US says Israel has a right to defence, but wary of war

Israel has a right to defend itself after the Golan Heights attack, but it must be wary of letting the situation escalate into a wider war, says Washington. Read more

Hezbollah expanding range of barrages to unevacuated communities

Hezbollah rocket barrages on northern Israel are expanding in range, reaching deeper into Israel to unevacuated communities, a researcher warns. Read more

Iron Dome blind spot, GPS disruptions likely responsible for couple’s death in rocket barrage

The Israel Defence Force’s preliminary investigation into the rocket strike that killed two Golan residents in their car on Tuesday revealed that no interceptor was launched because the Air Force classifies roads as “open areas.” Read more

Nikki Haley denounces UN and Hamas at Nova massacre site

Nikki Haley, former US presidential candidate and Ambassador to the UN visited southern Israel on Monday, touring the sites of Hamas massacres, meeting with the families of hostages, and briefings in northern Israel about the Hezbollah threat. Read more

University of Cape Town hosts Hezbollah, Houthi speakers on Zoom

Speakers from the Hezbollah and Houthi terrorist organisations addressed students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Wednesday. Read more

Hezbollah’s attack on IAF base was a wake-up call

Hezbollah’s Jan. 6 attack on the Israeli Air Force’s Meron air traffic control base, likely using Iranian-supplied Kornet-EM missiles, marks a significant escalation by the Iran-backed terrorist group.  Read more

Israel bombards Gaza after Hamas deputy’s killing

Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli army have made statements suggesting the two avowed enemies wanted to avoid risking the further spread of war beyond the Gaza Strip after a drone strike killed a Palestinian Hamas deputy leader in Beirut. Read more

What can we learn so far from the war on Hamas?

The war on Hamas is not over, but certain lessons already seem very clear. Read more

You’re not antisemitic? Sure?

Amid the current debate over whether a new front will open up in Israel’s war against Hamas and its regional allies, it might be observed that this is already happening. Read more

Hezbollah fights a war of attrition on Israel’s terms

Israeli air strikes in Lebanon are exacting a heavy price on Hezbollah for its rocket fire, forcing the terror group into a war of attrition being fought on Israel’s terms. Read more

Irredeemably disconnected

Last week, I outlined how Jewish individuals and groups are displaying their disconnection from history and today’s reality. Read more

Hezbollah beats war drums as UN meets to renew peacekeepers’ mandate

With the UN Security Council due to meet on Wednesday to renew the mandate of a peacekeeping force along the Israel-Lebanon border, Hezbollah has raised its rhetoric in opposition to certain changes under discussion. Read more

How Britain has failed to prevent Islamist extremism and to protect Jews

While events in Israel continue to attract disproportionate and distorted global attention, Islamic extremism remains a threat inside Western society. Read more

Gazan terror groups attempt to ‘hitch a ride’ on Beersheva terror attack

The deadly car-ramming and knife-stabbing spree carried out in Beersheva on Tuesday by Muhammad Abu Al-Kiyan, a 34-year-old Bedouin Israeli man and ISIS supporter, saw attempts by Gazan terror factions to “hitch a ride” on the violence and to further inflame the fans of terrorism. Read more

At last, Hezbollah in its entirety proscribed as a terrorist organisation

The Morrison Government continues has announced the listing of the entirety of Hizballah as a terrorist organisation. Read more

NSW Multiculturalism Minister supports ban on Hizb ut-Tahrir

In a wide-ranging three-hour NSW Parliamentary hearing on counter-terrorism and prisons on Friday, NSW Shadow Minister for Police and Counter Terrorism Walt Secord tabled a letter from NSW Multiculturalism Minister Natalie Ward where said she stated that she supported investigating a ban on Hizb ut-Tahrir. Read more

Hezbollah chief threatens Israel offshore gas fields in North

Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah warned Israel against developing the gas fields in its maritime border zone in the north before agreeing on the exact border demarcation with Lebanon. Read more

Bennett kowtows to Biden as he jettisons Trump

It has taken just two months for Israel’s Prime Minister – Naftali Bennett – to abandon implementing his 10 years old policy calling for Israel to unilaterally extend its sovereignty into 60% of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) – dubbed Area C under the Oslo Accords. Read more

Report: Hezbollah ‘lies’: Four killed in Israeli strikes in Syria

Israeli Air Force (IAF) strikes in Syria against Hezbollah targets Thursday night killed four terror operatives, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported, negating claims by Hezbollah that there were no casualties in the attack. Read more

Following release of Hezbollah terrorists who fired rockets at Israel, Israeli envoy demands UNSC denounce Lebanese government

Following the rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel last week, and following the quick release of the four Hezbollah terrorists who were responsible for shooting the rockets by the Deputy Attorney General of the Lebanese Government, Israel’s Ambassador to the US and the United Nations Gilad Erdan blasted the decision in a letter to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council. Read more

New report exposes ‘land of tunnels’ in Lebanon, pioneered by Hezbollah

A new report released on Thursday by the Alma Centre, which researches security challenges to Israel from Lebanon and Syria, exposed what it described as a large-scale inter-regional Hezbollah tunnel system in different parts of Lebanon. Read more

Marise Payne condemns Iran and Hezbollah

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has welcomed comments made in Parliament on August 10 by Foreign Minister Senator Marise Payne condemning Iran and Hezbollah. Read more

Israeli Envoy Rejects UN Secretary-General’s ‘Moral Equivalency’ Between Israel and Hezbollah

Israeli Ambassador to the US and United Nations Gilad Erdan did not mince words when he rejected UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s statements on the recent Hezbollah attack on Israel’s north, in which he called on “all parties” for restraint. Read more

In wake of rocket attacks on Israel, Hezbollah tries to signal it’s ‘in control’

Hezbollah’s decision to fire 19 rockets at northern Israel on Friday came after the Lebanese terror organization took 24 hours to deliberate over a major dilemma: How should it respond to Israeli airstrikes in Southern Lebanon, launched early on Thursday morning? Read more

NSW Labor Israel Action Committee endorses Albanese and Minns’ opposition to BDS

NSW Labor Israel Action Committee (LIAC) formally welcomed and endorsed statements by Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese and NSW State Labor leader Chris Minns opposing the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement. Read more

Senior NSW politician adds his voice to listing Hezbollah as 100% terrorist group in Australia

The NSW Shadow Minister for Police and Counter-Terrorism has thrown his support behind a growing campaign to list the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation in Australia. Read more

US expert Emanuele Ottolenghi explains Hezbollah’s criminal networks

The latest Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar guest was Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, whose areas of expertise include Iran and Hezbollah. His topic was “Hezbollah and the Toxic Terror Crime Convergence”. Read more

Julian Leeser has told the House of Representatives that Hezbollah should be listed in its entirety as a terrorist organisation

LiberalFederal MP Julian Leeser has spoken in the House of Representatives on the recommendation to the Australian government to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation in its entirety. Read more

Government been recommended to relist Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation and in its entirety

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has recommended the Federal government consider listing Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organisation. Read more

Amid internal debate, Hamas trying to reopen offices in Damascus

A series of events and developments, accompanied by reports in the Arab and especially Lebanese media, indicate Hamas’ intention to renew its relations with the Syrian regime in Damascus after 10 years of severing ties. Read more

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