Biden & UN Security Council ignore HKOPS – opening gates to hell
June 17, 2024 by David Singer
President Biden and the UN Security Council have combined to threaten Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Gaza and the West Bank, turning into one giant killing field. Read more
Feintooner
June 17, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Bridging the Israel-Hamas gaps Read more
‘Nazi hunter’ would support Le Pen’s party in France
June 17, 2024 by AAP
Serge Klarsfeld, a lawyer who became known as a Nazi hunter, has caused a stir in France with his comments on Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. Read more
Fox is poles apart with gold medal spree ahead of Games
June 17, 2024 by AAP
Australia’s Jessica Fox won three gold medals at the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Krakow, Poland, to take her World Cup gold medal tally past 50 in a perfect warm-up for next month’s Olympic Games. Read more
Israeli High Court suspends state comptroller’s probe into Oct 7 failures
June 17, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Sunday ordered State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman to suspend his investigation into the failures the security services of October 7 pending a hearing on the matter in July. Read more
ZFA to call on Australian government to proscribe Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organisation
June 16, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The explosive investigation by the Nine Newspapers must be a wake-up call – Hizb ut-Tahrir is promoting terrorism, hatred and violence. Read more
IDF announces daily 11-hour ‘humanitarian pauses’ in southern Gaza
June 16, 2024 by TPS
Israel will observe daily 11-hour “humanitarian pauses” in its operation against Hamas terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip, and will increase aid shipments into the area, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday. Read more
Ten IDF soldiers killed fighting Hamas in Gaza
June 16, 2024 by JNS
Ten Israel Defence Forces soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the military announced on Sunday morning. One additional soldier passed away from wounds sustained during fighting last week, according to the IDF. Read more
Responding to Hezbollah’s strategic offensive
June 16, 2024 by Caroline Glick - JNS
Hezbollah is burning a swathe through northern Israel. The nature reserves, grazing land, fields and orchards are burning to the ground. Military bases, including several strategic assets, are incurring major damage. More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed. Businesses are bankrupt. Read more
How António Guterres betrayed the Jews
June 16, 2024 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Back in February, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a speech at the Ohel Jakob synagogue in Munich in which he struck most of the right notes. Read more
Canoe star Jessica Fox completes golden half-century
June 16, 2024 by AAP
Paddling phenomenon Jessica Fox continues her impressive build-up to the Paris Olympics, clinching a 50th World Cup gold medal with a second success in as many days. Read more
On the other hand
June 16, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
Celebrating Shavuot in Israel makes one realize what this festival is really all about. Read more
The Woman in Black
June 15, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
The looming choice for Diaspora Jews
June 14, 2024 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Is it time for the Jews of Britain, Europe and America to leave? Read more
Two wounded as Hezbollah fires 150 rockets at northern Israel
June 14, 2024 by Akiva van Koningsveld
Two Israelis sustained light wounds on Thursday when rocket shrapnel fell in Katzrin, the largest Israeli community in the Golan Heights. Read more
Australian War Memorial defaced, pro-Palestine graffiti
The Australian War Memorial has been daubed with pro-Palestinian slogans. Read more
Muslims in Israel: Statistics bureau releases latest data on eve of Hajj
June 14, 2024 by JNS
To mark Eid al-Adha (“Feast of the Sacrifice”), a Muslim holiday that marks the Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca, Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released data about the Muslim population of Israel. Read more
An OAM for Jenny Morris
June 14, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Coming with family tradition, Sydney’s Jenny Morris was awarded an OAM on the King’s Birthday honours roll. We missed her. We found her. Read more
Biden says no Gaza ceasefire deal soon
President Joe Biden says he doesn’t expect to seal a Gaza ceasefire deal in the near future, as a US-backed proposal with global support has not been fully embraced by Israel or Hamas. Read more
The Music of John Williams: a music review by Alan Slade
June 14, 2024 by Alan Slade
“The Music of John Williams – Iconic Film Scores Live in Concert” played to a capacity audience in the Concert Hall of Sydney’s iconic Opera House on opening night, June 13, featuring 80 members of the SSO and 120 singers of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs conducted by Nicholas Buc. Read more
Knee-jerk script
June 14, 2024 by Michael Kuttner
Whenever Israel acts to counter terror, you can confidently predict the pre-ordained reactions. Read more
Blinken: Hamas response to hostage proposal is unworkable
June 13, 2024 by Charles Bybelezer - JNS
Hamas’s official response to Israel’s hostages-for-ceasefire proposal included modifications that are not workable, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. Read more
Israel directs $35 million in Palestinian Authority funds to terror victims
June 13, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered 130 million shekels ($35 million) in tax revenue collected for the Palestinian Authority be redirected to terror victims, Smotrich said on Thursday morning. Read more
The Sitting Duck
June 13, 2024 by Alex First
A political thriller concerning a trade union official and whistleblower who wasn’t believed after a violent personal attack, The Sitting Duck, is based on fact. Read more
Inside Out 2
June 13, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
The Exorcism
June 13, 2024 by Alex First
A movie review by Alex First Read more
Daniel Kitson Collaborator
June 13, 2024 by Alex First
A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more
Hamas denies it presented new ideas for truce deal
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan has denied that the Palestinian Islamist group has put forward new ideas for the US-backed proposal for a Gaza ceasefire, after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it had suggested numerous changes. Read more
Waiting for War in Haifa
June 11, 2024 by Gidon Ben-Zvi
Metula. Shlomi. Kiriyat Shmona. Margaliot. These were small, quaint towns before October 7, 2023. Read more
Dry Bones: Shavuot
June 11, 2024 by Yaakov - DryBones - Kirschen - JNS
The birth of the Jewish nation … Read more
