Hamas leader killed in Israeli attack in Lebanon

Hamas’s leader in Lebanon was killed in an Israeli strike, the militants say, while another Palestinian group says three of its leaders were killed in Beirut. Read more

INTO THE FRAY: Kamala’s unsavoury supporters

Recently, a distressed Twitter/X message from a well-known Israeli-Australian human rights jurist caught my eye. Read more

Penny Wong gets it terribly wrong

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s National Statement to the United Nations General Assembly on 28 September reveals her ignorance about the 100 years-old unresolved Jewish-Arab conflict in former Palestine: Read more

Israel bombs Houthi in Yemen after missile strikes

The Israeli army says dozens of aircraft have struck Houthi targets in Yemen in response to an attack on Israel, the second such attack on Yemen this year. Read more

NZ Labour MP deletes incendiary pro-Hamas retweet

New Zealand’s ACT party has demanded the resignation of a Labour foreign spokesman for retweeting a statement justifying Hamas’ attack on Gaza.
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Hamas commander in Lebanon killed in airstrike also worked for UNRWA

Hamas said on Monday that the commander of its forces in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif, was killed in an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. He was also an employee of the embattled United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Read more

Commemorations on October 7

One week from today, the Jewish world will commemorate the tragic events in Israel on October 7, 2023, following Hamas’s invasion, resulting in the brutal, sadistic murder of 1200 people in southern Israel and the capture of 251 hostages. Read more

Israel selects one Chief Rabbi but remains deadlocked on second

Israel selected a Sephardi Chief Rabbi on Sunday night, ending a nearly three-month vacancy in the position, but failed to elect an Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi. Read more

Who was Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah?

Hezbollah, Iran and their allies were stunned by the death of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah in a Friday night airstrike in Beirut. Both Israel and Hezbollah confirmed Nasrallah’s death on Saturday. Read more

Despite war, 31,000 immigrants moved to Israel in past year

Despite the ongoing war with Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel experienced a surge of 31,000 new immigrants arriving from more than 100 countries in the past year, according to figures published by the Ministry of Immigration and Absorption and the Jewish Agency on Sunday. Read more

On the other hand

This forthcoming Rosh Hashanah in Israel will be surreal. Read more

Protesters wave Hezbollah flags at Australian rally

Attendees at an inner-city pro-Palestine rally have waved Hezbollah flags, prompting the a referral to the federal police. Read more

Israeli navy intercepts drone over Red Sea

The Israeli Navy has intercepted a drone fired toward Israel from the direction of the Red Sea, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday morning. Read more

Sydney to host first global commemoration of October 7 attack

Sydney will lead the world in hosting the first official commemoration of the October 7, 2023, attack at sunrise, marking a significant moment of reflection and unity. Read more

Guterres & UN bury Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution & peace

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has had the gall to address the Opening of the General Debate of the Seventy-ninth Session of the General Assembly on 24 September and declare: Read more

Australia condemns cycle of vengeance in Middle East

Penny Wong has called for restraint amid escalating violence in the Middle East, as Palestinian and Jewish groups prepare to commemorate deadly events. Read more

Nasrallah eliminated

The Israeli military “eliminated … Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation,” Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote in a statement on X. Read more

Eye-witness to atrocity at Supernova

An important, extraordinary and shattering film started screening this week. Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Againis about the massacre at the Supernova music festival during the Oct. 7 pogrom in southern Israel. Read more

Abbas calls Temple Mount ‘exclusive property of Muslims’ in speech to UN General Assembly

In an address to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday morning, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas called the holiest Jewish site—the Temple Mount in Jerusalem—the “exclusive property of Muslims” and referred to Israel as a “terrorist state” that does not deserve membership in the United Nations. Read more

Eyes wide open

We are living in volatile and uncertain times. Read more

Albanese urges Israel to hear the world’s calls for ceasefire

Australia, the US and other Western countries have called for a ceasefire on the Israel-Lebanon border, but the bombing has continued. Read more

New Head of Senior School at Masada

Lucy Benjamin has been appointed as Sydney’s Masada College’s new Head of Senior School.  Read more

9-11 is not 10-7

September 9, 2001. The day that changed America. Al-Qaeda struck a blow to the US by flying passenger planes into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Read more

Weighing Trump’s and Harris’ policies toward Israel

We can envision Donald J. Trump wagging his forefinger as did Pakistani restauranter Babu from Seinfeld when the former president proclaimed, “The Democrats are very bad to Israel, very bad.” Read more

Jillian Segal lays out ambitious agenda to confront antisemitism crisis

In the wake of a troubling rise in antisemitic incidents, particularly since October 7, Jillian Segal, Australia’s inaugural Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, delivered her first public address in Sydney. Read more

Should God Atone too?

We are approaching a period of atonement. And sometimes, I wonder who should be atoning. Read more

Australia proposes a ceasefire to resolve the crisis diplomatically as Hezbollah continued firing missiles at Israel

The Israel Defence Forces said it detected about 45 missile launches crossing into Israel from Lebanon today. Read more

Our concrete promise for the People of Israel

When we say “Am Yisrael Chai,” it’s not just a catchcry, it’s a promise. Read more

Yoav Gallant

Theodore Herzl was born in Hungary in 1860 and moved to Paris in 1891, from where he reported for the Viennese newspaper Neue Freie Presse. Read more

What would a ground war in Lebanon look like?

Hezbollah leaders have repeatedly vowed to prevent 60,000 evacuated residents of northern Israel to return to their homes, prompting escalating rocket attacks and Israeli airstrikes — all raising the likelihood of a ground invasion of Lebanon. Read more

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