Hostage Families call on UNICEF to protect Israeli children captive in Gaza
September 19, 2024 by Sveta Listratov
The families of Israeli hostages reached out to UNICEF in a bid to gain the release of two children still being held in Gaza. Read more
Shabbat Ki Tavo
September 19, 2024 by Jeremy Rosen
Two Mountains
Albanese, fence-sitter in chief choosing politics over peace in Middle East
September 19, 2024 by Andrew Wallace
This week, the UN shamefully supported a motion, put forward by the Palestinian Authority, to demand Israel stop its campaign to destroy the Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist regimes. Read more
Penny Wong explains Australia’s UN abstention
Australia abstained from a United Nations vote calling on Israel to end its “unlawful presence” in Palestine, the federal government has confirmed. Read more
Ambassador: No peace without direct negotiations
September 19, 2024 by Ran Yaakoby
The United Nations voted for a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank. The United States voted against it, Australia abstained, and New Zealand voted for it. Read more
Hezbollah devices explode again, 14 killed and 450 hurt
September 19, 2024 by Reuters
Walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah have detonated across southern Lebanon and parts of Beirut, officials say. Read more
UN vote says Israel must end occupation within a year, Australia abstains, New Zealand for
September 19, 2024 by Reuters
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a Palestinian-drafted resolution that demands Israel end “its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” within 12 months. Read more
Deadly pagers made by Budapest company, Israel blamed
September 18, 2024 by Reuters
The hundreds of pagers that exploded in Lebanon had apparently been acquired by the militant group Hezbollah after the group’s leader ordered members to stop using mobile phones, warning they could be tracked by Israeli intelligence. Read more
Australia working to change Palestinian resolution
September 18, 2024 by AAP
Australia is working with other countries to amend a draft United Nations resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory within 12 months. Read more
First female Israeli soldier killed in Gaza ground war in booby-trapped Rafah building
September 18, 2024 by JNS
The first female soldier has fallen during Israel’s ground offensive against Hamas. Read more
UN adviser says Israel accused of ‘domicide, urbicide, scholasticide, medicide, ecocide’ in Gaza
September 18, 2024 by Mike Wagenheim - JNS
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur for Palestinian rights who has a long history of antisemitic statements, said during a press conference on Monday that the Jewish state is accused of six kinds of offences in Gaza. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish Past
September 18, 2024 by Ruth Lilian
Isaac Henry Cohen KC – one of Melbourne’s leading barristers and well-known politician Read more
U.S. showing interest in “In My Pocket”
September 18, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Perth-based Eli Rabinowitz has returned from the US, where he met with directors of key organisations showing interest in the In My Pocket project. Read more
Syria built clandestine atomic reactor, says Israeli nuclear chief
September 18, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israel’s atomic chief warned that Syria has built an undeclared nuclear facility in remarks at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s conference in Vienna on Tuesday. Read more
Israel says bid to kill ex-senior official foiled
September 18, 2024 by Associated Press
Israeli internal security agency Shin Bet has accused Lebanese group Hezbollah of trying to kill a former senior Israeli security official. Read more
Knesset advances bill banning the establishment of new consulates in Jerusalem
September 18, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israeli lawmakers advanced legislation to ban the establishment of new consulates in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Read more
11 dead, more than 4.000 injured at a wave of Lebanon pager explosions
September 18, 2024 by Anna Epshtein
The Lebanese Health Ministry has declared 11 dead and more than 4,000 injured, including 200 critically, as a result of numerous explosions of the communicative devices of the Hezbollah operatives. Read more
Golfing to raise awareness—and $1 million—for victims of terrorism
September 17, 2024 by Josh Hasten - JNS
California high-school golf phenom Max Margolis, 17, played 101 holes on Sunday at the Caesarea Golf Club, in the baking sun, to raise money for Israeli victims of terror. Read more
New diagnostic method offers hope for early intervention in Parkinson’s Disease
September 17, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method for early detection of Parkinson’s disease — 20 years before the first symptoms appear — paving the way for preventive treatment. Read more
Unis oppose anti-Semitism inquiry despite safety fears
September 17, 2024 by AAP
Australia’s ‘Group of Eight’ universities think any inquiry into campus anti-Semitism needs to be expanded to look at all forms of religious vilification. Read more
Hamas congratulates Houthis on Israel attack
September 17, 2024 by Reuters
The Houthis have reached central Israel with a missile, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to say Israel would inflict a “heavy price” on them. Read more
Israel’s Security Cabinet makes return of northern residents an official war goal
September 17, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israel’s Security Cabinet updated its official war goals to include the return of 60,000 evacuated northern residents to their homes during an overnight meeting, the Prime Minister’s Office announced on Tuesday morning. Read more
Israel returns body of Allenby crossing terrorist to Jordan
September 17, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israel returned the body of a Jordanian national who killed three Israelis in a terror attack at a border crossing, Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Tuesday morning. Read more
President Herzog chats with Gal Gadot
September 16, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Hezbollah fires morning rocket salvo into Israel
September 16, 2024 by JNS
Terrorists in Lebanon fired rockets into Israel on Monday morning, promoting IDF shelling of targets in Southern Lebanon. Read more
Netanyahu to address UN General Assembly
September 16, 2024 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to travel to the United States later this month to deliver an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 27, his office announced on Sunday. Read more
Feintooner
September 16, 2024 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Love and Death Read more
Harris chooses UN’s road to hell – Trump offers no alternative
September 16, 2024 by David Singer
The Harris-Trump Presidential debate has clarified Kamala Harris’s support for the United Nations Security Council in calling for the creation of a Palestinian state between Israel and Jordan (two-state solution) – whilst Donald Trump did not say what he would do if elected as President. Read more
Time running out for peacefully resolving Hezbollah conflict, Israel warns US
September 16, 2024 by Pesach Benson
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin the time for a diplomatic solution for Hezbollah’s rocket fire is running out during an overnight telephone call. Read more
Comedian’s clip evidence in trio’s ‘Nazi salute’ case
One of three men accused of doing Nazi salutes outside a Jewish museum days after deadly attacks on Israel told police they were “just joking around”.
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