Paddler Fox out to make Paris Olympics a family affair
October 31, 2023 by AAP
While she’s looking to add to her own Olympic medal haul, Jessica Fox says she’s determined to help her sister Noemie qualify for the new kayak cross event. Read more
Australia steps up push for Gaza humanitarian corridor
October 31, 2023 by AAP
Australia has urged the protection of all civilians across Israel and occupied Palestinian territories as efforts continue to establish a safe humanitarian corridor out of Gaza. Read more
From Australia’s Jewish past: Maurice Ashkanasy QC – Melbourne barrister and Jewish community leader
October 31, 2023 by J-Wire
Maurice was born was born Moshe Ashckinasy on 3 October 1901 at Mile End Old Town, London. Read more
Ex-premier’s action cited to defend alleged Nazi salute
The case of a man who allegedly performed a Nazi salute outside the Sydney Jewish Museum has been compared to the actions of ex-premier Dominic Perrottet, who once wore a fascist uniform to a party. Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu tells foreign press ‘calls for a cease fire are calls for Israel to surrender to Hamas’
October 31, 2023 by J-Wire
On Monday night, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference in English for the foreign media in which he said that Israel’s war in Gaza is a fight for civilization and against barbarism. Read more
Netanyahu calls Hamas hostage video ‘cruel propaganda’
October 31, 2023 by J-Wire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned as “cruel psychological propaganda” a video released by Hamas that shows three of the hostages seized by the Islamist movement on October 7. Read more
Israeli forces attack Gaza City on both sides
October 31, 2023 by Reuters
Israeli troops and tanks have attacked Gaza’s main northern city from both sides, three days after they began a major ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave that has drawn more international calls for civilians to be protected. Read more
Hamas losing its grip on Gaza
October 31, 2023 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The Israeli tanks were already seen in central Gaza on Salah al-Din Road, the Strip’s main highway on Monday morning. Read more
Israeli-German raver confirmed dead from Oct 7 attack
October 31, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced it had confirmed the death of Shani Louk, a 23 year-old German-Israeli national who was taken captive by Hamas from a music festival during the terror group’s Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel. Read more
Israeli army rescues first hostage from Gaza
October 31, 2023 by Pesach Benson
The Israeli Defence Forces and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) announced on Monday evening that it rescued Col. Uri Magidish, a female soldier kidnapped by Hamas on October 7. Read more
‘Startup On Steroids’: Civilians raise US$3.7M to equip IDF troops
October 30, 2023 by John Jeffay - No Camels
The famed ingenuity that earned Israel the moniker “Startup Nation” has spread to the home front during the war triggered by the October 7 massacre in southern Israel, in which Hamas terrorists killed 1,400 people, wounded thousands more and abducted hundreds into Gaza. Read more
Israeli reservist killed when tank overturns
October 30, 2023 by TPS
An Israeli military reservist was killed on Sunday night when his tank overturned in northern Israel. Read more
Six former prime ministers urge end to religious hatred
Six former Australian prime ministers are calling for an end to religious hatred as tensions rise amid Israel’s sustained campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Read more
Victorian government to apologise in person to Brighton Jewish ex-students
October 30, 2023 by AAP
An education department official will make an in-person apology to five students who experienced antisemitic bullying at a Victorian state school. Read more
Does Judaism have a problem with people being ambitious?
October 30, 2023 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi. Read more
Hundreds storm Russian airport to protest Israel flight
October 30, 2023 by AAP
Hundreds of people have stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the arrival of an airliner from Tel Aviv, Israel and Russian news agencies reported. Read more
UN and OIC refuse to cooperate with Israel
October 30, 2023 by David Singer
The Executive Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting held on 18 October 2023 “to discuss the ongoing Israeli military aggression against the Palestinian people” marks a shameful and disturbing new low point in Islamic-Christian-Jewish relations. Read more
Feintooner
October 30, 2023 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon: H*A M*A*S*H: Notes from the Underground Read more
Wong urges civilian protection as Gaza attacks increase
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has urged protection for civilians in the Middle East as Israel intensifies its operations in Gaza. Read more
Israeli gov’t backs terror designation for individual operatives
October 30, 2023 by TPS
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved on Sunday government backing for an amendment to the Counter-Terrorism Law of 2016 that would authorize Defence Minister Yoav Gallant to designate individual persons as terrorist operatives. Read more
Two Israeli soldiers wounded as ground op expands in Gaza
October 29, 2023 by Joshua Marks
Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday as the Israel Defence Forces continued to expand its ground operations in the Hamas-controlled enclave. Read more
IDF sharpens its tools against Hamas’s terror city under Gaza
October 29, 2023 by Yaakov Lappin
Hamas’s network of tunnels and bunkers, estimated to be many hundreds of kilometres long and embedded in civilian areas, has emerged as a defining feature of the Islamists’ ability to move terrorists and weapons under the Gaza Strip, to launch strikes and stay out of the Israel Air Force’s bombsights. Read more
Solidarity in Sydney and Melbourne
October 29, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
The haunting images of children kidnapped by Hamas gunmen have been placed in empty prams in Sydney’s CBD as communities across the nation remain divided over the conflict in the Middle East. Read more
Into the Fray: Gaza – misconceptualising the conflict; miscomprehending the enemy
October 29, 2023 by Martin Sherman
There is a prevailing myth that the general population in Gaza is the hapless victim of its radical leadership. This is demonstrably false. Read more
Israel reassessing ties with Turkey over Erdogan remarks
October 29, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israel is reassessing its relations with Turkey in response to Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s comments about the Gaza war, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen tweeted on Saturday night. Read more
Israeli troops in Gaza, Hamas vows to use ‘full force’
Israel’s military says its troops are still in the field in Gaza as the relatives of hostages being held by Hamas demand a meeting with the Israeli government.
Hamas HQ underneath Gaza’s largest hospital – fuel stored under hospitals
The Israel Defence Forces provided proof on Friday that the Hamas terrorist organization uses Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as a command and control centre. Read more
Israel launches second limited Gaza raid
October 27, 2023 by TPS
In his first press conference since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, Netanyahu confirmed that the second stage of the war had started with the incursion of ground forces into the enclave on Friday night. Read more
Hamas out of bounds at Sydney University
October 27, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Mark Scott, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney has told students and staff that in the current conflict and at all other times, the university supports the rights of students and staff to engage in political discourse, including by making pro-Israel and pro-Palestine statements. But Hamas is off-limits. Read more
Position vacant: Deputy Mayor at Waverley Council
October 27, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Waverley Council have passed a motion at an Extraordinary Council Meeting changing the term of the Deputy Mayor to be terminated on 13 September 2024 to 26 October 2023, effectively meaning the position is now vacant. Read more
