The Madonna of Gaza

The superstar Madonna has urged the Pope Leo XIV to visit the Gaza Strip and “bring his light” to the children there “before it is too late.” Read more

KKL-JNF approves NIS 100 million, five-year plan for Jordan Valley

Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) has approved a historic plan to expand its development efforts along the eastern side of Highway 90, from the Arava to the Golan Heights, with a special focus on the Jordan Valley. Read more

Toronto Film Festival backflips on October 7 rescue film after claiming Hamas footage not cleared

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has reinstated a documentary on the Hamas October 7, 2023, attack after first saying it could not be shown because the terrorists’ own bodycam footage was not cleared for use by Hamas. Read more

Gidon Ben-Zvi

J-Wire is devastated to learn of the passing of columnist Gidon Ben-Zvi at the age of 51 after a brave fight with cancer. Read more

Transparent Duplicity

Duplicitous deception is usually carried out in secret, undercover and with the intention of evading detection. Read more

Tom Lehrer

In Memoriam: 1928-2025 Read more

Footloose: The Musical

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Victorian shadow minister says Hamas praise for PM is “shocking”

Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday evening, David Davis MP, accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of being “praised by Hamas” and warned that Australia’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state will inflame tensions in one of the country’s largest Jewish population centres.

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PM defends Palestine recognition after US ‘disgust’

Australia’s decision to recognise Palestine was made in the interest of its citizens, the prime minister has said, after a US official decried the move. Read more

NZ Jewish Council urges caution on premature recognition of Palestinian state

The New Zealand Jewish Council has reiterated its long-held position that the only viable resolution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is a negotiated two-state solution — one that results in a secure and recognised Israel alongside a peaceful and democratic Palestinian state, reached through direct talks and backed by mutual recognition and security guarantees. Read more

‘Disgust’: US diplomat attacks ALP’s Palestine decision

America’s ambassador to Israel has taken aim at the federal government’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood at a United Nations meeting in September. Read more

Israel moves forward with long-stalled e1 housing project

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that he will approve tenders for more than 3,000 housing units in the long-stalled E1 project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, declaring the move a “revolution.” Read more

‘Never Again’ means putting Israel first

Since its establishment, life in Israel has resembled a grim trade-off…writes Odelia Kedmi. Read more

Israel welcomes UN blacklisting of Hamas for sexual crimes in conflict

Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday welcomed the UN’s decision to add Hamas to its “blacklist” of groups committing sexual crimes in armed conflicts, calling it an overdue recognition of atrocities committed since October 7. Read more

The Life of Chuck

A movie review by Alex First Read more

Shabbat Eykev

Hamas praise for Australia’s Palestine recognition sparks further Jewish community outcry

Australian Jewish leaders have increased their criticism of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state, following praise for the move from Hamas.

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PM slams Hamas as senior leader denies praising him

Anthony Albanese has warned against trusting Hamas propaganda as an official from the terrorist group denies reports it backed Labor’s “political courage”. Read more

Gaza terrorists caught using fake humanitarian logo and vests

The U.S.-based World Central Kitchen confirmed an Israeli accusation that Palestinian terrorists in Gaza were caught on video impersonating humanitarian aid staff. Read more

Feintooner

This week’s cartoon: All the world’s a stage Read more

Albanese and Wong’s statement of shame

The statement issued by Australia’s Prime Minister Albanese and Foreign Minister Wong announcing that Australia will recognise the State of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September is riddled with falsehoods and inaccuracies that need to be exposed and rebutted. Read more

NZ PM tells Netanyahu he has ‘lost the plot’ amid Gaza criticism

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has sharply criticised his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the Israeli leader has “lost the plot” in response to the latest phase of Israel’s military operation in Gaza. Read more

Global momentum behind Australia recognising Palestine

The international community is making a united effort to recognise Palestine, the prime minister says, despite a top US official saying Australia’s push is meaningless. Read more

Australia’s silence on Jew-hatred should’ve drawn more attention right after Oct 7, former official says

In the weeks after Oct. 7, the Biden administration led an international effort that produced a statement condemning Jew-hatred that nearly three dozen countries signed. Read more

Israeli probe finds Gaza hunger reports inflated, deaths misattributed

Israel’s security establishment said Tuesday that a detailed investigation had exposed “the lie of the ‘starvation campaign,’” accusing Hamas of fabricating and exaggerating claims of famine in the Gaza Strip. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish past

Teofila “Totti” Cohen AM OBE – Australian Educational Reformer and Solicitor Read more

Trump’s message to Israel: ‘Remember Oct. 7’

“I have one thing to say: remember October 7, remember October 7,” U.S. President Donald Trump told Axios on Monday, referring to the Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of southern Israel by the terror group Hamas. Read more

When a ‘journalist’ wages war for Hamas

By any normal standard of journalism, Anas al-Sharif was no reporter. Read more

With terrorist behind Sbarro bombing still free, Roths urge US Jewish groups to act

Aug. 9 marked 24 years since the Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem, when a Hamas suicide bomber entered the bustling establishment and took the lives of 16 people, including eight children and a pregnant woman. Some 130 were wounded. Read more

A bridge to anti-Israel hypocrisy

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