Israel begins evacuating Palestinians from Rafah
May 6, 2024 by Pesach Benson
The Israel Defence Forces began evacuating Palestinians in parts of Rafah today, ahead of an expected military advance on the city. Read more
PM ‘concerned’ by social cohesion after uni protests
May 6, 2024 by J-Wire
Anthony Albanese is concerned about rising tensions on university campuses as student protesters clash over war in the Middle East and the foreign minister warns Israel against another ground invasion in Gaza.
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Two dichotomies
1 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Education Minister Jason Clare and their cohort frequently state “there is no place for antiSemitism or Islamophobia on our university campuses or anywhere else.” Read more
Trump writes off UN two-state solution
May 6, 2024 by David Singer
Former President Donald Trump has rejected UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s mantra to create a Palestinian Arab state between Jordan and Israel during Trump’s wide-ranging interview in Time on 30 April. Read more
Israel vows military operation as ceasefire talks end
May 6, 2024 by AAP
The latest round of Gaza ceasefire talks have ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions”, Hamas says. Read more
Rockets in Gaza kill three IDF soldiers
May 6, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Three soldiers were killed and 11 injured in a rocket attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing. Read more
Feintooner
May 6, 2024 by Feintooner
Prime Minister Netanyahu: ‘Capitulating to Hamas’s demands would be a terrible defeat’
May 6, 2024 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday commented on the ongoing negations for the release of Israelis who have been held hostage in Gaza for the past seven months, calling media reports about them provocative and the cause of “needless suffering to the families of the hostages that are enduring a nightmare.” Read more
Turkey ban rules out Israeli wrestling team Olympics chances
May 6, 2024 by Pesach Benson
The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) has barred a delegation of five wrestlers from flying to Istanbul for an Olympic qualifying event on May 9-13. Read more
The PM meets with rabbis
I refer to your article about the rabbis meeting with the Prime Minister. Read more
Cairo talks continue but hopes for Gaza ceasefire slim
May 5, 2024 by J-Wire
Prospects for a Gaza ceasefire appear slim as Hamas reiterates its demand for an end to the war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly rules that out. Read more
Israeli government votes to shut down Al Jazeera
May 5, 2024 by Pesach Benson
The Israeli government unanimously approved shutting down Al Jazeera’s news operations on Sunday, paving the way for authorities to revoke the Qatari network’s press credentials and confiscate its transmitting equipment. Read more
Arabs pushing for roadmap leading to Palestinian state within three years
May 5, 2024 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Sixty foreign dignitaries from moderate Arab countries, convening at a conference in Saudi Arabia, jointly called upon the United States to chart a clear path towards the establishment of a Palestinian state within three years. Read more
Dry Bones: Holocaust Remembrance Day
May 5, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
The first since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre. Read more
Two more Israeli Oct 7 victims declared dead
May 5, 2024 by J-Wire
Two more Israeli victims of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre were declared dead late last week—Elyakim Libman, 23, a security guard at the Nova dance music festival presumed to have been taken hostage but whose body was found in Israeli territory, and Dror Or, 49, who was kidnapped to Gaza from Kibbutz Be’eri. Read more
Jewish poet, paratrooper Hannah Senesh honoured in Budapest
May 5, 2024 by David Isaac - JNS
Hannah Senesh (Szenes) was honoured on Friday in a ceremony at her birthplace in Budapest, Hungary. Read more
“Concern for the Future of Jewish Life in the West”
May 5, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
Tel Aviv University and the American Anti-Defamation League have published the Annual Report Antisemitism Worldwide for 2023. Read more
Red Cross official exposed as Hamas stooge
May 5, 2024 by David Isaac - JNS
In the latest example of a deep-seated anti-Israel bias within the International Committee of the Red Cross, the head of the ICRC’s office in Algeria and director of the Libya subdelegation has been outed as a pro-Hamas shill. Read more
Julian Leeser addresses Sydney’s Central
May 5, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
Federal Liberal MP Julian Leeser addressed the congregation during Sydney’s Central Synagogue Friday night service. Read more
Who is your Holocaust hero?
May 5, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
On this year’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem launched its “Who Is Your Holocaust Hero?” campaign. Read more
On the other hand
May 5, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
The countdown has started. Read more
Hamas negotiators begin Gaza truce talks in Cairo
May 5, 2024 by AAP
Hamas negotiators have begun intensified talks on a possible Gaza truce that would bring a halt to the fighting and the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official says, with the CIA director already present in Cairo for the indirect diplomacy. Read more
Hamas negotiators arrive in Cairo for Gaza truce talks
May 4, 2024 by AAP
Hamas negotiators have arrived in Cairo for intensified talks on a possible Gaza truce that would see the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official says, with the CIA director already present for the indirect diplomacy. Read more
IDF posts on Gaza border failed routine inspection on Oct. 4
May 3, 2024 by JNS
A routine inspection of Israel Defence Forces posts along the Gaza border carried out 72 hours before Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught showed a severe lack of preparedness, Channel 12 reported this week. Read more
The ivory tower jihad
May 3, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
The shocking scenes on campus over the past few days are far more significant than mere student demonstrations getting out of hand. Read more
Rally at Sydney University passes peacefully
May 3, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The “March for a Safe Campus” at the university of Sydney was a resounding success with more than 500 supporters defying the weather conditions and vocal opposition. Read more
Albanese meets Australian rabbis
May 3, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met with orthodox rabbis from Sydney and Melbourne at Sydney’s Central Synagogue this morning. Read more
The Grinning Man
May 3, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First
Holocaust Day
May 3, 2024 by J-Wire
Next Monday, we will observe our Yom HaShoah. We may hear the cliché “ Never again” and realize it means nothing to the majority of people in the so-called civilized world. Read more
Interviewer turns interviewee
May 3, 2024 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Shelly Freeman interviews Henry Greener on the milestone 800th episode of his iconic Jewish TV Show. Read more
