The President and the Prime Minister
October 2, 2014 by Agencies
U.S. President Barack Obama has met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…J-Wire publishes their public statements. Read more
Palestinian-Israeli soccer school
September 1, 2014 by Agencies
Israel’s 9th President, Shimon Peres, will kick off the Peres Center for Peace’s annual “Twinned Peace Soccer Schools” program tomorrow at Kibbutz Dorot in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council. Read more
Netanyahu tells Ban Ki-moon Hamas is ISIS and ISIS is Hamas
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his claim that Hamas is ISIS and ISIS as Hamas…this time to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Read more
Inquiry head’s attitude to Israel questioned
August 15, 2014 by Agencies
NGO Monitor claims that the UN Human Rights Council appointee Canadian Professor William Schabas has a record of anti-Israel bias. Read more
A message to world Jewry
Israel ‘s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has sent a message to world Jewry…. Read more
International media intimidated?
August 7, 2014 by Agencies
The international media will have to answer for the intimidation by Hamas of journalists working in Gaza, which has produced a one-sided anti-Israel narrative in the mainstream press, World Jewish Congress spokeswoman E.J. Kessler declared today. Read more
Netanyahu says troops are “completing the work”
August 3, 2014 by Agencies
“Hamas wants the residents of Gaza to suffer and be hurt and thinks that the world will blame Israel for their suffering. There are many people in the world who understand exactly what Hamas is, the same organization that, together with Qatar, assured US Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon regarding a ceasefire. It misled both of them.” Read more
WJC condemns kidnapping
August 2, 2014 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress has condemned the kidnapping by Hamas of an Israeli soldier. Read more
Hamas’s true colours
July 16, 2014 by Agencies
Ahead of a solidarity mission of more than 50 international Jewish community leaders to Israel on Wednesday and Thursday, World Jewish Congress chairman Ronald S. Lauder said Hamas’ refusal to sign up to an Egyptian cease-fire plan once again revealed the organization’s true colors. Read more
From Benjamin Netanyahu
July 16, 2014 by Agencies
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following statement following Hamas’s rejection of the ceasefire. Read more
NZ calls for Kiwis to quit Gaza
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has said his country strongly supports the United Nations Security Council’s call for a ceasefire between the Israelis and Palestinians. Read more
Anti-Semitic attacks on the rise
July 15, 2014 by Agencies
Following the attack on a Melbourne man reported on J-Wire yesterday, the World Jewish Congress reports that similar incidents are happening in other parts of the western world. Read more
Us and them
July 14, 2014 by Agencies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described to his Cabinet what he perceives to be a major point of difference between the Israelis and Hamas… Read more
WJC criticises the U.N. – Australian Labor Party supports U.N. call for ceasefire
The World Jewish Congress has criticised the United Nations Security Council and senior UN officials for failing to recognise Israel’s right to self-defense under the UN Charter against armed attacks against its territory and population. Read more
Aussies at Yad Vashem Holocaust Studies conference
July 10, 2014 by Agencies
Hundreds of educators from across the world have attended the 9th International Conference on Holocaust Education at Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies. Read more
Peres meets Obama
June 27, 2014 by Agencies
The President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, has met with President Obama at the White House. Read more
WJC condemns Presbyterian resolution
June 22, 2014 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer condemned a resolution adopted Friday by the Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA, saying that it “sent a terrible signal” about the church and its priorities. Read more
Families of abducted Israeli teens refuse to succumb to despair
June 17, 2014 by Agencies
As the days pass following the abduction of three Jewish teenagers near Hebron, the boys’ families are refusing to succumb to despair despite the uncertainty surrounding the situation. Read more
Interfaith farewell
June 16, 2014 by Agencies
The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has hosted a Farewell Dinner for the Senior Rabbi of The Great Synagogue, Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence and his wife Mandy. Read more
Jean-Marie Le Pen’s oven remarks condemned by the WJC
June 11, 2014 by Agencies
Leaders of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) have condemned remarks made by the founder and long-time leader of the French National Front (FN) party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who in video had remarked about Jewish singer Patrick Bruel: “We organize an oven for him next time” (“On fera une fournée la prochaine foie”. Read more
France and the Ukraine – The Jewish Agency ups the ante
June 11, 2014 by Agencies
In light of the dramatic increase in Aliyah (immigration) from France and Ukraine, The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption—the two central bodies tasked with responsibility for Aliyah and immigrant absorption—are spearheading a comprehensive effort to allocate ever more resources to further increase the number of immigrants and aid their absorption into Israeli society. Read more
Polish Holocaust victims living overseas to receive pension
May 29, 2014 by Agencies
The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) has welcomed legislation allowing certain Holocaust victims and others who were Polish citizens during World War II to receive payments in bank accounts outside of Poland. Read more
Ukrainians head for Israel
May 29, 2014 by Agencies
A group of six olim (immigrants) from the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine has landed in Israel a short time ago following a fast-paced operation put into action by The Jewish Agency for Israel due to the battles surrounding the city’s airport. Read more
The Eve Besen Centre
May 26, 2014 by Agencies
The National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (Victoria) has launched The Eva Besen Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield. Read more
Hollywood urged to speak out against BDS
May 15, 2014 by Agencies
Ronald S. Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), has condemned a call by a group of American actors led by Danny Glover for an all-out cultural boycott of Israel. Read more
Odessa’s Jews prepare to evacuate
May 7, 2014 by Agencies
Odessa Jewish community leaders have announced that Jews in the Western Ukrainian city are preparing to evacuate if violence there worsens. Read more
Art kept Holocaust victims alive
World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer has noted the importance of the arts to the persecuted Jews in Nazi Europe. “The will to make art kept alive for a few more days countless Jews imprisoned in ghettos and camps,” Singer said. “The art that Jews made lifted the spirits of those who heard the music of ghetto orchestras or saw a drawing scratched out in charcoal on a barracks’ wall. It was the finest kind of spiritual resistance.” Read more
Strengthening Jewish-Chinese relations
April 29, 2014 by Agencies
The two top professionals of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) have held a series of meetings in Beijing with senior Chinese officials aimed at strengthening Sino-Judeo relations. Read more
Yom HaShoah…Benjamin Netanyahu at Yad Vashem
April 28, 2014 by Agencies
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Yom HaShoah at Yad Vashem… Read more
Yom HaShoah…from President Shimon Peres
April 28, 2014 by Agencies
The President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, spoke at the official commemoration ceremony for the Holocaust Martys’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem. Read more
