Israel calls for a return to normal life after 200-rocket barrage from Hamas in Gaza
July 16, 2018 by JNS
Israeli authorities removed restrictions on Gaza-area communities on Sunday morning, allowing Israeli citizens to gather in public, stray farther than sprinting distance from bomb shelters and work their agricultural fields, due to a ceasefire put in place between Israel and Hamas. Read more
Broadcasters in the spotlight
Australia and New Zealand key broadcasters ABC and TVNZ have received complaints following reporting on Gaza, ABC for the weekend’s Israel’s retaliation following rocket and mortar attacks and TVNZ for the recent riots. Read more
Netanyahu, Liberman: IDF Strikes Dealt ‘Severe Blow’ to Hamas
July 16, 2018 by Andrew Friedman - TPS
Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman said yesterday that IDF air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza over the weekend had delivered a “severe” blow to Hamas while Liberman added that Israel has “no intention of learning to live” with ongoing kite-born arson attacks from Gaza. Read more
Cabinet instructs IDF to act against arson attacks
July 16, 2018 by Yona Schnitzer - TPS
Israel will respond with military action to any incendiary kite or fire balloon sent into its territory from Gaza, the Cabinet decreed on Sunday at the conclusion of a special meeting held to discuss the escalation in the South. Read more
Feintooner
July 16, 2018 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Twin cities, two states, and one protest. Read more
NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade promotes BDS event featuring supporter of terror group
July 16, 2018 by IINZ
The Auckland office of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has promoted an event entitled “The One-State Solution and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign: Civil society responses to governmental failure on Palestine/Israel” by retweeting the event. Read more
Lessons from Tishah B’Av
July 16, 2018 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Why do Jews blame themselves?…ask the rabbi. Read more
Walt Secord meets Darwin Jewry
July 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher and deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel, Walt Secord recently met with members of Darwin’s tiny informal Jewish community.
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Danby’s office vandalised
July 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Anti-Israel extremists have defaced the office of Labor MP Michael Danby’s electoral office in Melbourne’s St Kilda sometime on Saturday night. Read more
AJA slams ABC “bias”
July 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Jewish Association has slammed the ABC following its TV news report on the weekend’s rocket and mortar attack on Israel and Israel’s retaliation. Read more
The Irish Senate’s ‘boycott Israel’ debate
July 15, 2018 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Reading the transcript of the debate that took place in the Irish Senate on July 11 before that body voted, by 25-20, to criminalise commercial relations with Jewish communities in the West Bank, I was struck by how the arguments that were traded fell neatly into one of two categories…writes Ben Cohen/JNS. Read more
The weakening of the Israeli ‘right’
July 15, 2018 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
In the day-to-day political discourse, the current Netanyahu-led coalition is frequently referred to as the “most right-wing” ever in Israel’s political history…writes Martin Sherman/JNS. Read more
Tipster banned by ESPN AFL footy competition
July 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
International mega sports media company ESPN has removed a participant in its AFL footy tips competition who had registered his screen name “Burnthejews” and has banned the person from reregistering. Read more
Carmel School utilises state of the art career guidance system
July 15, 2018 by Claire de Franck
As an additional tool to assist Year 10 students with their subject selection, Perth’s Carmel School has become one of only a handful of schools in Western Australia to utilise the innovative Morrisby Online system Read more
Israel under fire
July 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Three people were injured when a mortar fired from Gaza hit a house in the town of Sderot at around 6:30 p.m Saturday evening. Read more
Dave Sharma talks to the Liberal Friends of Israel
July 15, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Liberal Friends of Israel has hosted former Australian ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma in Sydney. Read more
Swiss ambassador issues lukewarm apology to Hebron Jews after activist slaps child
July 15, 2018 by JNS
Switzerland’s ambassador issued a half-hearted apology to the Jewish community of Hebron in Judea on Friday, two days after a Swiss man from a radical-left observer group slapped a 10-year-old Jewish boy from the city. Read more
EU ambassador reprimanded again for ‘interfering with Israeli legislation’
July 15, 2018 by Yossi Lempkowicz - JNS
Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed Israel’s foreign ministry to summon the EU ambassador for the second time. Read more
The other hand
July 14, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
The long school vacation has started and summer is well and truly in full swing. Students and their parents may be in holiday mode but the pace of positive achievements shows no sign of slowing down…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Thailand – do it every day
July 13, 2018 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
This past week the world was captivated, united and amazed by the remarkable rescue of a soccer team and their coach from complex and dangerous circumstances…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie. Read more
Prime Minister’s grandson prepares the challah
July 13, 2018 by Henry Benjamin
Today was grandparents’ day at Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull brought his 4-yr-old grandson Jack to try his hand at baking challah. Read more
‘Operation Doctor’s Appt.’ brings Syrian mothers, kids to Israel in middle of night
July 13, 2018 by JNS
A group of more than 40 Syrian mothers and children crossed over the Golan Heights border from Syria to northern Israel in the pre-dawn hours on Wednesday to receive treatment in Israeli hospitals. Read more
Hungarian football club dedicates match against Israeli club to legendary Holocaust-era coach who saved Jewish lives
July 13, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Hungarian football team Ferencváros Torna Club (FTC), in cooperation with the World Jewish Congress and the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary (MAZSIHISZ), held an unprecedented tribute to a Holocaust-era hero on Thursday prior to its UEFA Europa League Qualifier Match against Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Groupama Stadium in Budapest. Read more
What’s the matter with a Jewish state?
The primary reaction from most people to the news that the Knesset may soon pass a bill defining Israel as a “Jewish state” is likely to be incredulity…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
Britain’s Brexit betrayal may push Jewish problem into Downing Street
July 13, 2018 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Until last Friday, whenever people asked me uneasily about the likelihood of the far-left U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn coming to power at the next general election, I replied that—with the exception of one set of circumstances—I thought the risk was overblown…writes Melanie Phillips/JNS. Read more
Prepare for the overdue “big one”
July 13, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
Anticipated major earthquakes both geophysical and political are long overdue…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Germany to pay additional $88 million to Holocaust survivors
July 12, 2018 by JNS
Germany has agreed to pay another $88 million to fund social-welfare services for Holocaust survivors, according to the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany on Tuesday. Read more
Netanyahu to Putin: Iran needs to leave Syria
July 12, 2018 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, just hours after Israel shot down a Syrian drone that had infiltrated Israeli airspace. Read more
Former Israeli PM Ehud Barak coming Down Under for JNF Australia Campaign
July 12, 2018 by Community newsdesk
JNF Australia has announced that former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will be the keynote speaker at its Annual Dinners this year. Read more
Ireland goes ahead with legislation to boycott products made in Israeli settlements
July 12, 2018 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
Ireland’s Senate approved legislation on Wednesday to boycott products made in Israeli settlements. Read more
