Palestine – Netanyahu sends clear message to Trump, Putin, May and UN
March 16, 2017 by David Singer
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Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has had a busy week meeting with UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson in Jerusalem, President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and then back to Jerusalem for a five-hour meeting with President Trump’s Special Representative for International Negotiations – Jason Greenblatt…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine: PLO humiliated for denying free speech and elections
March 9, 2017 by David Singer
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Frustration with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has surfaced at a Conference in Istanbul on 25 and 26 February attended by 6000 Palestinian Arabs living abroad in more than 50 countries…writes David Singer. Read more
Dirty secrets exposed…writes Michael Kuttner
March 3, 2017 by Michael Kuttner
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There are countless news events concerning Israel which occur every day and never reach your media or if they do, receive distorted coverage. Read more
On antisemitism, difficult questions and contested answers
February 28, 2017 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
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In his magnum opus “A Lethal Obsession,” the late Robert Wistrich, one of Israel’s finest scholars of the murderous pathways of Jew-hatred, elegantly summarised the character of antisemitism at the turn of this century…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org. Read more
Bush, Obama, Russia, EU and UN buried under Trump Landslide
February 17, 2017 by David Singer
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President Trump has buried the Bush Roadmap and any lingering hope for the creation of a second Arab State (“the two-state solution”) – in addition to Jordan – in the territory designated under the 1922 Mandate for Palestine…writes David Singer. Read more
The settlements Regulation Bill…the ZFA has its say
February 15, 2017 by J-Wire News Service
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The Zionist Federation of Australia has acknowledged widespread concern at the passage of the Regulation Law by Israel’s Knesset (Parliament). Read more
Why the Land of Israel belongs to Israel
January 30, 2017 by J-Wire
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New Zealand’s Pastor Nigel Woodley rejects the U N Security Council Resolution 2334. Read more
Australia concerned about settlements
January 26, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
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Australia has expressed concern about new settlements planned by Israel. Read more
Palestine – Trump Triumph Requires Direct Negotiations Between Jordan And Israel
November 24, 2016 by David Singer
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President-elect Donald Trump has used his greatest media critic – the New York Times – to reiterate his determination to broker a deal to end the 100 years old Jewish-Arab conflict – suggesting his son-in law Jared Kushner might be just the person to advance Trump’s declared mission…writes David Singer. Read more
Newspaper column Goers beyond the pale
October 11, 2016 by J-Wire Staff
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The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has expressed concern after columnist and ABC radio host Peter Goers published an inflammatory anti-Israel piece in Adelaide’s Sunday Mail on October 9. Read more
Palestine – Politics Precede Humanity In Brussels Bombings
April 3, 2016 by David Singer
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David Singer writes: The European Union has been increasingly expressing its growing antagonism towards Israel… Read more
Timing is indeed crucial…writes Michael Kuttner
February 19, 2016 by Michael Kuttner
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Momentous events in our recent past and also today are more often than not determined by timing. Read more
Palestine – Israel Sheds PLO As Negotiating Partner
December 10, 2015 by David Singer
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has concluded that completing successful negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) on the allocation of territorial sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), Gaza and East Jerusalem is a mission impossible to achieve. Read more
A politically-guided tour
October 18, 2015 by Peter Wertheim
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An article featuring Israel and the West Bank entitled “Hope in a Divided Country” by Sandra Hall appeared in the “Traveller” section of Sydney’s Weekend Herald and Melbourne’s The Saturday Age (October 17-18): http://www.traveller.com.au/on-tour-in-israel-and-palestine-beyond-the-borders-gk49lk. Read more
WJC praises Netanyahu’s call for resumption of peace negotiations
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) today hailed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neyanyahu’s call at the United Nations for the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table and lauded Netanyahu’s remarks that Israel and Arab states are cooperating against radical Islam. Read more
Israel-Palestine conflict: NZ FM says both sides share similar goals
June 28, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully has said that the Israelis and Palestinians share similar goals. Read more
Israel: Rhetoric v Reality
June 12, 2015 by Ron Weiser
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When discussing matters pertaining to Israel one of the challenges is how to differentiate between rhetoric and reality…writes Ron Weiser. Read more
Lauder appeals to FIFA to reject Palestinian demand to suspend Israel
May 28, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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The president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) today appealed to the 209 member associations of FIFA to reject a Palestinian demand to suspend the membership of the Israeli Football Association (IFA) in world soccer’s governing body. Read more
A letter to FIFA
May 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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Dr Danny Lamm, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, has sent a letter to world football organisation FIFA about its intentions to debate a motion calling for Israel’s suspension. Read more
When the president’s hero is a terrorist: a tale of two societies
May 6, 2015 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
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The president of a normal, civilized country naturally is anxious to distance himself from any suspicion of ever having had a connection to a terrorist. Read more
We have the will – find the way
April 23, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
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New Zealand’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations has delivered a speech to the General Assembly advocating a return to Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Read more
No Jews is no news…writes Emily Gian
April 17, 2015 by Emily Gian
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For many years, the trend in reporting on world affairs seems to increasingly be that Israel is held to different standards than those which apply to its neighbours. Read more
Soccer and terrorism…writes Stephen M. Flatow
April 14, 2015 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
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As part of the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) ongoing campaign to isolate and delegitimize Israel, the Palestinian Football (Soccer) Association is trying to get Israel suspended from international soccer’s governing body. Read more
Sydney filmmaker makes an ABC-TV Foreign Correspondent program on Palestinian footballers
April 14, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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I may as well have a Star of David tattooed onto my forehead…writes Dan Goldberg. Read more
Palestine – Obama Admits Defeat On Renewed Negotiations For Two-State Solution
April 3, 2015 by David Singer
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President Obama has finally admitted the death of any renewed negotiations for a two-state solution between Israel and the PLO for the next several years – telling the media on 24 March: Read more
From ANZAC Private to District Commissioner of the Galilee
March 8, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
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An ANZAC who became a British District Commissioner in Palestine was assassinated in Nazareth in 1937. Mourned and respected by Jews, his biographer now seeks his descendants.
For victim Adele Biton, Palestinian rock-throwing is murder, not ‘resistance’
February 20, 2015 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
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Parents in Israel are in mourning over the death of their child at the hands of Palestinian terrorists. Read more
Getting antisemitism wrong at the United Nations…writes Ben Cohen/JNS.org
January 30, 2015 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
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You have to hand it to the United Nations, I guess. It’s hard to think of another body that would organise a special meeting on the subject of rising antisemitism with anti-Semites not just in attendance, but making speeches as well. Read more
EcoPeace explained
January 22, 2015 by Judy Singer
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Sydneysiders thirsting for signs of hope from the Middle East filled Newtown Synagogue’s Community Hall to hear leading Israeli environmentalist Gidon Bromberg, co-director of EcoPeace Middle East, deliver some encouraging news. Read more
Anti-Defamation Commission takes issue with President Carter
January 22, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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The B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission has severely criticised as wrong and offensive comments by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter last week that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was one of the contributing reasons for the heinous murders in Paris. Read more