Boycotts against Ben & Jerry’s rapidly spreading
July 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Boycotts of the Ben & Jerry’s brand are quickly sprouting at several locations around the globe after the company announced it would stop selling ice cream in Israel in an attempt to boycott Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem. Read more
Israel’s PM Bennett warns Unilever of counteraction following Ben & Jerry’s boycott
July 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke on Tuesday spoke with Alan Jope, the CEO of Unilever, which owns Ben & Jerry’s, following the company’s attempt at boycotting Judea and Samaria, and warned the global conglomerate that Israel would act against it. Read more
Millie Phillips remembered
July 20, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Tributes have poured in to recognise the philanthropic work of Millie Phillips who has died in Sydney at the age of 92. Read more
Barca in Israel
July 20, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Israel Ministry of Tourism today has hosted a short tour of ancient Caesarea with the legends of FC Barcelona. Read more
Ambassador Mitch Fifield meets President Herzog
July 20, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Isaac Herzog met Monday at Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem with a delegation of foreign ambassadors to the US and UN visiting Israel this week. Read more
Why is support for ‘freedom of worship for Jews’ on the Temple Mount so controversial?
July 20, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Maybe it was just the product of the ongoing civil war between the different political parties on the Israeli right. Or maybe it was just time that an Israeli prime minister said something that, in a saner world, wouldn’t be considered controversial. Read more
Ben & Jerry’s to freeze ice-cream sales in ‘occupied Palestinian territory’
July 20, 2021 by JNS
Ben & Jerry’s announced on Monday that it will end sales of its ice cream in “occupied Palestinian territory.”
Israel authorizes deducting $180 million from Palestinian Authority over ‘pay for slay’
July 20, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
The Israeli government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has deducted more than $180 million from the funds it collects for the Palestinian Authority over its refusal to cease payments to prisoners and families of terrorists as part of a long-running campaign called “pay for slay.” Read more
US transfers $135 million in aid to UNRWA
The United States transferred $135.8 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Saturday, after signing a framework agreement with the refugee agency on July 14. Read more
IAF attacks Iranian Targets in Syria, State Media Reports
July 20, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) attacked targets inside Syria in the Al-Safira area in Aleppo on Monday night, hitting Iranian weapons caches, the country’s state media reported. Read more
Israeli analyst sheds light on new age of Drone warfare
July 20, 2021 by Ahron Shapiro
Drones and guided missiles constitute both a threat and an opportunity for Israel’s defences, Jerusalem Post columnist and drone expert Seth J. Frantzman told an AIJAC webinar. Read more
Sydney Jewish Museum reveals its new CEO
July 19, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
The CEO of the Australian National Maritime Museum has been appointed to succeed Norman Seligman as CEO of the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more
Islamist Member of Bennett’s coalition says Kotel belongs to Muslims
July 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Jews have not right to access the Temple Mount and the Kotel also belongs to the Muslims, said Member of Knesset (MK) Mansour Abbas on Sunday. Read more
The Lapid-Bennett government’s foreign policy ‘doctrine’
July 19, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
From Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s stunning Knesset assault against his predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu, through Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s trip to Brussels and his speech before the Global Forum on Anti-Semitism, this week the Lapid-Bennett government’s foreign policy doctrine was fully exposed. Read more
Ambassador Mitch Fifield on a tour of Israel
July 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
A delegation of ambassadors from around the world arrived in Israel for a week-long visit, following the IDF’s Operation Guardian of the Walls against Hamas in May. Read more
Swastika and ‘Kill Gays’ etched on a Melbourne trail
July 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jewish LGBTIQA+ group Aleph Melbourne has condemned the etching of a swastika and the words “kill gays” on a footway in the Melbourne suburb of Ashwood. Read more
Aussie madrichim in the Arava
July 19, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Four Melbourne students have used their gap year in Israel to become madrichim to lead programs in the Arava. Read more
Lapid-Bennett consensus buries Biden’s renewed two-state solution bid
July 19, 2021 by David Singer
The likelihood of President Biden being the American President finally overseeing an end to the 100 years old conflict between Arabs and Jews – promisingly advanced by President Trump’s Abraham Accords – was dashed this week when Israel’s Foreign Minister – and its next Prime Minister in 26 months’ time – Yair Lapid – told the EU Foreign Affairs Council:
“A future Palestinian state must be a democracy that seeks peace with Israel”
Feintooner
July 19, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Tempest in a teacup. Read more
Do you think Israel should be a theocracy?
July 19, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
VIDEO: Israelis ascend to the Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av – Muslims attempt to block them
July 19, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Over 1,400 Jews ascended to the Temple Mount during the morning hours of Sunday during the Tisha B’Av, despite threats by Gaza-based terror organizations and despite attempts by Muslims at the holy site to block them. Read more
Concern in Israel and US over future of PA after Abbas leaves
July 19, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The visit of Hady Amr, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs within the Department of State, to Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) last week, led to a renewed discussion on the future of the PA the day after Mahmoud Abbas leaves. Read more
International lawmakers lay out roadmap to tackle antisemitism online
Members of the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Anti-Semitism released an interim report on Wednesday highlighting ideas to battle anti-Jewish hate online. Read more
On the other hand
July 18, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
A recent report mentioned that Israel is among the leading countries in the development and usage of artificial intelligence. Read more
Israel’s lone soldiers bolstered by ‘family,’ new program instituted for digital ambassadors
July 18, 2021 by Josh Hasten - JNS
An inaugural conference was held in Jerusalem’s Knesset on Thursday to pay homage and discuss the strategic contributions made by lone soldiers in the Israel Defence Forces, while also addressing some of this community’s needs. Read more
$180,000 for Eastern Suburbs cinemas
July 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs is well-known for a thriving artistic culture and the Federal Government has committed to keeping the projectors rolling at the independent cinemas in the Wentworth electorate. Read more
A year with too much to mourn
July 18, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It may have been discouraging, but the dismal turnout for a national rally in the U.S. that was supposed to bring Jews together against antisemitism was also an appropriate reminder of the greatest challenge facing them. Read more
Chile: The peril of Daniel Jadue
July 18, 2021 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
The anti-Zionist activist Roger Waters, who also doubles up as the bassist of veteran rockers Pink Floyd, gave a ringing endorsement last week to one of the candidates in the Chilean presidential election, which takes place later this year on Nov. 21. Read more
Family members speak on behalf of Israeli filmmakers arrested in Nigeria
July 18, 2021 by JNS
A trio of Israeli filmmakers remains arrested in Nigeria for the past week while the reason for their detainment and the charges have not been released. Read more
The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and dealing with COVID
July 16, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies continues to provide information about the health orders and the services that are available during the lockdown. Read more
