Israeli UN envoy: ‘How morally bankrupt has this body become?’

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, ripped into the U.N. General Assembly during a Tuesday morning meeting while holding up a cake with the face of Kfir Bibas, who will turn one year old in the coming days. Read more

The Australian Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society

Juan Pérez Floristán, gold medallist at the 16th Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition in 2021 in Tel Aviv performed in a recital at the launch of the Australian Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society in Sydney. Read more

“We are coming for you” – message to ECAJ

Nour Mohamed is alleged to have sent an image of the moment before IS beheaded US journalist James Foley to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, followed by a message stating, “We are coming for you.” Read more

Police act on the stolen Woollahra Council’s Israeli flag

Three people have been charged as investigations continue into the theft of an Israeli flag outside Woollahra Council in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Read more

Hostage’s brother: Red Cross worker told family to care more about Gaza

CNN anchor Jake Tapper interviewed Dor Steinbrecher, the brother of hostage Doron Steinbrecher, a nurse and veterinarian from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, who told him that a Red Cross worker had dismissed a concern from their mother for needed medication, rebuking the family that they should be more concerned about Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Read more

Hezbollah’s attack on IAF base was a wake-up call

Hezbollah’s Jan. 6 attack on the Israeli Air Force’s Meron air traffic control base, likely using Iranian-supplied Kornet-EM missiles, marks a significant escalation by the Iran-backed terrorist group.  Read more

Families of hostages: Suspend Gaza aid deliveries for release of loved ones

Families of 132 Israeli hostages being held by Hamas called on Israel to withhold humanitarian aid to leverage the release of their loved ones on Tuesday, while trying to disrupt the arrival of aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing. Read more

Freed South African-Israeli gives searing testimony of Gaza captivity

A South African-Israeli woman freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza after 51 days delivered searing testimony about her experiences there to a Knesset panel on Tuesday. Read more

Idan Amedi, ‘Fauda’ star, seriously injured in Gaza

The musician and actor Idan Amedi, 35, who plays Sagi in the Netflix series “Fauda,” was reportedly seriously injured while serving as a reservist with the Combat Engineering Corps in Khan Yunis in Gaza. Read more

Victoria Police’s Operation Park

Victoria Police (VicPol) says it is working to reassure the Jewish community that they are committed to “reducing and preventing prejudicially motivated crimes, sparked by overseas tensions in the later months of 2023”. Read more

Pedalling across the Jewish world to raise awareness of the hostages

300 cyclists have signed up for two rides down the coast from Melbourne on Sunday to highlight the plight of the 133 hostages remaining in Gaza. Read more

KKL-JNF honours 20 Israeli women for their bravery on Oct. 7

Dozens of people gathered in Ofakim northeast of Beersheva on Sunday to celebrate 20 Israeli women who put their lives at risk to save others during Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre. Read more

3 million tourists visited Israel in 2023 before Hamas war

Three million tourists visited Israel last year, with the first nine months before the outbreak of the war with Hamas setting a record for tourism from the United States, the Israeli Tourism Ministry announced on Monday. Read more

Israel takes control of massive weapons complex below densely populated Gaza area

Israeli soldiers have taken control of Hamas’s Bureij Battalion headquarters, which included a massive underground weapons manufacturing facility. Read more

Meet the controversial judge representing Israel at the International Court of Justice

Israel has chosen Aharon Barak, 87, a former president of the Israeli Supreme Court, to sit as its representative on the judges’ panel at the International Court of Justice in the Hague to hear proceedings brought by South Africa against Israel. Read more

Israel strikes terror targets overnight in Gaza, Lebanon

Israel struck Hamas and Hezbollah terror facilities in Khan Yunis and Lebanon in overnight strikes, the Israel Defence Forces said on Monday morning. Read more

What Romi saw last before she was kidnapped

Survivors and the families of victims of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre converged on Friday at the site of the Supernova music festival to call for the release of hostages still being held in the Gaza Strip. Read more

Israel finds evidence of Iranian effort to help hamas build precision missiles

Israel Defence Forces troops operating in Gaza City’s Daraj and Tuffah districts discovered components used by Hamas to produce precision-guided missiles and other strategic weapons with direct assistance from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the military announced on Sunday. Read more

Blinken in talks with Arab leaders on Gaza crisis

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken, who’s on a five-day mission to the Middle East, is warning of the Gaza conflict ‘metastisising’ across the region without concerted peace efforts. Read more

Stop “repeated hate-mongering against Jews”

Islamic clerics accused of preaching hate and inciting violence could be hit with legal action as Jewish leaders claim anti-Semitic remarks are not being prosecuted. Read more

Nazi salute and swastika bans target ‘evil ideology’

Performing the Nazi salute in public or displaying symbols such as the swastika are now illegal. Read more

Netanyahu: put differences aside until victory over Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the country and its political establishment to put all differences aside in order to achieve total victory against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Read more

‘I hope they shoot her, I hope it’s quick’

“When her phone died, I said, ‘I hope they shoot her, I hope it’s quick.’ Shani Yerushalmi, 25, from Tel Aviv, told JNS. “I never thought they’d kidnap her.” Read more

Israeli forces find weapons and inciting games for children

Weapons and games designed to incite children to violence were discovered in a Hamas commander’s home in the outskirts of Khan Yunis as Israeli forces battled a Hamas terror squad holed up in a nearby school, the Israel Defence Forces said on Saturday. Read more

Pro-Palestine protesters rally at road cycling titles

Pro-Palestine protesters were ushered off the course before the start of the men’s road race at the Australian road cycling championships. Read more

Thousands of extremists posts removed from social media

More than 2500 violent or extremist social media posts have been removed from online platforms following requests by the federal government in the past six months. Read more

Kindertransport survivor, celebrates 100th birthday

Kindertransport survivor Walter Bingham celebrates his 100th birthday in Jerusalem. Read more

The six top Hamas leaders In Israel’s sights

While the assassination of Hamas deputy leader Salah Arouri in an airstrike in Beirut on Tuesday was the highest-profile attack on the terror group, it is by no means the last. Read more

Israel’s UN envoy links Iran to Houthi attacks in Red Sea

Imploring the United Nations Security Council to address the “radioactive Shi’ite elephant in the room,” Israel’s U.N. ambassador on Wednesday linked Iran to the conflicts throughout the region. Read more

Qantas crew members don Palestinian pins while serving passengers

Qantas has received a rebuke from AJA for a decision by staffers to display Palestinian flag pins on a Dec. 20 flight from Melbourne to Hobart. Read more

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