Ahead in polls, Netanyahu’s legal troubles provide main electoral challenge

January 8, 2019 by  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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

January 8, 2019 by  

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  

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  

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  

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 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

January 7, 2019 by  

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

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  

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

January 7, 2019 by  

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  

This week’s cartoon: Bolton not Bolting Read more

Not just trees

January 7, 2019 by  

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  

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  

Just moments before disbanding ahead of the upcoming elections, the Knesset passed the Restriction on Advertising and Marketing of Tobacco Products Bill, which puts a special twist on the combat on smoking.

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The silly season

January 6, 2019 by  

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  

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  

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  

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

January 6, 2019 by  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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  

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

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