MKs back civilians suspected of murdering Hamas terrorist on Oct. 7

Israeli lawmakers from across the political spectrum gave their backing on Sunday to three Israelis suspected of murdering a Gazan terrorist who infiltrated the Jewish state during the Oct. 7 massacre. Read more

Paratrooper at centre of iconic Six-Day War photo dead at 81

The central figure in an iconic 1967 photograph of three paratroopers at the liberated Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem died on Saturday. Yitzhak Yifat was 81. Read more

On the other hand

Who doesn’t relish the taste of homemade Shabbat meals? Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: Elections and Deceptions Read more

UN can no longer ignore Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution

President Biden has ended the Security Council’s failed eight-year pursuit to achieve a nebulous two-state solution embodied in Resolution 2334 (2016) – replacing it with his own specific two-state solution contained in United States of America Draft Resolution S/2024/448  – adopted by the Security Council 14-0 as Resolution 2735 on 10 June. Read more

Israeli protesters urging Gaza hostage deal block roads

Demonstrators are taking to the streets, blocking rush hour traffic at major intersections across Israel, to push for a hostage deal with Hamas. Read more

Tunnel shaft found in Khan Yunis City Hall was Hamas gathering point

Israeli soldiers continued pressing attacks on Hamas across the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday morning, including strikes on a tunnel shaft discovered in the Khan Yunis city hall and a UNRWA school used by the terror group as a command centre. Read more

Rambam Israel study group reports

Indigenous member of a recent AIJAC Rambam study program visiting Israel says the Jewish community has been a major friend to Australia’s First Peoples. Read more

Judicial inquiry into university antisemitism being examined

University vice-chancellors will be required to explain their failures to combat antisemitism on university campuses in a senate inquiry bitterly opposed by the Greens. Read more

Can Israel afford to stand up to America?

There’s no denying the severe tensions between the Biden administration and the Israeli government over the war being waged against Israel by Iran and its proxies. Read more

Israel’s Chief Rabbis step down without successors in sight

A political struggle has left Israel without chief rabbis for the first time in the country’s history. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Senator Paul Scarr “a lack of specific programs to combat antisemitism”

Morry Frenkel speaks with Senator Paul Scarr, member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and Liberal Senator for Queensland, who is currently chairing the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee enquiring into right-wing extremist movements in Australia.

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Il Trittico – an opera review by Murray Dahm

Puccini’s Il Trittico is a peculiar piece. Its name is the Italian for a triptych, three panels of the same (usually religious) artwork related to one another. Read more

Vale Professor Bill Rubinstein 1946-2024

The prominent Jewish historian, researcher  and intellectual Professor William (Bill) Rubinstein passed away suddenly on Monday 1 July 2024. Read more

Israel delegation to negotiate hostage deal with Hamas

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US President Joe Biden he is sending a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas. Read more

Freedom march in Melbourne on Sunday

This Sunday, July 7, a freedom march will take place around Caulfield Park to mark nine months since the unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas in which some 1200 people were brutally murdered and more than 240 were taken hostage. Read more

Wake Up Calls

Incredibly, some individuals and groups still believe that the Arab/Islamic campaign of terror against Israel and Jews only dates from 1967. Read more

Israel strikes Hamas terrorists holed up in two UN schools

Israeli aircraft struck terrorists operating from United Nations schools in the area of Gaza City on Thursday, the Israel Defence Forces said. Read more

Report challenges UN claims of Gaza famine

A new report on Gaza hunger published on Thursday disproved a United Nations agency’s figures claiming famine in the Strip. Read more

Disney on Ice: Road Trip Adventures

A Melbourne ice show reviewed by Alex First Read more

Palestine protesters must face ‘full force’ of law: PM

The prime minister has accused protesters of undermining democracy after they breached parliamentary security to unfurl pro-Palestinian banners. Read more

Sydney uni policy ‘strangles’ protest rights: students

Students feel “strangled” and “chilled” by a new University of Sydney campus policy severely limiting their right to protest. Read more

In heated interview, Roger Waters denies Hamas rapes

Roger Waters has ignited a firestorm of controversy for denying that Hamas terrorists raped Israeli women during their brutal onslaught on Oct. 7, despite ample evidence to the contrary. Read more

Payman laments ‘injustice’ as she slams door on Labor

A teary Fatima Payman has vowed to work through death threats and anger from Labor colleagues to push for Palestinian rights after she quit the party. Read more

War with Hezbollah? Don’t bank on Australian support

The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council has voiced its concern that news reports claim that Israel’s ambassador to Australia was advised by the Australian deputy foreign minister that there would be no support if a war breaks out with Hezbollah. Read more

Ceasefire shows signs of revival

Signs of renewed activity have emerged in the quest for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the nine-month-old war in the Gaza Strip. Read more

Eylon Levy to address JNF annual campaign

Eylon Levy, the official spokesperson for the Government of Israel immediately following October 7 will headline the 2024 JNF Annual Campaign. Read more

Shabbat Korach – Rosh Chodesh: Miracles

One of the amazing features of the Torah, over and above its significance as the foundation of Judaism, is the way it conveys human nature with all its greatness and pettiness, triumphs and failures. Read more

Dry Bones: Superpower

And the whole world is watching… Read more

In 21st-century Europe, Jews need new allies

The shock and dismay about the results of the first round of the French parliamentary elections held last weekend on the part of most liberal observers of European politics is palpable. Read more

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