UIA NSW launches Gesher
June 26, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
UIA NSW has launched its new initiative, Gesher, designed to strengthen the NSW Jewish community further and connect it with the People of Israel. Read more
AIJAC calls for nullification of Sydney University’s agreement with protestors
June 25, 2024 by J-Wire
AIJAC has railed against the agreement made between Sydney University and pro-Pastelinian protesters. Read more
Labor senator defies party to support Palestinian state
June 25, 2024 by AAP
Senator Fatima Payman has defied her party and voted for Palestine to be recognised as a state, sounding the death knell for her time in Labor. Read more
Netanyahu: No compromise on total victory over Hamas
June 25, 2024 by J-Wire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night reiterated his commitment to total victory in the ongoing war against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip. Read more
102-year-old Shoah survivor is the cover star of ‘Vogue Germany’
A 102-year-old Holocaust survivor and Berlin native is the face of Vogue Magazine in Germany. Read more
Pro-Hamas mob attacks Jews outside LA shul
June 25, 2024 by JNS
A Pro-Hamas mob on Sunday attacked pro-Israel Jews outside the Adas Torah synagogue in the Pico-Robertson area in western Los Angeles. Read more
Antoinette Lattouf takes ABC to trial over anti-Israel post
June 25, 2024 by AAP
Journalist Antoinette Lattouf’s unfair dismissal claim against the ABC will go to trial after mediation talks failed following her sacking over an anti-Israel post. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
June 25, 2024 by Features Desk
Morris Mondle Phillips – a trailblazer for the legal profession Read more
Gaza residents: Hamas steals aid, taxes humanitarian deliveries
June 25, 2024 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Residents of the Gaza Strip are accusing senior Hamas officials of working with criminal gangs to steal humanitarian aid and even imposing heavy taxes on the deliveries. Read more
October 7 victims file US$1 billion lawsuit against UNRWA
June 25, 2024 by Pesach Benson
More than 100 survivors of Hamas’s October 7 attacks filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the United Relief and Works Agency for “aiding and abetting” Hamas on Monday. Read more
Dry Bones: History Books
June 24, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
History books. Read more
All of France raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl
June 24, 2024 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
The 12-year-old Jewish girl just raped in Paris had committed two mortal sins in the eyes of the rapists: She was Jewish. Read more
Twelve tough questions and simple answers about Israel
My good friend, Taglit-Birthright Israel’s CEO Gidi Mark, challenged me recently: “Can you offer short, punchy answers to some of the pressing questions our participants have—and some of the accusations being thrown at them?”…writes Gil Troy. Read more
Following rally hate material, Victorian government must follow through on IHRA and stop the spread of Antisemitism
June 24, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
Premier Jacinta Allan was today urged to crack down on the manufacture and display of virulently antisemitic material that were both on show and on sale at yesterday’s pro-Palestinian protest in Melbourne. Read more
Biden & UN must rethink two Arab States in former Palestine
June 24, 2024 by David Singer
Security Council Resolution 2735 adopted on 10 June calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel War -has included a call for the creation of a new Arab State between Israel and Jordan – the two successor States to the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine and currently sovereign rulers in 94% of former Palestine: Read more
At least 15 dead in attacks on Dagestan synagogues, churches
June 24, 2024 by JNS
More than 15 police officers and several civilians were killed by terrorists in southern Russia’s Republic of Dagestan on Sunday, authorities said early Monday.
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Feintooner
June 24, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Feasting on Famine Read more
Israel strikes UNRWA facility taken over by Hamas
June 24, 2024 by Pesach Benson
The Israeli military struck buildings used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that previously served as headquarters for the UN Relief and Works Agency in northern Gaza, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday. Read more
Israeli self-repairing glass might revolutionize satellites, biomedicine and more
June 24, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israeli researchers have unveiled a highly transparent, self-repairing adhesive glass that forms spontaneously upon contact with water. Read more
Hero policeman’s name tag returned to family amid emotional ceremony
June 24, 2024 by Pesach Benson
In a poignant ceremony, the name tag of a hero police officer was returned to his grieving family after it was recently discovered on the body of a Hamas terrorist killed on October 7. Read more
A Kiwi in Kibbutz Kfar Aza
The man with the microphone explains that Shavout is an agricultural festival where we celebrate the crops harvested throughout the previous year. He tells us that the most important crop is not the apples, the wheat or the avocados. The harvest most cherished is the children born into the community during the past 12 months…writes David Kepes. Read more
Israel’s challenges
June 24, 2024 by Ron Weiser
Prime Minister Netanyahu is a man under huge pressure on multiple fronts. Some of his own making and some not. Read more
On the other hand
June 23, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
Israel’s summer has kicked in with soaring temperatures. Read more
Surviving Nova creates new objectives for Millet
June 23, 2024 by Henry Benjamin
Millet Ben Haim hid in bushes after escaping a barrage of terrorists who were chasing her while she was trying to escape from the October 7 attack on the Nova Peace Festival. Read more
Famine in Gaza
June 23, 2024 by J-Wire photo story
Bustling street markets filled with produce in Deir al-Balah Camp, central Gaza Strip, June 21, 2024. Read more
Sydney University deal removes encampment and riles the community
June 23, 2024 by Henry Benjamin
Community response to a proposal accepted by Sydney University pro-Palestine students to remove encampments ahead of the upcoming semester has blasted the university’s administrators. Read more
When Night Comes (Broad Encounters)
June 22, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
The Last Train to Madeline
June 22, 2024 by Alex First
If you are looking to attend a superbly executed, exciting and energetic new play featuring top-notch acting, look no further than Fever103 Theatre’s The Last Train to Madeline. It is a breath of fresh air. Read more
The ‘Gaza famine’ myth
June 21, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
It’s now quite clear that there are simply no facts at all—none—that will alter the fixed narrative of lies, distortions and blood libels with which the liberal internationalist order is demonizing and delegitimizing Israel. Read more
Israel presses UN to ‘scale up’ efforts as undelivered aid piles up at crossings
June 21, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israel called on the United Nations to “scale up” its efforts to distribute humanitarian aid on Thursday as goods continued piling up at Gaza’s border crossings. Read more
