L’Chaim to Life: Jacqueline Maley

Morry Frenkel speaks with Jacqueline Maley, columnist and senior journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, about her recent Sunday Age opinion piece: “What surprises about the Middle East culture wars? The left and right have swapped sides”. Read more

Three injured in Hezbollah rocket barrages, Israel vows to ‘intensify’ airstrikes

The Israel Defence Forces said it would “intensify” its airstrikes on Hezbollah after three Israelis were injured in a Sunday morning rocket barrage. Read more

World leaders gathering in NYC for UN General Assembly

The wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan and the growing possibility of a wider Mideast war are set to dominate the UN General Assembly this week. Read more

INTO THE FRAY: Inverted morality-The eclipse of good by evil

The grotesque endeavours at the United Nations to justify Hamas’s bestial barbarism should be repudiated and ridiculed. Read more

Weaponising ordinary devices ‘breaks international law’

Turning devices into deadly weapons violates international law, and those behind the pager attacks in Lebanon must be held to account, the UN rights chief says. Read more

Jessica Fox adds World Cup canoe title to stellar year

Paris Olympics star Jessica Fox has won again, taking out the overall World Cup canoe title by winning the final round in Spain. Read more

Who were the senior Hezbollah commanders killed in airstrike?

The Israel Defence Forces announced on Saturday the names of several senior Hezbollah commanders killed in Friday’s airstrike in Beirut. Sixteen terrorists were killed while meeting in the city’s Dahieh district, a Hezbollah stronghold. Read more

The Substance

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Dredge (Femmural)

A dance review by Alex First Read more

La Bohème

An opera review by Alex First Read more

On the other hand

Two experiences this week once again provided what we usually call “only in Israel” moments. Read more

IDF strike in Beirut kills top Hezbollah terror commander

The Israel Defence Forces conducted a targeted strike in Beirut on Friday, in just the third such instance since Hezbollah joined the war in support of Hamas following the Oct. 7 massacre. Read more

Hakoah starts to move forward

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Sydney University apologises

The Jewish community is calling for a stronger investigation into anti-Semitism on university campuses, but others say it could tackle valid criticism of Israel. Read more

Fake shelter alerts and death threats: phishing attack targets Israelis

Thousands of Israelis received false SMS messages on Thursday in a phishing attempt widely believed to have been by Iran. Read more

An explosive moment of clarification

The Iranian war of extermination against Israel continues to be a clarifying moment for the supposedly civilized world. Read more

Nasrallah acknowledges ‘unprecedented’ defeat in alleged Israeli attacks

Hezbollah suffered an unparalleled defeat, the Lebanese terrorist group’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged on Thursday, saying the alleged Israeli attacks using its communication devices amounted to a declaration of war. Read more

Two soldiers killed in Hezbollah attacks, bringing IDF toll to 715

Two Israel Defence Forces soldiers were killed on Thursday in Hezbollah attacks in the north, the military announced. Read more

Israel proposes ‘safe passage deal’ to end war in Gaza

Israel has submitted a new proposal to the United States to end the war in Gaza by freeing all of the remaining hostages held by Hamas and allowing the terror group’s leader Yahya Sinwar to exit the enclave, Kan News reported on Thursday. Read more

New Zealand’s naive “for” vote for unworkable UN resolution

The New Zealand Jewish Council is dismayed that New Zealand has voted for this week’s Palestine-sponsored resolution in the United Nations General Assembly, which effectively requires Jewish people to vacate their most holy site within one year and turns a blind eye to terror. Read more

Daniel Deronda: George Eliot and the Jews.

In 1290, Jews were expelled from England. In 1656, Cromwell failed to persuade Parliament to welcome Jews back officially. Read more

Historic first: IDF deploys female tank crews to Gaza border

The Israel Defence Force has, for the first time, deployed all-female tank crews near the Gaza Strip, according to Israel Hayom.
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Israel strikes 100 Hezbollah launchers, northern residents ordered to stay near shelters

Israeli aircraft struck more than 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon, while residents of northern communities were instructed to remain close to shelters on Thursday. Read more

Wretched

Early this past Sunday morning, I was looking at the news headlines and reading the latest wretched pontifications from Blinken and Lammy. Read more

Israel launches first autonomous bus pilot on public roads

Israel’s Ministry of Transportation approved the country’s first pilot autonomous bus for operation on a public road along a regular urban route. Read more

Why is Hamas so confident that it’s winning?

After nearly a year of suffering and grievous losses, most Israelis and Palestinian Arabs will likely observe the anniversary of the war started by Hamas on Oct. 7 with sorrow. Read more

The Israeli James Bond-style attack and Hezbollah’s next steps

The events of Tuesday afternoon in Lebanon sound like they were taken out of a James Bond movie, as sabotaged pagers used by Hezbollah exploded simultaneously across the country, injuring some 3,000 people, the vast majority of whom were members of the terror organization. Read more

Israel thwarts plot Iranian plot to assassinate Netanyahu and other officials

An Israeli Jew recruited by Iranian intelligence agencies in a plot to assassinate top Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, has been arrested, it was cleared for publication on Thursday. Read more

AIJAC analyses Australia’s abstention

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council says the Australian Government should have voted “no” if it is genuinely committed to Australia’s long-standing bipartisan policy of supporting a negotiated Israeli-Palestinian two-state peace. Read more

L’Chaim to Life

Maurice Klein speaks with Trevor Asserson, who put together a large team of lawyers and data experts to investigate the BBC bias reporting of the Israel-Hamas conflict post October 7. Read more

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