Israel warns Lebanon as cross-border hostilities spike

Israel says it is poised to impose quiet on the Lebanese front after hostilities spiked, with Hezbollah wounding civilians in a cross-border missile attack and the Israeli air force bombing sites linked to the Iranian-backed group. Read more

100th anniversary of the NSW Jewish War Memorial

The Governor of New South Wales, Margaret Beazley, attended the Remembrance Day service at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Read more

Israelis searching for bodies near Gaza get eagle-eyed help

Israeli authorities searching for the remains of people massacred by Hamas on October 7 received some unexpected help from a white-tailed eagle that recently landed in Israel. Read more

‘Mein Kampf’ found in Gaza children’s room used as terror base

Israeli soldiers in Gaza have found a copy of “Mein Kampf,” Adolf Hitler’s antisemitic manifesto, in a children’s room in a civilian home that served as a terror base for Hamas, Israeli President Isaac Herzog disclosed in an interview with the BBC network on Sunday. Read more

Politicians temper stance on ceasefire after protests

Top politicians have softened their objections to a ceasefire in the Middle East after a weekend of nationwide demonstrations showed strong support for peace. Read more

Gaza hospitals suspend operations as Israel hunts Hamas

Two major hospitals in Gaza have closed to new patients, with staff saying Israeli bombardment and a lack of fuel and medicine mean more babies and others could die. Read more

Hamas’s human shields: ‘terrorists left the hospital with civilians’

The Israel Defence Forces evacuated Rantisi Hospital in the Gaza Strip and chose not to target Hamas terrorists leaving with civilians on foot and in cars and ambulances, military officials said on Saturday. The decision was made to avoid harming Palestinian noncombatants. Read more

Wong calls on Israel to stop strikes on Gaza hospital

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has urged Israel to stop attacking medical facilities as Gaza’s largest hospital comes under siege. Read more

Kites of hope

Messages of hope for the hostages being held by Hamas soared sky-high today, when hundreds of members of the Jewish community of Melbourne flew dozens of kites in Caulfield Park as part of the Bring Them Home campaign. Read more

Hamas fires on civilians evacuating refugee camp

During fighting in Gaza’s Shati refugee camp, Hamas terrorists fired on Palestinians trying to evacuate the camp along a path on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday morning. Read more

Israel says ready to evacuate babies from Gaza hospital

Israel’s military says it is ready to evacuate babies from Gaza’s largest hospital, where Palestinian officials said two newborns had died and dozens more were at risk after fuel ran out amid intense fighting in the area. Read more

A vigil of solidarity

David Ossip, president of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, retold 5,500 participants at a solidarity vigil in Sydney that 240 human beings are sitting in dark tunnels, disoriented. Read more

Caulfield synagogue evacuated on Shabbat

Violence has erupted as pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters squared off in Melbourne’s southeast after a suspicious fire at a nearby burger shop. Read more

Important message from the CSG

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and CSG NSW have been made aware of a planned pro-Palestine motorcycle convoy which may enter the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney after 5pm tomorrow evening, Saturday 11 November 2023. Read more

First person charged under new law banning Nazi salute

A Melbourne man has been charged under a new Victorian law banning Nazi salutes and symbols. Read more

Albanese speaks with Palestinian Authority leader

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, condemning the Hamas attack on Israel and expressing his concern over civilian casualties in the Mideast conflict. Read more

US says Israel to begin four-hour pauses in northern Gaza

Israel will begin daily four-hour pauses in the northern Gaza Strip to enable Palestinians to flee hostilities in the coastal enclave, the White House says in what it calls a step in the right direction. Read more

Mossad, CIA chiefs and Qatar PM ‘discuss hostage deal’

The CIA and Mossad chiefs have met with the Qatari prime minister in Doha to discuss the parameters of a deal for hostage releases and a pause in Hamas-Israel fighting in the Gaza Strip, a source briefed on the meeting has told Reuters. Read more

Israeli Health Ministry cuts red tape to save sperm from fallen soldiers

Israel’s Health Ministry has smoothed bureaucratic channels and offered special services to help recover sperm from IDF soldiers killed in the war against Hamas. Read more

Baby escapes injury as Palestinians fire on Israeli car

Two Israelis were wounded in a shooting attack overnight Wednesday while they were driving near Itamar, southeast of Shechem (Nablus) in central Samaria. A five-month-old girl who was in the car was uninjured. Read more

Israeli officials angered that press may have had advance knowledge of Hamas massacre plans

Israeli officials have reacted with anger to a report suggesting that photographers associated with international news services may have had advance knowledge of Hamas’s plan to attack Israeli communities on Oct. 7. Read more

JCA launches Never Again Response Appeal

Sydney’s JCA has officially launched the Never Again Response Appeal to support the NSW security and advocacy organisations that rely on funding from the organisation. Read more

Now BDS rears its ugly head

The list is long. Pro-Palestinian groups have taken to social media to list companies with links to Israel, with one protestor releasing mice into a McDonald’s outlet. Read more

Israeli, Hamas fighters in close combat in Gaza City

Street battles are raging in Gaza City with Hamas fighters using tunnels to ambush Israeli forces, as the United States says Palestinians must govern Gaza post-war, countering Israeli comments that it would control security indefinitely. Read more

A letter from survivors

We, the undersigned Holocaust survivors, are the last witnesses to the unspeakable horrors of the Nazi regime. Read more

Israel has destroyed 130 Gaza tunnel shafts

The Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday that combat engineers have uncovered and destroyed 130 Hamas tunnels in Gaza since the beginning of the ground invasion. Read more

As Gaza collapses, Hamas leaders make billions abroad

While nearly one million Palestinian residents of Gaza are displaced by war, Hamas’s top leaders and their families have been enriching themselves. Read more

A letter from Yad Vashem

Over the last few days and weeks, we have been witnessing an exponential increase in antisemitic acts and antisemitic rhetoric aimed at Jews. Read more

Israeli orthodox Jews take up arms, form civil defence groups

The Oct. 7 Hamas massacre has led to a societal shift in thinking when it comes to personal defence in Israel. Read more

Ernie shortlisted as the NSW Senior of the Year

Ernie Friedlander continues his stellar work within the NSW Jewish community and other ethnic groups. Now, he has been appointed as one of three candidates for the NSW Senior Australian of the Year award. Read more

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