Feintooner

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Trump unscrambles UN-EU-PLO misinformation omelette

President Trump has started unscrambling the misinformation omelette first cooked up by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Charter in 1964 and dished out by the United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) since 1974…writes David Singer. Read more

Analysis: Latest Israeli airstrike in Syria likely stopped new Iranian threat

The recent missile strike on a military airbase deep in the central Syrian desert looks like the latest installment in a long-standing Israeli campaign to police its red lines against highly dangerous developments to its north…writes Yaakov Lappin/JNS. Read more

Love, Simon…a movie review by Tayla Rosen

An inspiring story of love and honesty takes viewers on a journey through a more light-hearted coming out story than previous films of its kind. Read more

Losing the plot

In the northern hemisphere spring is arriving. In Israel it has sprung but in parts of the USA and in Europe/UK the winter thaw is delayed…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

A good BIG IDEA

The BIG IDEA Gap Year is a program  for a year of intensive hi-tech training, social impact, and a one-of-a-kind Startup Nation experience Israel. Read more

The Anti-Israel Agenda: Inside the Political War on the Jewish State: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen

Any book about Israel is never going to please everyone. Also depending where in the world one lives will depend how this book is viewed. Not that long ago we witnessed an argument in Melbourne about which organisations with an Israeli focus were allowed or precluded from joining the JCCV. Read more

The difficulty of maintaining calm in Gaza

In recent weeks, the Israeli media has covered at length the rapidly deteriorating economic situation in Gaza and the concerns that an economic collapse could lead to a humanitarian crisis or to renewed clashes with Israel along the border. Read more

Setting the record straight on the Malka Leifer case

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Aliyah from Western countries

The founders of modern Israel originated from contrasting ideological movements…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

The issue of Nazi-looted art

At an event in Berlin leading up to the 20^th anniversary of the Washington Principles, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder underscored the large gap between promised improvements in reference to Nazi-looted art and actual actions in Germany. Read more

One Nation to run candidates in 2019 NSW election

Senior NSW Labor frontbencher and NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair Walt Secord has vowed to be at the forefront of the fight against One Nation and its divisive policies – in the forthcoming State election. Read more

Malcolm Turnbull’s message for International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull tweeted his IHRD message. Read more

IDF destroys Hamas terror tunnel that infiltrated Israeli and Egyptian territory

The IDF destroyed a Hamas terror tunnel that ran underneath Israel’s Kerem Shalom border crossing with the southern Gaza Strip as well as under the Egypt-Gaza border. Read more

Kluwgant v Weinberg

Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant is the plaintiff in a defamation action against Philip Weinberg filed in Victoria’s Supreme Court last month. Read more

Australia joins UN Human Rights Council

Australia has taken up our seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, the world’s peak body responsible for human rights. Read more

Lebanese foreign minister acknowledges Israel’s right to exist, then backtracks

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil has drawn widespread criticism in his country for saying in a television interview that Israel has a right to exist. Read more

‘Donald John Trump, Western Wall’ train station approved for construction

The project was approved on Tuesday when Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz accepted recommendations issued by the steering committee of Israel Railways to construct a train station in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter. Read more

On the other hand

Israeli innovations continue to benefit humanity. Whether it is medical, scientific or technological expertise they all contribute to a better future…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Technion Australia launches Haifa Teen Tech

Three students from Sydney’s Moriah College are participating in the inaugural Haifa Teen Tech Competition being held at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. Read more

WJC condemns ANC decision to downgrade South African Embassy in Israel

World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer has strongly condemned the African National Council’s (ANC) endorsement of a resolution to downgrade the South African Embassy in Israel. Read more

1,000 teenagers help to unearth the past

The spectacular remains of a 1,500-year-old (Byzantine Period) monastery and church decorated with mosaic floors and imported marble elements are currently being uncovered during large scale excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Beit Shemesh with the help of over 1,000 teenagers. Read more

Andrews ask Netanyahu to review the Leifer case

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews took an opportunity during his recent visit to Israel to ask Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to review the current process to extradite Malka Leifer wanted in Victoria on 74 charges for sexual abuse. Read more

Bill Shorten on Barry Cohen

Barry Cohen was a much-loved man who will be deeply missed and long remembered.   Read more

NSW Labor labels Berejiklian as “disingenuous” on race hate laws

NSW Labor labelled NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian as “disingenuous” on changing section 20D on race hate violence – and accused her of saying one thing in public and doing the opposite behind closed doors in Cabinet. Read more

Disagreeing with Bill Rubinstein

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Lucky: a movie review by Glen Falkenstein

The last film yet released starring the late, prolific Harry Dean Stanton, this is one for the fans, and fans alone. Read more

UN passes wave of anti-Israel resolutions, disavows Israeli ties to Jerusalem

The United Nations General Assembly passed six anti-Israel resolutions on Thursday, including a measure disavowing Israeli ties to Jerusalem and its holy sites….Australia abstained, New Zealand voted for the motions. Read more

Jewish House breaks its record

Sydney’s Jewish House has shattered its attendance record for its annual gala dinner with the number of guests breaking the 1,000 barrier for the first time. Read more

Play cards for Stella

In September 2015 when Stella Pakula returned from her trip to New York, she felt unwell.  Read more

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