The West’s lethal error in the war against Israel

In the current war in the Middle East, it’s a given that a distinction must be drawn between Hamas and the “ordinary” Palestinian Arab residents of Gaza. Read more

Hamas man wanted to sell IDF soldier’s head for $10,000

A Hamas terrorist admitted to Israeli interrogators that he tried to sell the decapitated head of an IDF soldier for $10,000. That soldier was the son of David Tahar of Jerusalem. Read more

Guterres meets freed Israeli hostages in Davos

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres met with released Israeli hostages for the first time on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Read more

Maccabi shines in Buenos Aries

The Australian Maccabi team has brought home 26 medals from the Pan-American Games in Buenos Aries, including six golds. Read more

Israeli opposition files first no-confidence motion since war’s start

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid filed a no-confidence motion against the government on Wednesday over the passing of the state budget. Read more

Israeli president raises plight of hostages in Davos

Sitting with a photo of Kfir Bibas on his one-year birthday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog brought attention to the plight of the hostages in Gaza during an interview at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. Read more

From Paris to The Hague

“From Paris to the Hague sees the return of the same old plague.” Read more

NSW to review inciting violence laws over Gaza tensions

Concerns from some community groups that laws in NSW prohibiting incitement of violence don’t go far enough have prompted a legal review. Read more

Family marks baby boy’s first birthday in Hamas captivity

“It’s my birthday and no one will celebrate with me,” Yossi Schneider read out from a letter as family members and representatives of the Hostage and Missing Families Forum marked Kfir Bibas’s first birthday in Nir Oz. Read more

Dry Bones: Here’s the beef!

Israeli “cultivated beef” technology enables the production of steaks and burgers without slaughtering animals and just received government approval for sale to the public. Read more

UN: No indication Hamas was building elaborate tunnel system

Despite the presence of a Hamas terror tunnel system in the Gaza Strip, now thought to be larger in scale than the London Underground, the United Nations insists it had no idea the tunnels were being built. Read more

Israel gives world’s first regulatory approval to cultivated beef

Israel’s Health Ministry gave regulatory approval to the world’s first cultivated beef steaks on Wednesday, which a leading culinary expert said places Israel at the forefront of foodtech. Read more

Pro-Palestinian unionists to picket Israeli ship

Pro-Palestinian trade unionists will picket a West Australian port terminal to disrupt an Israeli container ship. Read more

Shabbat Bo: Lessons from the Exodus

There are two themes amongst the many in this week’s Torah that stand out as being particularly relevant at this moment in time. Read more

All the Rest

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Wong tells Palestinians aid must be used appropriately

Penny Wong has told Palestinian officials that Australian aid must be used for delivering vital services to civilians in a warning against allowing terror groups to access the funding. Read more

Penny Wong visits Yad Vashem

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Two Israeli hostages confirmed dead, bodies being held by Hamas

Israeli hostages Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky have died in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Kibbutz Be’eri announced on Tuesday night in Israel. Read more

Genocide allegations against Israel endanger Jews everywhere 

The South African government’s application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on grotesquely false allegations of genocide against Israel needs to be seen for what it is: A defamatory lie that not only threatens the Jewish state but stigmatises and endangers Jews throughout the Diaspora. Read more

Four victims of Ra’anana terror attack remain in serious condition

Sixteen victims from Monday’s deadly stabbing and car-ramming spree in Ra’anana remain hospitalised, including four in serious condition. Read more

Dry Bones: Trump again?

Ten months from now, could Trump return? Like Shrek? Will we still be fighting this war for survival? Read more

Rabbi Genende joins AIJAC

Rabbi Ralph Genende has been appointed as The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council’s Interfaith and Community Liaison. Read more

Into the Fray: Incredible imbecility

The historical record bodes ill for initiatives to engineer a Pax Israeliana (an Israel-induced peace) between Israel and its Arab adversaries. Read more

Qatar, France broker deal for aid, medication to Gaza

Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to deliver urgent medication to some 45 Israeli hostages held by the group in Gaza in return for humanitarian and medical aid for the most vulnerable civilians. Read more

Wong sounds alarm over civilian deaths and ‘just’ peace

As the number of Palestinians being killed in the Gaza war continues to climb since the October 7 Hamas attack, Penny Wong has urged for genuine steps towards peace and security. Read more

Gaza terrorists launch largest rocket barrage at Israel in weeks

Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday launched over 50 rockets into southern Israel, according to local authorities. Read more

Survivors of music festival massacre launch US$53.6 million lawsuit against Israel

Forty-two survivors of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre at the Supernova music festival at Kibbutz Re’im are suing the Israel Defense Forces, Israel Security Agency and Israel Police for negligence and are claiming 200 million shekels (US$53.6 million) in damages. Read more

Israel and Saudi Arabia want peace, but differ how to get there, thanks to Gaza

Israeli and Saudi officials actually agree on a lot of things. Both want to normalise their relations, both are willing to continue peace efforts where they left off on October 7, and both want Hamas out of Gaza. Read more

Hamas appears to show bodies of two Israeli hostages

Hamas has appeared to show the dead bodies of two Israeli hostages after warning Israel they might be killed if it did not stop its bombardment of Gaza. Read more

Captives’ loved ones plead for their release at Tel Aviv rally

As Israel marked 100 days of captivity for hostages held in Gaza on Sunday, Hamas released a 37-second propaganda video featuring detainees Noa Argamani, Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi. Read more

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