PA spent $150 M. on stipends for terrorists in 2019, a 3% increase
January 31, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Palestinian Authority (PA) spent NIS 517.4 million (A$225m) in stipends to terrorists and their families in 2019, a rise of NIS 5 million and a 3% increase compared to 2018, a report by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) shows. Read more
Israeli jailed in Russia released, returns home
January 31, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Na’ama Issachar, who was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in Russia for a minor drug offence, was released and returned home to Israel on Thursday after serving 10 months in prison. Read more
Melissa Parke to sue Sharma, Rubenstein and Herald Sun
January 31, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, former Federal Labor Member for Fremantle Melissa Parke has begun defamation proceedings against Liberal federal MP Dave Sharma and Dr Colin Rubenstein, executive director of The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council and Melbourne paper Herald Sun. Read more
The Palestinians’ bluff has been called
January 31, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East “deal of the century” offers the Palestinians a state. They have rejected it and threatened instead to ramp up violence against Israel. Read more
Never again? Only if the Jews never stop fighting
January 31, 2020 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
How does a Jewish girl born after the war experience the Shoah and remember it? The answer is with strain, disgust and disbelief—yes, quite naively. Read more
Abbas warns in handwritten note to Netanyahu that US plan voids Oslo Accords
January 31, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas sent a handwritten letter in Arabic to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, telling the Israeli leader that the P.A. no longer saw itself a party to any agreements with Israel following the publication of the Trump peace plan on Tuesday. Read more
My problem with religion
January 31, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
Marx was right. Religion is the opiate of the masses. And Freud was right, too, that religion is wish-fulfilment and satisfies the need for a father figure. Read more
They saved 200,000 Jews
January 31, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A unique exhibition will open at NSW Parliament House next Monday when 34 diplomats from 21 countries will be honoured for collectively saving 200,000 Jews from the Nazis. Read more
Do you ever lie to appear more honest?
January 31, 2020 by Tali Aronsky
Honesty is the best policy, or so the saying goes. But what if the truth seems less believable than a lie? Read more
After the Holocaust Forum
January 31, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
The VIP’s have departed, Jerusalem roads are back to their normal congested state and Israelis are now bracing for inevitable fallout from the “deal of the century.” Read more
…and then there was one more
January 31, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Professor Roy Michael ROBINS-BROWNE received the AO in the Australia Day honours… Read more
What does the Deal of the Century include?
January 30, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday unveiled the Deal of the Century peace plan during a special ceremony at the White House, the most comprehensive diplomatic plan to be introduced in the Middle East in years. Read more
Member of European Parliament: no longer an option for the PA to simply shout ‘1000 Times No’ at Peace Plan
January 30, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Several members of the European Parliament endorsed President Donald Trump’s Deal of the Century peace plan and criticized the Palestinian Authority (PA) for its rejectionist attitude towards any diplomatic resolution. Read more
Gantz Ridiculed After Stating He Will Bring Deal of the Century to Knesset Vote
January 30, 2020 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz faced ridicule from the Likud party and scorn from the left-wing after he announced that he would submit President Donald Trump’s Deal of the Century peace plan to the Knesset next week for a vote. Read more
‘Peace to Prosperity‘ plan shatters failed Oslo paradigm
January 30, 2020 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
With the presentation of its peace plan, titled, “Peace to Prosperity: A vision to improve the lives of the Palestinian and Israeli people,” the United States has essentially shattered the once-holy Oslo paradigm, having learned from the peace process’s failures and establishes a new path forward to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more
The ‘deal of the century’ illuminates a century-old conflict
January 30, 2020 by Steve Frank - JNS
Archaeologists unearth crate of historic Judaica items under synagogue in Poland
January 30, 2020 by JNS
A wooden crate filled with Judaica items was discovered during an archaeological excavation in a synagogue in Małopolska, Poland, reported The Jewish Chronicle. Read more
Sovereignty vote postponed ‘for a few days,’ says senior Likud minister
January 30, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (Likud) said on Wednesday that a plan to extend Israeli sovereignty to the settlements and the Jordan Valley won’t be brought to the Cabinet for a vote on Sunday, as urged by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, because the government needs more time to prepare. Read more
President Rivlin hears of rising antisemitism from world Jewish leaders
January 30, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Rivlin has concluded his visit to Germany with a meeting with the heads of Jewish communities from around the world where he heard how they deal with rising antisemitism. Read more
A Universe of Sufficient Size: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
January 30, 2020 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
At the first Limmud-Oz I gave a presentation on Holocaust Novels: Fact from Fiction. It posed the possibility that some holocaust novels appear so real and some true stories seem to be pieces of fiction. Read more
Israel to lead diplomatic campaign at UN following reveal of Mideast plan
January 30, 2020 by JNS
The office of the Israeli Mission to the United Nations said will lead “a concerted diplomatic campaign with the U.S.” at the world body following the announcement of the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan. Read more
Putin pardons Naama Issachar, who’s set to fly back from Russia with Netanyahu
January 30, 2020 by JNS
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday to pardon Naama Issachar, an Israeli-American woman imprisoned in Russia for possessing and smuggling a small amount of cannabis. Read more
President of The Technion to visit Australia
January 30, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In his newly appointed and prestigious role as President of the Technion – Professor Uri Sivan, will visit Australia for the first time ever from 31 January to 7 February 2020 – as the host and guest speaker at various events across Sydney and Melbourne. Read more
The Zionist Federation of New Zealand comments on the ‘deal of the century’
January 30, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Rob Berg “It is good after many months of speculation to finally see President Trump’s peace plan. It is equally disappointing that the Palestinians have rejected it outright.” Read more
President Rivlin addresses the Bundestag
January 30, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has addressed Germany’s parliament on Holocaust remembrance and the war on antisemitism, Iranian nuclear plans, the Trump plan and on the Goldin and Shaul families. Read more
Trump’s vision is a mirage based on shaky foundations
January 30, 2020 by David Singer
President Trump’s now released deal of the century – calling for the creation of a second Arab state in former Palestine in addition to Jordan (“the two-state solution”) – has predictably already been consigned to the dustbin of history by PLO President Mahmoud Abbas on the day of its publication. Read more
Netanyahu pulls the rug out from under his rivals
January 29, 2020 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
Justifiably emboldened by his warm reception at the White House—and by the imminent unveiling of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 80-page “deal of the century”—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threw a curveball at his rivals back home. Read more
Australia welcomes the peace plan
January 29, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian government and Jewish leaders have reacted to the new Donald Trump Administration Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. Read more
A time to remember
January 29, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The President of the Senate Senator Scott Ryan, the Australian Ambassador to Poland Lloyd Brodrick and Robert Goot Deputy President of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry met with Sydney survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau Yvonne Engelman, in Kasimiricz Krakow before the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 27th January. Read more
Ambassador for a day
January 29, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jeremy Jones, the Director of International and of Community Affairs of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, was selected as an Australia Day Ambassador for 2020 by the Australia Day Council, the fourth time he has been given this honour. Read more
