Bedouin riot, try to derail train, over JNF planting in the Negev

Bedouin clans rioted in the northern Negev on Tuesday night, tried to derail a train, and clashed with police, following JNF planting of trees on land the Al-Atrash clan claims as its own. Read more

Under economic and geopolitical pressure, Erdoğan attempts to make nice with Israel

In a virtual discussion held by the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), Turkish scholar and former politician Aykan Erdemir said Jews should be wary of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s outreach efforts towards Jews and Israel. Read more

IDF Commando Brigade prepares operating rooms to be set up in enemy territory

The Commando Brigade of the Israel Defence Forces has recently established a unit that can set up a field hospital in enemy territory after being airlifted to any location, the military said on Tuesday. Read more

Holocaust a ‘minor matter,’ right-wing Romanian party claims

A recent statement by the right-wing, populist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party that Romania’s school system should cut back on Holocaust education and focus on “Romanian national values” has caused an uproar in the eastern European country. Read more

Israel’s UN delegation seeks more Israelis in the world body

Israel’s delegation to the United Nations has been working in recent weeks to increase the number of Israelis employed at the world body’s headquarters in New York. Read more

Polish diplomat fired after calling country’s Holocaust speech law ‘stupid’

A Polish diplomat has reportedly been fired after calling his own government’s laws regarding speech centred around the Holocaust “stupid.” Read more

A new president for B’nai B’rith NSW

Janine Zimbler has been elected as the new Council President of B’nai B’rith NSW. Read more

Over 11,000 IDF Soldiers infected with Corona or are in quarantine

More than 11,000 IDF servicemen have been infected with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) or are in quarantine, placing a strain on the military. Special and crucial units have moved to operating in capsules to minimize the possibility of broad infection. Read more

Politics and combating antisemitism don’t mix

At a time when antisemitism is on the rise around the globe, the office of the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy for Combating and Monitoring Antisemitism ought to be filled. Read more

Netanyahu files police complaint after receiving death threat

Israeli opposition leader and former prime minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu has filed a police complaint after receiving a death threat against himself and members of his family. Read more

Geoff Lipshut heads Australia’s delegation at the Winter Olympics

Melbourne’s Geoff Lipshut will head off to Beijing shortly as Chef de Mission of Australia’s Winter Olympics delegation. Read more

Armed procession in UNRWA camp

The Jerusalem-based Bedein Centre has written to the Head of the Australian Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority on a Fatah commemoration held in the UNRWA-funded Deheishe refugee camp. Read more

Pre-war Vilna online

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has completed the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections Project (EBVOCP), a historic 7-year, $7 million initiative to process, conserve and digitize YIVO’s divided pre-war library and archival collections. Read more

Aura Herzog, mother of the President and wife of the former president, passes at 97

The Beit Hanasi (President’s House) announced this morning the passing of the Aura Herzog, the mother of President Isaac Herzog and the wife of the late President Haim Herzog, Israel’s sixth president. Read more

Lapid and French President Macron discusses Iran nuclear talks, Israel’s demand to ‘put pressure on Iran’

Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid held “a long conversation” on Saturday night with French President Emmanuel Macron on the “regional challenges, the nuclear talks and Israel’s demand to put pressure on Iran, and relations between Israel and the European Union.” Read more

Clarke could be closing on cycling deal in Israel

Simon Clarke’s last-minute scramble to secure a new pro cycling contract could be about to pay off. Read more

Israel spirals into chaos as Omicron variant runs rampant

Israel has descended into apparent chaos and mass confusion as the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant is ripping through the country and the government appears to have given up on confronting the challenge. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon…DiploLunacy. Read more

Israel & Jordan need to negotiate on Trump 2020 Peace Plan

It is regrettable that Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Jordan’s King Abdullah did not discuss the possibility of Jordan-Israel negotiations on former US President Donald Trump’s 2020 Peace Plan for allocating sovereignty in Judea/Samaria (West Bank), Gaza and parts of Israel (Trump’s Plan) – when they met in Amman on 5 January. Read more

What should a synagogue do if a gay member of the community applies for membership?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Gaza 21: UNHRC Commission of Inquiry – People are urged to make submissions even though the ‘dice seem loaded’

Anne Bayefsky of Human Rights Voices has urged people to make submissions to the UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry. Read more

2021 stats of murders of women in Israel

The Israel Observatory on Femicide (IOF) has released their year-end report on femicide, the murder of women. Read more

Biden administration remains ‘deeply blind’ to inherent flaws of UNRWA, say Mideast experts

The U.S. State Department’s Population, Migration and Refugees Bureau ended 2021 with another payment to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a move some experts have criticized as wrongheaded and in line with an eagerness to blindly reverse policies put forth by the Trump administration. Read more

Yad Vashem launches academy to train future leaders in Holocaust awareness

One hundred stalwart souls braved the chilling Jerusalem rain and influx of new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to witness the rollout of what is designed to be the next big step for empowering Holocaust awareness for future generations. Read more

Has the time come to bribe the unvaccinated?

“How can we as a society stand by and watch people die when a simple shot could prevent a life-threatening illness?” That was the agonised question asked by a group of nine healthcare providers in Minnesota who took the unprecedented step of publishing an advertisement in local news outlets begging people to get vaccinated last weekend. Read more

Erdan submits UN resolution opposing Holocaust denial and distortion

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan has submitted a resolution to the U.N. General Assembly to combat Holocaust denial and Holocaust distortion. Read more

Emma Watson is right

“Free Palestine!” says actress Emma Watson.  She’s right. Read more

On the other hand

Did you know that Israel has more than six thousand active “startups?” Read more

Hamas bedfellow of Australian BDS supporters

All those who joined the boycott of the Sydney Festival created by its acceptance of a A$20,000 sponsorship by the Israeli embassy in Canberra have had a powerful Israeli enemy join their ranks. Read more

Secord calls on arts minister to introduce anti-BDS laws

NSW Shadow Arts Minister Walt Secord has called on the new NSW Arts Minister Ben Franklin to introduce American-style anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) legislation for NSW arts organisations. Read more

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