Trump rejects UN and UNESCO’s fictitious Palestinian state

President Trump’s National Security Adviser – John Bolton – has exposed the fiction that there is a legally constituted “State of Palestine” – shredding United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and United Nations (UN) resolutions misleadingly recognising such a state when none – in fact – exists…writes David Singer. Read more

Barkan terror attack attempts to ‘sabotage the normalisation’ of local Jews and Arabs

Just as shocking as the execution-style murders of Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, a 29-year-old mother of an infant, and Ziv Hajbi, a 35-year-old father of three from Rishon Letzion, was the location of the vicious attack: the Barkan Industrial Park in Samaria, with its mix of Israel and Palestinian employees…writes Josh Hasten. Read more

In Like Flynn: Double passes to give away

Buccaneer, smuggler, gambler, street fighter, gold prospector and one of the most charismatic movie stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Errol Flynn’s life, before he found fame as an actor, was not for the faint-hearted! Read more

ACLU’s opposition to Kavanaugh sounds its death knoll

Now that Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed, it is appropriate to look at the damage caused by the highly partisan confirmation process.  Among the casualties has been an organisation I have long admired…writes Alan Dershowitz. Read more

The full-scale unraveling of Western cultural norms

The Kavanaugh confirmation circus is not just a jaw-dropping and unedifying spectacle. It is a paradigm event in the unraveling of American and Western cultural norms…writes Melanie Phillips/JNS. Read more

Yahya Sinwar explains how Hamas hasn’t changed

In the weeks since footage emerged of British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn insinuating that native-born British Jews have a feeble grasp of English irony, lo and behold, I’ve been spotting ironies everywhere…writes Ben Cohen/JNS. Read more

Israel to Hamas: Don’t test us!

The High Holidays, a time when nothing much gets done in Israel, are over, and as we return to our turbulent day-to-day lives on the front lines, the mentality is one of battle…writes Yoav Limor/JNS. Read more

Yuval Harari and religion

I have always enjoyed reading books that challenge my preconceptions…writes Jeremy Rosen. Read more

On the other hand

A common phrase in Israel whenever one wants to get something done is “acharei ha’chagim” which means “after the holidays…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

B’nai B’rith is relocating to Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre

After eight years in rented office premises in Kooyong Road, B’nai B’rith Victoria’s President Dr Benny Monheit announced to members that B’nai B’rith Victoria is relocating its headquarters to the heart of the community, to become part of Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre in South Caulfield. Read more

The Chosen People? Ask the rabbi

Tricky one this week. Rabbi Rayond Apple deals with The Chosen People. Read more

Haftorah Harry

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Monash University publishes three new books of Jewish interest

Australian universities have become prolific publishers of a wide range of academic and other works…writes Geoffrey Zygier. Read more

Dave the Mensch

In June 2016, the day after two Palestinian terrorists murdered four Israelis in the bustling Tel Aviv Sarona Complex, Dave Sharma took his entire Embassy team to Sarona for lunch, in a show of solidarity and support with Israel…writes Arsen Ostrovsky. Read more

After exposure of Beirut missile sites, Hezbollah and Lebanon conduct some damage control

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision last week at the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York to reveal the location of secret missile sites in Beirut, including one near the city’s international airport, could turn up the pressure on the Lebanese state, and certainly sends a clear warning to Iran and Hezbollah. Read more

Another reason why Trump was right about the Iran deal

Though his fans thrill to his speeches, there’s little doubt that when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the U.N. General Assembly, few there listen…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more

Annual UN carnival

Coinciding with the High Holyday period in our calendar is the annual carnival of farce and hypocrisy known as the UN General Assembly…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

A rabbi for Kehillat Kadimah

Sydney’s Kehillat Kadimah congregation has appointed a communal rabbi. Read more

Defunded by US, an unreformed UNRWA finds European support

During the recent 73rd session of the U.N. General Assembly, while much of the content focused on the words of speakers in the plenum, the real action took place on the sidelines…writes Israel Kasnett/JNS. Read more

The Mishpacha – walking to shule

Follow the adventures of a Jewish family with whom you may well be able to identify somewhat… Read more

Presidential views of Israel

The relationship between Israel and the United States has evolved over the past decades with the most important factor in this unequal partnership, being the views of the US president of the day…writes Ron Weiser. Read more

The UN-Abbas Playground

How important is the Temple Mount?…asks Yisrael Medad/JNS. Read more

Feintooner

This week from Feintooner…Bombastic Makeover. Read more

Danby questions why Australian Foreign Minister didn’t take into account new Israeli revelations

Marise Payne is the new Foreign Minister of Australia; she will be an even more pareve (blander) version of Julie Bishop…writes Michael Danby. Read more

Jordan enclave in West Bank could be Trump’s “two-state” solution

Creating another Palestinian Arab state – in addition to Jordan – has been seemingly consigned to the garbage bin of history following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s CNN interview on 28 September. Read more

An East Jerusalem maternity hospital builds bridges of peace

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Mideast realities: Abbas and Netanyahu at the UN

There was one corner of New York City last Thursday where the Senate Judicial Committee hearings into the accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh went largely unnoticed: the United Nations building perched on the East River, where the 73rd General Assembly has been in full swing this week…writes Ben Cohen/JNS. Read more

Trump puts the ball back in the Palestinians’ court

Is the two-state solution back in play? That’s the upshot of the latest comment from U.S. President Donald Trump…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more

Music to their ears? Advocacy group works to thwart cultural efforts of BDS movement

Since its founding in 2005, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has targeted Israeli universities, businesses and cultural organizations. Most recently, its efforts against Israel’s music scene has been in the headlines more than usual…writes Shiryn Solny/JNS. Read more

Liberal candidate enjoys a sukkah

Today Rabbi Yehoram Ulman and Alex Ryvchin met with the Liberal candidate for Wentworth and former Ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma in the Sukkah to discuss the history of the community and issues affecting the Russian-Jewish community in Wentworth and to hear the candidate’s vision for the electorate.  Read more

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