JNF helps disabled and seriously ill Israeli kids

KKL-JNF and JNF-KKL Germany have held a unique spring camp in Eilat in collaboration with Simcha Layeled, dedicated to improving the quality of life and social welfare of disabled and seriously ill children in Israel. Read more

Double amputee joins Israel army, fulfilling dream alongside twin sister

In a moment of unity and determination, Emanuel Olgin, a double amputee with cognitive learning disabilities, realised her lifelong dream of joining the Israel Defence Forces alongside her twin sister, Maayan. Read more

Police to ban Jews from Temple Mount during final days of Ramadan

Jews will be banned from the Temple Mount during the final days of Ramadan, the Israeli Police told activists on Wednesday. Read more

Jewish origins of Mozart’s librettist a ‘poorly kept secret’

One of the most important librettists, or authors of operatic texts, in music history, was born Jewish, but his origins weren’t known widely until the Nazis banned works of Jewish artists during the Holocaust. Read more

Japan to resume UNRWA funding

Tokyo said on Tuesday that it will restore funding to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency. Read more

Spain to recognize Palestinian state by July, says its prime minister

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said his country will recognise Palestinian statehood by July. Read more

Fallen Israeli soldier’s organs save five patients

The organs of an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza were donated to five different people, the National Transplant Centre said on Tuesday. Read more

Apr-23 9:30pm SBS-World Movies: The Conference

On Jan 20, 1942, leading representatives of the Nazi regime meet in a villa in Berlin-Wannsee. Read more

Apr-25 11:45pm SBS-TV: Auschwitz – One Day

This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 in the ‘death factory’ at Auschwitz from the viewpoint of victims – but it also allows insights into the mindset of the perpetrators. Read more

Apr-23 8pm SBS-TV: Great British Railway Journeys

Michael Portillo’s Bradshaw-inspired rail tour of London continues in Hampstead, where, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, a ground-breaking Jewish doctor found refuge. Read more

Gaza tragic blunder: community leaders react

Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom was one of seven aid workers killed by an Israeli attack gone wrong. Read more

Dry Bones: Urban warfare

Dry Bones Read more

Palestinian Authority pushing for full-fledged UN membership

The Palestinian Authority intends to press the United Nations to schedule a vote on its admission as a full member of the world body later this month, Ramallah’s permanent U.N. “observer” told Reuters on Monday night. Read more

The Biden administration’s war against the government of Israel

The war rages in the Gaza Strip, northern Israel, Lebanon, Eilat and on the streets of Israel’s cities as Iran’s Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi and Yemeni proxies maintain and escalate their operations against the Jewish state. Read more

Photographers who joined the Oct. 7 pogrom deserve censure, not awards

What is the obligation of a reporter or news photographer covering an act of terrorism or warfare? Read more

Nadav Cohen: 600th IDF soldier to fall since Oct 7

The Israel Defence Forces announced on Monday the death of the 600th soldier to fall since October 7. Read more

Netanyahu moves to shut down Al Jazeera TV in Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has revived moves to shutter Qatari satellite television station Al Jazeera in Israel, pledging to take “immediate action” to close the station’s local office while the war in Gaza continues. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Philip Louis Frankel

Businessman, mason, chazan, sportsman, and loyal Jew Read more

Australian aid worker killed: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade requests a meeting with Israel’s ambassador

Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon, has been requested for a call-in by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the death of Zomi Frankcom. Read more

Australian aid worker killed in Israeli strike on Gaza

An Australian aid worker is among five employees from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) non-governmental organisation killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza, accoring to the Hamas-run Gaza government media office. Read more

Israeli police arrest Ismail Haniyeh’s sister on terror charges

The sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was arrested on terror offences in the Israeli Bedouin village of Tel Sheva, near Beer-Sheva, Israeli authorities announced on Monday. Read more

Netanyahu awake, recovering from hernia operation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is awake and recovering from a hernia operation, the Hadassah Medical Centre-Ein Kerem announced on Monday morning. Read more

Israeli forces leave Shifa Hospital compound

Israeli soldiers have left Gaza’s Shifa Hospital compound after eliminating entrenched Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists, the Israel Defence Forces said on Monday. Read more

Jim Salinger: Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year

Climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger has been named Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year. Read more

HKOPS: The other two-state solution Biden could endorse

President Biden has for the first time suggested his readiness to abandon the failed two-state solution embodied in Security Council Resolution 2334 (Resolution 2334 two-state solution) – endorsing instead a different two-state solution that could possibly be the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS two-state solution). Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: US presents Israel with alternatives to Rafah battle Read more

Hamas knows 11% of its rockets landed within Gaza

The Israeli agency COGAT has reported on how the Hamas terrorist organisation’s attacks on Israel actually lead directly to the deaths of people in Gaza saying, “Hamas does not care about Gaza civilians.” Read more

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