Ahead in polls, Netanyahu’s legal troubles provide main electoral challenge
January 8, 2019 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Israel’s Channel 10 News reports that Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is likely to announce his intention to proceed with a pre-indictment hearing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the April 9 elections…writes Alex Traiman. Read more
In primetime address, Netanyahu dismissed accusations of corruption
January 8, 2019 by JNS
Billed ahead of time by his spokesperson as “something dramatic,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied the series of allegations that have been levelled against him, with Israeli police recommending last month that the prime minister and his wife be indicted. Read more
World’s largest annual Holocaust remembrance event launched
January 8, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has launched its third annual #WeRemember campaign for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the world’s largest digital Holocaust remembrance event. Read more
Former Minister of Defence Moshe Arens Dies at 93
January 8, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Moshe Arens, revered as one of Israel’s most prominent politicians, passed away at his home in Savyon on Monday morning, a few days after his 93rd birthday. Read more
Israel blocks PA bid to gain full membership at UN
January 8, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s mission to the United Nation (UN) was recently successful in blocking a Palestinian attempt to gain full membership at the United Nations. Read more
Israel to demand US$250 billion from Arab countries for Jewish property left behind
Israel is preparing to demand compensation from several Arab states and Iran which forced Jews to leave after 1948 and following the establishment of the State of Israel, Israel’s Hadashot TV reported. Read more
Netanyahu demands televised face off with state’s witnesses
January 8, 2019 by Yona Schnitzer - TPS
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced that he has demanded, and continues to demand, to be allowed to face the state’s witnesses who have testified against him in the three corruption cases in which he is implicated. Read more
New Head of Security for NSW
January 8, 2019 by Elana Bowman
Matthew Meyerson has been appointed Head of Security for Sydney’s Community Security Group (CSG) NSW. Read more
U.S. and Israel quit over UNESCO’s love affair with “Palestine”
January 8, 2019 by David Singer
UNESCO’s decision to admit “Palestine” as a member state in 2011 in breach of UNESCO’s own Constitution has come back to bite UNESCO with a vengeance – with America and Israel both quitting their membership of UNESCO on 31 December 2018…writes David Singer. Read more
What does Judaism have to say about Buddhism and Hinduism?…ask the rabbi
January 8, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney and asks this question and others. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem. Read more
JNF Tour: Day 6
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
‘Terror,’ tigers and tabby cats
January 7, 2019 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
This was a week in which there was much for the citizens of Israel to be concerned about. Read more
Shin Bet: Israeli youth detained suspected of killing Arab woman
January 7, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
A group of Israeli youth rounded up by security forces in recent weeks is suspected of killing an Arab woman in October, the Shin Bet (Israel’s Security Agency) revealed yesterday. Read more
JNF on Tour: Day 5
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
Feintooner
January 7, 2019 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: Bolton not Bolting Read more
Not just trees
January 7, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
For sixty-six educators from Australia and one lone New Zealander currently touring Israel on a ten-day KKL-JNF educational seminar, it has been full of eye-opening encounters. Read more
Beth Din and Torah Law
January 7, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
The Sydney Beth Din was established in the 19thcentury by Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler…writes Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more
Israel uses ‘ugliest colour in the world’ to fight smoking
January 7, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The silly season
January 6, 2019 by Ron Weiser
The silly season is upon us and the even sillier season seems to be approaching fast…writes Ron Weiser. Read more
New stars create another success for the world’s favourite opera
January 6, 2019 by Victor Grynberg
There will always be carping critics complaining about Opera Australia repeating once more the world’s most played 0pera, Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece “La Boheme”…writes Victor Grynberg. Read more
The British Mandate, 2019?
January 6, 2019 by JNS
U.K. Regional Spokesman, visiting Khan al-Ahmar, announces, in fluent Arabic: “We are working to stop the evacuation. Regavim: Netanyahu is allowing the British to behave as if the Mandate never ended”…reports Naomi Kahn. Read more
Race Commissioner condemns racist motivation at Melbourne rally
January 6, 2019 by David Marlow
The Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan has spoken out following the far-right rally which took place in Melbourne’s St Kilda yesterday. Read more
JNF on tour: Day 4
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
WJC and Board of Deputies stand against antisemitsm in football: There must be no tolerance for use of slur ‘Yid’
January 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The World Jewish Congress and the Board of Deputies of British Jews condemn the use of the word ‘Yid’ to describe Tottenham Hotspur supporters, a club that has historically called itself the ‘Yid Army’ due to its large Jewish fan base. Read more
New law to limit use of cash in Israeli business transactions
January 6, 2019 by JNS
A new law limiting the amount of cash that can be used in a business transaction took effect on Jan. 1, changing the ways Israelis are allowed to do business. Read more
Syria is the wrong issue for a pro-Israel fight with Trump
January 6, 2019 by Evelyn Gordon - JNS
Like most pro-Israel commentators, I’m appalled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria…writes Evelyn Gordon/JNS. Read more
Is the IDF ready for all-out war? In Israel, the debate rages on
January 6, 2019 by Yaakov Lappin
The question of just how ready the Israel Defense Forces is for war has dominated Israel’s headlines in recent weeks…writes Yaakov Lappin/JNS. Read more
On the other hand
January 6, 2019 by Michael Kuttner
2018 may have ended but that does not mean Israel’s cutting-edge technological achievements have ceased…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Swastikas plastered on gate of aged care housing Holocaust survivors
January 6, 2019 by David Marlow
The neo-Nazi Antipodian Resistance organisation has posted swastikas at the entrance of the Emmy Monash Aged Care in Melbourne, home to elderly Jewish community members including Holocaust survivors, in the heartland of the Victorian Jewish community in Caulfield. Read more
Multiple injuries as police, civilians clash in Armona
January 4, 2019 by JNS
Multiple police officers and Israeli civilians were wounded on Thursday morning as altercations broke out between law enforcement and Israelis who had attempted to return to the unregistered outpost of Amona in Samaria. Read more