After 17 years of Western diplomatic pressure from the United States to limit its responses to Hamas terrorism, it appears that Washington may be finally prepared to let Israel strike a decisive blow against the Islamist group in Gaza. Read more
A desolate Sderot waits for the rockets to stop
October 12, 2023 by Etgar Lefkovits
SDEROT, Israel—This city, at its closest barely a half-mile from the Gaza Strip, lies forlorn, its storefronts shuttered and its tens of thousands of residents mostly gone. Read more
How international law supports Israel’s right to defend itself
October 12, 2023 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
As Israel prepares for an extended battle to eradicate the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist leadership in Gaza, the Jewish state has witnessed an outpouring of support across the globe, on social media, and from U.S. President Joe Biden, among many other world leaders. Read more
Dutton’s protest deportation call an ‘attack on rights’
October 12, 2023 by AAP
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has called for the deportation of temporary visa holders who attend pro-Palestinian rallies in comments immediately dismissed as an attack on the right to protest. Read more
Worse than Nazism: It is Babi Yar all over again
October 12, 2023 by Bruce S. Ticker
Hitler taught the Arabs how to slaughter Jews, yet it can surprise us that the Einsatzaruppen’s chapter in Gaza City could not find a 50-foot deep ravine to gun down the 1200 or more Jews who were massacred on Saturday morning. Read more
Israeli reservist, 95, to IDF soldiers: ‘Demolish Hamas’
A crowd of young Israeli soldiers stand ready, listening to a 95-year-old, battle-hardened veteran. Ezra Yakhin has witnessed nearly every war the modern state of Israel has faced, and he remembers 1948. Read more
Shabbat Bereishit: United We Stand
October 12, 2023 by Jeremy Rosen
We will start reading the Torah from the beginning again this week. Read more
Third repatriation flight flagged for Aussies in Israel
October 12, 2023 by AAP
Australian citizens seeking to return from Israel are expected to be offered a further flight next week. Read more
Israel forms emergency government as Gaza deaths mount
Israel has formed an emergency unity government as its jets pounded Gaza and tanks massed around the densely populated Palestinian enclave while Hamas militants said they were still fighting on Israeli territory following their shock weekend incursion. Read more
Hatred in Bellevue Hill
A construction worker has been charged with four counts of intimidation after threatening four Jewish teenagers with an Israel flag in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill. Read more
L’Chaim – to Life: Eddie Tamir and JIFF
October 12, 2023 by Features Desk
Maurice Klein speaks with JIFF Artistic Director Eddie Tamir, about JIFF 2023, which opens on October 23 and will be screening 55 Australian premieres of films and TV series from around the world. Read more
A fallen hero: Israel bids farewell to Amichai Witzen
October 12, 2023 by J-Wire
Thousands of Israelis gathered at Jerusalem’s Mt. Herzl cemetery to pay their last respects to Amichai Israel Witzen. Read more
“The Government and the people of Australia condemn this attack by Hamas”
October 12, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed members of Melbourne’s Jewish community at St Kilda Shule. Read more
Beyond the horror: An Israeli volunteer’s tale of identifying massacre victims
October 12, 2023 by Sveta Listratov
Motty Bukchin has been identifying bodies from gruesome terror attacks for a quarter-century, but nothing prepared him for the scenes he encountered in devastated Gaza-area communities this week. Read more
10,000 attend Sydney support rally for Israel
October 12, 2023 by Henry Benjamin
Thousands gathered in Sydney’s east on Wednesday night to commemorate the deaths of civilians and show support for Israel. Read more
Australians offered repatriation flights from Israel
October 11, 2023 by AAP
Australians stranded in Israel will be able to take repatriation flights home following the outbreak of violence from Friday. Read more
Israel’s choices in Gaza all lead to destruction of Hamas regime
October 11, 2023 by Yaakov Lappin
The mass-murder rampage conducted by Hamas death squads on southern communities in Gaza on Saturday has seen Israel unleash unprecedented air power against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, but it is clear that this is only a prelude to further Israeli action. Read more
False claims about Israel-Hamas war mushroom online
October 11, 2023 by J-Wire
The rapid spread of misleading claims and doctored images in the aftermath of a deadly rampage by Hamas gunmen in Israel has put the focus on Elon Musk’s X platform, which has drawn the ire of the European Union. Read more
UN head chides Jewish state, notes ‘legitimate’ Palestinian grievances
October 11, 2023 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
In January, Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, said during an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event that the international body was “founded upon the ashes of the Holocaust. It was established to ensure such darkness would never be felt by humanity again,” but “when it comes to fighting antisemitism, sadly, the U.N. ignores its purpose.” Read more
Kibbutz Kfar Aza was taken over by approximately 70 armed terrorists
October 11, 2023 by JNS
Hamas terrorists murdered approximately 40 babies as part of their Oct. 7 attack on Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Israel Defense Forces soldiers who retook the community told i24News on Tuesday. Read more
We have unified to fight for our survival
October 11, 2023 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
Pro- and anti-reform demonstrations, secular-religious confrontations, road-blocking, horn-blowing Israelis angry with each other and showing it! Read more
Anti-Semitic threats made against Melbourne man
October 11, 2023 by J-Wire
An investigation is underway after a man was subjected to anti-Semitic threats from passengers in a car that pulled up next to him on a Melbourne street. Read more
Australian dead in Israel as citizens call for help
October 11, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
Grandmother Galit Carbone is the first Australian confirmed dead after the Islamic group Hamas attacked Israel, killing hundreds of civilians and taking others hostage. Read more
Israel pummels Hamas assets in Gaza as war enters fourth day
October 10, 2023 by TPS
The Israel Defence Forces continued to pound Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, as the war sparked by the Palestinian terrorist group’s brutal Oct. 7 attack on the Jewish state entered its fourth day. Read more
Pro-Palestine protest organiser ‘deplored’ Jewish slurs
October 10, 2023 by AAP
The organisers of a widely condemned pro-Palestine protest in Sydney say anti-Jewish slurs at the rally came from only a handful of antisemitic agitators. Read more
Israel’s flag is flying at Woollahra Council
October 10, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Woollahra Council Council in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs is home to a large section of the city’s Jewish community and will fly the Israeli flag for at least a week. Read more
Mark Speakman slams Minns for allowing antisemitic protest
October 10, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The NSW Opposition has slammed the Minns Labor Government for permitting an anti-Semitic pro-Hamas protest to prevent a peaceful gathering of Sydney’s Jewish community at the illuminated Sydney Opera House to mourn the barbaric attacks on innocent civilians in Israel. Read more
US rushing air defences and munitions to Israel
The US military is “surging” fresh supplies of air defences, munitions and other security assistance to Israel to help it respond to an unprecedented weekend attack by Hamas, a senior US defence official says. Read more
Ambassador Amir Maimon vows to ensure and overcome after attack
October 10, 2023 by AAP
Israelis are banding together in a show of resilience after the Hamas attack left hundreds dead and thousands injured, the nation’s ambassador to Australia says.
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