After Israel vows massive blow, Hamas holds fire
April 27, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
A quiet night passed over Israel’s south on Monday night and Gaza-based terrorists did not launch rockets at Israel after the Israeli government promised a crushing blow if they attacked again. Read more
Defeating odds, Israeli team crowned FIBA Europe Cup champion
April 27, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Basketball Premier League club Ironi Ness Ziona has been crowned the new International Basketball Federation Europe (FIBA) Cup champions, after beating Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski and earning their first title in a European club competition. Read more
Tens of thousands of urban rally-goers express anger, frustration at French court ruling on Halimi
April 27, 2021 by JNS
Tens of thousands of people turned out on Sunday in cities across the globe to show their support for Jews in France and express their desire to see justice done in the case of Sarah Halimi, who was murdered by her 27-year-old Muslim neighbour in 2017. Read more
After days of rockets on southern Israel, Hamas gets an ultimatum
April 27, 2021 by Yaakov Lappin
As part of its power struggle with Fatah, Hamas has been enabling smaller Gazan terror factions to fire rockets at Israeli border communities since Friday. Read more
Israeli startup to produce oxygen from lunar soil
April 27, 2021 by TPS
An Israeli startup has developed technology to produce oxygen from the lunar soil. Read more
Hamas: Jerusalem Day will be turning point in fight against Israel
April 27, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The 28th day of the Muslim month of Ramadan, on May 9, will be the turning point in the “great battle against the Judaization and control of Jerusalem, and the attempt to divide the use of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal threatened. Read more
A chat with Arnold Zable
April 27, 2021 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Well-known author Melbourne-based Arnold Zable recently received the Australia Council Award. Read more
Israel reels from rockets, riots and arm-wrestles
April 27, 2021 by David Singer
Rockets from Gaza indiscriminately targeting Israel’s civilian population and Arab riots targeting Israel’s Jewish population in the streets of Jerusalem seem to have not moved Israel’s politicians to stop engaging in arm-wrestles in pursuit of their own personal political power. Read more
Earth Day 2021: An unprecedented opportunity to restore our Earth
April 27, 2021 by Ran Yaakoby
The coronavirus pandemic has presented us with one of the most acute challenges of our generation. Read more
South African site reveals earliest cave occupation
April 26, 2021 by Tali Aronsky
A team of geologists and archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) and the University of Toronto has confirmed the record-breaking date of the earliest cave occupation in the world and the site of some of the earliest indications of fire use and tool making among prehistoric humans. Read more
1,600-year-old mosaic chanced upon during development of neighbourhood in coastal Yavne
April 26, 2021 by TPS
A 1,600-year-old mosaic was recently found during archaeological excavations in the coastal town of Yavne carried out prior to the development of a new neighbourhood. Read more
Cosmetic surgery?
April 26, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Gaza terrorists bomb South, Israel limits fishing zone
April 26, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Gaza-based terrorists bombed civilian targets in southern Israel on Sunday night, for the third consecutive night. Read more
Hamas urges Gaza terrorists to prepare missiles for attacks on Israel
April 26, 2021 by JNS
The Hamas terrorist group on Sunday called on the various Islamic factions in the Gaza Strip to prepare for a potential flareup with Israel, amid renewed tensions in Jerusalem and southern Israel. Read more
Tomer’s last second winning goal
April 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israeli soccer star Tomer Hemed stunned third-top A-League Adelaide by scoring a last-second penalty to secure a 2-1 victory for New Zealand Wellington Phoenix in Wollongong today. Read more
Lag B’Omer parade for Bondi
April 25, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Amid ongoing political deadlock, is it time for Israel to consider electoral reform?
April 25, 2021 by Josh Hasten - JNS
Israel held its fourth legislative election in the past two years on March 23, voting 120 members of Knesset (Parliament) into power as representatives of the 24th Knesset since the establishment of the State. Read more
Natanz blast ‘likely took 5,000 centrifuges offline,’ though its progression is troublesome
April 25, 2021 by Yaakov Lappin
The April 11 explosion that tore through the Iranian nuclear site of Natanz—and which the Islamic Republic has blamed on Israeli sabotage—appeared to have taken around 5,000 centrifuges of the IR-1 type offline, a new report released by the Jewish Institute for the National Security of America (JINSA) has said. Read more
Is the truth a casualty of the Abraham Accords?
April 25, 2021 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
There’s an old adage of disputed authorship that has travelled down the centuries: In times of war, truth is the first casualty. As the English writer Samuel Johnson explained it in the 18th century, war breeds “the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.” That has always been the case. Read more
EU to present action plan for combating antisemitism
The European Union will release a detailed action plan later this year aimed at combating antisemitism. Read more
Tel Aviv University scientists develop rapid melanoma diagnosis technology
April 25, 2021 by JNS
Innovative technology developed at Tel Aviv University will make it possible to automatically and immediately diagnose life-threatening skin-cancer melanoma. Read more
Netherlands inaugurates museum on site of former Nazi concentration camp
April 25, 2021 by JNS
A museum built on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp in the Netherlands was inaugurated on the 76th anniversary of the day the camp was handed over to the Red Cross and liberated. Read more
Feintooner
April 25, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…a genocide by any other name would smell as foul. Read more
Muslims continue nightly riots in Jerusalem
April 25, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Thousands of Muslims rioted at several locations in Jerusalem on Saturday, a continued expression of religious violence during the Muslim month of Ramadan that the capital has been experiencing in recent days. Read more
Israel to switch away from coal energy by 2025 according to Netanyahu
April 25, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that he has pledged to reduce Israel’s carbon footprint and to complete a successful transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by 2050, and by 2025, Israel will no longer be burning coal. Read more
Hamas bombs south, minor IDF response
April 25, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Gaza-based terrorists launched tens of rockets towards towns in Israel’s south on Friday night and Saturday night, repeatedly sending Israelis running for shelter, while the IDF responded in a limited fashion. Read more
On the other hand
April 25, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Independence Day this year marked not only the re-establishment of Jewish sovereignty in the Land promised to us but also our liberation from the plague of Coronavirus. Read more
Walt Secord pays a visit to historic Hobart shul
April 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair and Shadow Treasurer Walt Secord recently visited and attended services at the Hobart Synagogue – Australia’s oldest synagogue. Read more
Jewish chaplain at ANZAC dawn service
April 25, 2021 by J-Wire photo story
Maroubra Synagogue’s Rabbi Yossi Friedman participated in the ANZAC Day dawn service at Bondi Beach. Read more
‘I have already received my punishment,’ says ZAKA founder in suicide note
Co-founder and chairman of the ZAKA emergency service Yehuda Meshi Zahav, who is in critical condition following a suicide attempt on Thursday morning, left a suicide note in which he asks that his good deeds be remembered. Read more
