Accusations against Israel are latest disservice to coiner of the word ‘genocide’…writes Rafael Medoff
July 22, 2014 by Rafael Medoff - JNS.org
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims Israel is carrying out “systematic genocide” in Gaza. South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), asserts that Israel’s actions in Gaza “remind [us] of the atrocities of Nazi Germany.” Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is accusing Israel of “genocide,” and the PA’s newspaper is calling the current war “Israel’s Holocaust.” Read more
Against antisemitism, self-defense is no offense…writes Ben Cohen
July 22, 2014 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
The debate about whether Jews have a future in Europe has once again surfaced, as Israel’s Operation Protective Edge gained momentum in response to Hamas rocket attacks from Gaza. Read more
Tunnel Vision…writes Michael Kuttner
July 21, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
For quite some years now a vast network of tunnels has been constructed from Gaza to the Israel side of the border as well as from Gaza to Egyptian territory. Read more
An Epi-Gene is a Happy Gene
July 21, 2014 by Rabbi Laibl Wolf
Life can victimize you. The child can be a victim of poor parenting. The teenager can be a victim of drug peddlers. The adult can be a victim of poor financial advice. Voters can be victims of political intrigues. And we are all victims of our genes. But an emerging branch of science known as epigenetics suggests otherwise. Read more
Still Life…a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
July 19, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
Funerals are meant for the living. Still Life opens intriguingly with the same solitary figure at a series of burial services. Read more
Palestine – Israel Takes Off The Gloves…writes David Singer
July 19, 2014 by David Singer
Israel’s disastrous unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in August 2005 faces possible reversal with the Israeli army’s re-entry into Gaza in July 2014. Read more
Not naive – just loving…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
July 18, 2014 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
A gentile seeking to convert to Judaism once approached the great sage Hillel and said: “Teach me the whole Torah while I stand on one foot.” Read more
From “Fabrication” to Validation: UNRWA responds to evidence that Hamas embedded itself in UNRWA
July 18, 2014 by David Bedein
To grasp the complexities of the Israel- Gaza war, take into account that UNRWA the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, is responsible for the well being of 75% of Gaza’s population, who dwell in “temporary” UNRWA refugee camps since 1949. with the expectation that they will return to their villages that existed before 1948. Read more
Facebook caught in Social Media war
July 18, 2014 by Andre Oboler
Beyond the physical war between Hamas and Israel and another war is raging. This other war is taking place in social media; it’s caught major players like Facebook unprepared, and its caused government officials around the world to quietly express concerns about vilification on social media potentially fueling violence on the streets in places far removed from the zone of conflict. Read more
Mahmoud Abbas: the so-called Palestinian leader…writes Sean Savage
July 18, 2014 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
Since taking over as president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) after Yasser Arafat’s death in 2004, Mahmoud Abbas—whose PA term actually expired in 2009—has been continually touted by world leaders as someone Israel can rely on to make peace. Read more
A letter from Israel
Melbourne-born Delilah Schwartz is in the IDF training as an officer…and writes from Israel. Read more
Unloved – A Dark Unnatural Space …writes Rabbi Laibl Wolf
July 17, 2014 by Rabbi Laibl Wolf
The problem is not the problem – the relationship is the problem. So states Steven Covey. So why are there wars over territory and messy divorce disputes? Read more
Ask the rabbi
July 15, 2014 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, and was Australia’s highest profile rabbi and the leading spokesperson for Jews and Judaism on the Australian continent. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem Read more
Abbas, Auschwitz, and Palestinian strategy…writes Ben Cohen
July 15, 2014 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
It was often remarked that the late Palestine Liberation Organization leader, Yasser Arafat, would sound moderate when speaking in English and utterly intransigent when speaking in Arabic. Much of the same could be said about his successor, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority. Read more
Winning on the Third Front…by Dvir Kahana
Last week, the State of Israel began an extensive military operation designed to restore order and allow Israeli citizens to go back and live their lives in peace. Read more
The Sabba Safta army…writes Michael Kuttner
July 15, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
Normally in Israel at this time of the year with the long summer school vacation in full swing young children and older teens are busily occupied attending organized fun activities, summer camps and sports competitions. Read more
Israel Defends Entire Civilized World…writes Alan Dershowitz
July 13, 2014 by Alan Dershowitz
Israel’s military action against Hamas terrorist rockets is a preview of what the entire civilized world is likely to face in the near future. Read more
Obama’s ongoing shameful behavior against Israel…writes Isi Leibler
July 13, 2014 by Isi Leibler
We are now reconciled to the fact that in any conflict — even when we are exercising our right of self-defence — we will either be condemned or, at best, accused of acting disproportionately. Read more
Venus in Fur…a film review by Roz Tarszisz
July 13, 2014 by Roz Tarszisz
Venus in Fur – a play within a play. Based on David Ives’ Tony Award winning play “Venus in Fur”, this two hander directed by Roman Polanksi opens innocuously enough in a small rundown theatre in Paris.
Palestine – Abbas Facing Prosecution For Aiding And Abetting War Crimes…writes David Singer
July 13, 2014 by David Singer
Mahmoud Abbas – Head of the Government of National Consensus in Gaza since 2 June – faces prosecution in the international criminal justice system for aiding and abetting war crimes involving the indiscriminate firing of 384 rockets and missiles from Gaza into Israeli population centres reaching as far away as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem over the past four days. Read more
Why Israel Has Been Forced to Go to War…writes Dennis MacEoin
I want you to imagine this. An independent Scotland, fired up by new-found freedoms and ruled by President Robbie Burns II, bursts into ructions of tartan nationalism. Read more
We can make a difference…writes Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
July 11, 2014 by Rabbi Michoel Gourarie
Israel is once again under attack with multiple rocket attacks aimed at densely populated areas. Read more
How many rockets would YOU tolerate?…asks Emily Gian
July 11, 2014 by Emily Gian
As Israel enters the fourth day of “Operation Protective Edge”, there is one simple question I would like to ask of Israel’s detractors. Read more
In Gaza, Israel faces new jihadist threats on top of a wounded Hamas…writes Sean Savage
July 11, 2014 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
With the launch of the Israeli army’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, much of the public’s attention has appropriately focused on Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group behind the June 12 abduction and murder of three Jewish teens and more recently the escalation of rocket fire on Israel. But the threats the Jewish state faces from Gaza may not be as clear-cut as they seem. Read more
Israel’s deputy defense minister not afraid to speak his mind…writes Jacob Kamaras
July 10, 2014 by Jacob Kamaras
In March, ahead of what would have been Israel’s fourth release of 26 Palestinian terrorist prisoners for the now-collapsed peace talks, Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon (Likud) said he would resign from his position in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government if the prisoners were freed. Read more
There is no moral equivalence but Netanyahu must act now…writes Isi Leibler
July 9, 2014 by Isi Leibler
The words of last week’s Torah portion resonate loudly, as we read of the non-Jewish prophet Balaam’s description of “the people that dwells alone and is not counted among the nations.” Read more
Sane perspectives needed – Not knee jerk reactions…writes Michael Kuttner
July 9, 2014 by Michael Kuttner
At this time and especially in the aftermath of the murders of the three Israeli teenagers and the Arab youth in Jerusalem with all the collateral activities taking place such as rocket barrages from Palestinian Authority controlled Gaza, it is appropriate that we take a deep breath, look closely at the facts and then sort out our thoughts and conclusions. Read more
Palestine – PLO And Hamas Threaten Split Over Islamic State…writes David Singer
July 7, 2014 by David Singer
The declaration of the Islamic State on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan threatens once again to embroil the recently reconciled PLO and Hamas in renewed and violent confrontation after just ending their seven year internecine feud – destroying any hope of ever achieving a Palestinian Arab State between Jordan and Israel. Read more
A Non Existent Response to Terror… writes Gil Solomon
July 7, 2014 by Gil Solomon
Like me, readers of this article may well be frustrated with and inundated by endless messages from Jewish organisations together with the meaningless action by Israeli authorities following the murder of three Israeli teenagers whose lives were snuffed out and whose souls sent prematurely to their maker. Read more
Theatre news
July 6, 2014 by Deb Meyer
Sydney will soon be treated to the award-winning adaptation of Chaim Potok’s well-loved film The Chosen for the stage…writes Deb Meyer. Read more
