Fighting and hugging in the Middle East
March 22, 2021 by Daniel Pipes - JNS.org
1. In March 2019, the Syrian jihadi groups Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and National Liberation Front clashed, leading to about 75 deaths. Two months later, they joined forces to fight Syria’s central government. By October, they were fighting each other again. Read more
We can mend the rift in Israeli society
The State of Israel and its people are the loves of my life, and I have been serving them from a very young age, for more than two decades…writes Gideon Sa’ar. Read more
‘I’m going to turn Israel into a world superpower’
It used to be the norm for a right-wing prime minister on the campaign trail to visit settlements. Times have changed; A trip to Bedouin town of Tuba-Zangaria in northern Israel is now more appealing than a stop in Alon Shvut—as is the drive…writes Moira Kor. Read more
King Abdullah the Irrelevant
March 22, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
According to media reports in Israel and the United States, on March 11 Israel’s ties with Jordan stood on the brink of the abyss. But then, five to 10 minutes passed and everything went back to normal. Read more
UIA Israel update with special guest Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post
March 22, 2021 by J-Wire
UIA will host its monthly evening online Israel Update with special guest Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post on Monday 5 April. Read more
UIA Israel update with special guest Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post
March 22, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
UIA will host its monthly evening online Israel Update with special guest Yaakov Katz, Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post on Monday 5 April. Read more
Tell me about the wicked son
March 22, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple writes on Pesach. Read more
Federal government chips in $7.5million to the Hakoah building fund
March 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Federal Government has announced a grant of $7.5 million towards the planned multi-faceted community and sports hub at Sydney’s White City being developed by the Hakoah Club. Read more
Israel vaccinates over 105,000 Palestinians against COVID-19 in two weeks
March 21, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel has vaccinated over 105,000 people in the two weeks of its operation to inoculate workers from the Palestinian Authority (PA) who work in Israel against the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more
Feintooner
March 21, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Three Amigos: An unholy alliance. Read more
On the other hand
March 21, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Tuesday 23 March is the day Israelis front up to the ballot box for the fourth attempt in recent times to elect a stable, coherent coalition. Read more
Anti-Semitic or just ‘strident’?
March 21, 2021 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
There is a curious sentence that appears in the definition of antisemitism currently being tested by a group of progressive Jewish Americans. Read more
Israel sees lowest COVID-19 numbers since September
March 19, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The decline of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Israel appeared to continue over the week, with infection data showing continued improvement. Read more
Top Israeli journalist Ehud Yaari: Election prognosis could be “prescription for a long term depression”
March 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Eminent Israeli journalist and pundit Ehud Yaari gave his uniquely well-informed commentary on the forthcoming Israeli election during an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar this week. Read more
Memo: Biden administration aims to ‘reset’ relations with Palestinians
March 19, 2021 by JNS
The Biden administration is looking to hit the reset button with the Palestinians, including the return to a more traditional position on a two-state solution and rolling back several Trump administration positions on Israel. Read more
Jared Kushner’s curious change of heart
March 19, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, was a senior foreign-policy adviser in the Trump administration. Now an op-ed by Kushner published in The Wall Street Journal has caused jaws to drop. Read more
Parents of slain Australian/US teen appeal to Biden to pressure Jordan to extradite Jerusalem terrorist
March 19, 2021 by Josh Hasten - JNS
Frimet and Arnold Roth, whose 15-year-old daughter Malki, a U.S. national, was murdered in August 2001 in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem, published a new video this week calling on the Biden administration to pressure the Kingdom of Jordan to extradite Ahlam Ahmad Tamimi—the Hamas terrorist who orchestrated the bombing—so that she can stand trial in a U.S. federal court. Read more
Who is a Jew?
March 19, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
Why is there such a fuss over the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to allow converts to Judaism, as defined by the Reform and Conservative movements, to qualify for Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return? Read more
Netanyahu’s feats merit his being Israel’s next Prime Minister
March 19, 2021 by David Singer
If results count for anything – Bibi Netanyahu will again be Israel’s next Prime Minister – heading a Government which hopefully will be more stable than the three previous short-lived coalition Governments he formed after elections held in April 2019, September 2019, and March 2020. Read more
Rivlin meets with Macron
March 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
On the last day of his visit to Europe, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin departed for Paris where he held a diplomatic meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France. Read more
Time to start polishing the crystal ball
March 19, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
“You can trust a crystal ball about as far as you can throw it.” Read more
President Rivlin writes in Le Figaro on the ICC
March 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ahead of his visit to France and his meeting with President of France Emmanuel Macron yesterday, President of Israel Reuven Rivlin called on France and other European states to oppose the decision of the International Criminal Court to initiate investigations against IDF soldiers in an op-ed column published in Le Figaro. Read more
The antisemitism permission slip Israel-haters wanted
March 19, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Did the world need a new definition of antisemitism? Actually, no. Read more
Grandparents Day at Moriah
March 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Moriah Foundation hosted its Annual Grandparents Club Morning Tea for grandparents and special friends at Hamakom – the first in person event since the pandemic struck. Capped at 100 under the COVID safety guidelines, the event was a sellout. Read more
Premier to address congregation on first day of Pesach
March 19, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
The Premier of NSW, Gladys Berejiklian will address the congregation at The Great Synagogue in Sydney on the first day of Pesach Service. Read more
New role at Maroubra Synagogue for growing community
March 18, 2021 by Community Editor
The Board of Maroubra Synagogue is seeking to expand its services to the Maroubra community with the announcement that it is looking to engage a part-time Religious Assistant & Program Coordinator. Read more
The differences between Israel’s 2020 and 2021 elections
March 18, 2021 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Israelis will head to the polls next week for the fourth parliamentary elections in two years. Read more
‘The Guardian’ identifies Arab-Israeli rap group from ‘Palestine,’ not Lod
March 18, 2021 by JNS
The Guardian in the U.K. falsely claimed on March 11 that an Arab-Israeli rap group from outside Tel Aviv is from “Palestine.” Read more
Study: ‘Big Five’ social-media platforms earn ‘B-’ in tackling hate online
March 18, 2021 by JNS
An “explosion of hate and lurid conspiracies” proliferating across various social media platforms has been observed this year, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said on Tuesday in announcing the release of its annual digital terrorism and hate report/online study. Read more
Clearing out notes in Kotel ahead of Passover under COVID-19 conditions
Workers at the Western Wall (Kotel) in Jerusalem on Tuesday conducted the site’s customary biannual clear-out of all the notes stuck between the stones over the course of the previous six months. Read more
