What could Israel expect from a Harris administration?

The path to the Oval Office has seemingly been strewn with roses for Vice President Kamala Harris since she emerged as the chief beneficiary of the Democratic Party establishment’s coup d’état against President Joe Biden. Read more

The media war against Israel

The apparent bias of the US-based ABC TV moderators in failing to call out the falsehoods reportedly spoken by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party presidential candidate, in the debate with former President Donald Trump this week has attracted much critical comment. Read more

On the other hand

We are now in the Hebrew month of Elul. Read more

Certainties

We humans love certainties. We think we know, but more often than not, we stumble on. Read more

Israeli army shows reporters tunnels in southern Gaza

The Israeli army has shown reporters in Gaza some of the maze of underground Hamas tunnels uncovered by its troops. Read more

Call for truce

Thousands took to the streets on Saturday to demand the government reach a truce with Hamas to allow the release of the hundred hostages still held in the Gaza Strip. Read more

Call for sanctions against Iran connections

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has called on the Federal Government to emulate its US and European allies and partners in announcing sanctions on individuals and entities related to Iran’s recent provision of ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine. Read more

The Jewish antisemite on Trump’s plane

Who’d a thunk, who would ever have thunk that we would wax nostalgic for Stephanie Clifford aka Stormy Daniels, but just about now, most of us – standard-issue non-MAGA Republicans above all – would be much happier if it were the erotic film actress whispering whatever she might be whispering into Donald Trump’s ear rather than Laura Loomer, who appears to be one of the former president’s flavours of the moment if not of the month and beyond. Read more

First Houthi missile launch in nearly two months triggers sirens across central Israel

Iran-backed Houthis fired a missile at Israel on Sunday, the first in nearly two months. Read more

YouTube suspends Candace Owens

YouTube, the Google-owned video platform, suspended antisemitic podcaster Candace Owens earlier this week, the former Daily Wire staffer wrote on social media. Read more

Democracy suffers when the media can’t be trusted

Believe it or not, journalists are not at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to being trusted the least by the American public. Read more

Head of critical IDF intel unit resigns over Oct. 7 failure

The commander of the Israel Defence Forces’ Unit 8200 intelligence branch—the equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency—has submitted his resignation over the military’s failure to prevent Hamas’s Oct. 7 cross-border invasion, the IDF announced on Thursday. Read more

‘I am Hamas,’ says South African religious leader

The president of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) in South Africa’s Western Cape, Sheikh Riad Fataar, chanted, “I am Hamas! Cape Town is Hamas! Viva Hamas, viva!” at a gathering in Cape Town last week. Read more

JIFF 2024 ready to go

The Jewish International Film Festival 2024 will open in Melbourne on October 27 and in Sydney on the 28th. Read more

Shabbat Ki Teytzey

Who deserves respect? Read more

Israel challenges UNRWA over alleged staff casualties in Gaza strike

Israel has hit back at claims that six UNRWA workers were killed in an airstrike on a Hamas command and control centre in a building previously used as a school, saying three of the nine terrorists eliminated were also employees of the embattled agency. Read more

Low Expectations

It pays not to have any great expectations where solidarity, support and sympathy for Israel are called for. Read more

Antibiotics damage gut barrier, increasing risk of inflammatory bowel disease

Antibiotic medicines used to treat common bacterial infections may increase the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease, Israeli scientists warned, releasing a study on Thursday that could reshape how doctors use antibiotics, while opening a door to new therapies for treating the chronic gastrointestinal condition. Read more

Senator James Paterson slams funds offering

At a doorstep media gathering, Liberal Victoria Senator James Paterson questioned the federal government’s offer of funding to United Muslims Australia. Read more

No one knows their destiny

Inside the Dunera story                  A book Review by Dr Anne Sarzin Read more

Crackdown on doxxing but hate speech law under fire

As the federal government comes under pressure on weakened hate speech laws, fresh penalties will apply for disclosing private information online. Read more

Holocaust, colonisation in school curriculum overhaul

Students across NSW will learn about the effects of colonisation on Indigenous Australians as part of a major high-school education overhaul. Read more

 B’nai B’rith NSW is confronting antisemitism and anti-Zionism with an essay contest

B’nai B’rith NSW is tackling antisemitism and anti-Zionism with a new essay contest calling for tertiary education students to share their perspectives and solutions to address the current antisemitism and anti-Zionism on campus. Read more

‘We can’t live like this’: Israeli parents plead for safer schools after Hezbollah drone strike

Following intensified rocket fire on Nahariya and one day after a Hezbollah drone struck a residential building, residents of the northern coastal city demonstrated on Tuesday morning for stronger military action. Read more

Where they lived, where they were executed

Israel’s Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant: “The IDF has released horrific footage taken in the Hamas terror tunnel where six hostages were murdered. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Magnifying paranoia Read more

A Horse Named Winx – double passes with our compliments

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A heartbreaking story: love and loss during the Holocaust in Greece

Sydney luminary Vic Alhadeff is the playwright behind “Torn Apart by War”, inspired by true events and the subject of a play-reading at Sydney’s Emanuel Synagogue this weekend. Read more

Netanyahu: ‘I’m doing everything to return the hostages, win the war’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday night that he is listening to the concerns of the Hamas hostages’ families and doing everything in his power to secure the captives’ release. Read more

Is Doug Emhoff a Jewish role model or a partisan prop?

In a presidential election year unlike any other, the late-summer mainstream corporate media push to remake the image of Vice President Kamala Harris must rank as one of the most extraordinary stories in American political history. Read more

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