Netanyahu’s attorneys call for dismissal of indictments following police’s ‘criminal’ misconduct

Severe illegal courses of action were taken by the police when they conducted their investigations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, necessitating the dismissal of the indictments, Netanyahu’s lawyers told the Jerusalem District Court. Read more

Israel freeze NIS 600 million in PA funds, penalizing it for policy of paying terrorists

The Security Cabinet decided on Sunday to withhold tax transfers from Israel to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to offset salaries paid by Ramallah to terrorists or their families. Read more

ECAJ’s annual conference via Zoom

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s annual conference took place yesterday on Zoom with keynote speakers the United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to Australia and Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Read more

Who was Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the ‘mysterious’ nuclear scientist killed outside of Tehran?

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the senior Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated by a hit squad outside of Tehran on Friday, was being “reserved” by the Iranian regime for the day that Iran’s nuclear program would enter a new stage, a former senior Israel Defence Forces Military Intelligence analyst specialization in weapons of mass destruction and its proliferation told JNS. Read more

How did the Ten Lost Tribes come to be lost?

Ask the rabbi… Read more

Israel protests comparison between modern-day Hungary and Holocaust

Israel’s embassy in Hungary sharply rejected any “use and abuse of the memory of the Holocaust for any purpose” following an op-ed published in Hungary comparing its state to that of Jews in the Holocaust. Read more

Antisemitic incidents down 10%

Antisemitic incidents in Australia have decreased by 10% according to the annual report from The Executive Council of Australian Jewry published today. Read more

‘Majorblow to Iran’: Israel on high alert following assassination of senior Iranian nuclear scientist

Israel has directed its embassies around the world to heighten their alertness following the assassination Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a prominent Iranian nuclear and weapons scientist. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…Nuker Nuked. Read more

Gaza’s strawberries

Farmers in Gaza hope to export 1,100 tons of strawberries to Europe and Israel this season. Read more

On the other hand

Amidst all the hoopla over potential covid vaccines, another medical leap forward by Israeli researchers has been announced. Read more

Nazi salute and ‘Heil Hitler’ on a Melbourne street

A Jewish man in his 30s was left shocked after a horrific antisemitic incident in which he was affronted by a man yelling ‘Heil Hitler’.” Read more

Former World Bank president James Wolfensohn dies at 86

James D. Wolfensohn, former president of the World Bank, died at his home in Manhattan on Nov. 25. He was 86 years old. Read more

New Biden official justified suicide bombings

President-elect Joe Biden announced earlier this week the appointment of Reema Dodin as deputy director of the Office of Legislative Affairs in the White House. Read more

US expert assesses Biden approach to Iran threat at an AIJAC webinar

The latest Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar featured Washington-based Foundation for Defence of Democracies Chief Executive and Iran expert Mark Dubowitz, who understands better than almost anyone the threat posed by the Iranian regime. Read more

Obama’s revisionist ‘Promised Land’

I have never criticized former U.S. President Barack Obama publicly—neither during my time in the Knesset nor anywhere else—despite my having disagreed with many of his policies. Read more

Netanyahu welcomes first commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the first commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Thursday. Read more

Life-saving cardiac for Arab and African children

Israel’s Minister of Regional Cooperation has visited the “Save a Child’s Heart” organization in the Wolfson Medical Centre in Holon. Read more

Antony Blinken’s track record

According to Dr. Albert Ellis, one of the world’s top psychologists, “The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour”…writes Yoram Ettinger. Read more

Milestone 50th Dialogue with Uniting Church

The National Dialogue of The Uniting Church in Australia and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry met for the 50th time this week. Read more

Narishkeit

Yiddish is a most expressive language which often defies perfect translation into English as well as conveying its emotional intent. Read more

Chanukah Beach Shabbat

Rabbi Orna Triguboff will host a beach Shabbat during Chanukah. Read more

A saddened president

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has expressed his sorrow in the passing of soccer giant Diego Maradona. Read more

More than meets the eye in secretive meeting between America, Israel and Saudi Arabia

The private jet that took off from Israel on Sunday and banked south towards Saudi Arabia may have had some important passengers on board, but no one is talking about it. Read more

The foreign-policy establishment strikes back

Their sigh of relief was heard around the globe. The foreign-policy establishment’s nightmare is finally over, and the keys to the American government are back in the usual hands. Read more

Israeli military sees 160% rise in number of females in combat roles

The number of women in combat roles in the Israeli Defence Forces has risen by 160 per cent over the past six years, it was revealed on Tuesday during a discussion at the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee. Read more

Mass prayers to be held for Jews buried in Arab countries

Diaspora and Israeli organizations and communities representing millions of Jews around the world will participate on Saturday in a mass Kaddish (Mourners’ Prayer) and say a specially designed azkara (Memorial Prayer) for Jews buried in inaccessible Arab countries across the Middle East and North Africa. Read more

Reflections of a Retiring President

New technology caters for a JCA President retiring in the middle of a pandemic…writes Stephen Chipkin. Read more

Australian Jewish Message to “Global Town Hall 2020”

The Global Town Hall, a series of moderated discussions on foreign and security policy matters organised by 12 prominent think tanks from around the world, took place last weekend, running for 15 hours with high-level experts and national leaders discussing “Rebuilding from the Covid-19 World”. Read more

AIJAC welcomes release of academic

The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council has welcomed the release of Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert a British-Australian who had been detained by Iran since 2018. Read more

Next Page »