Hundreds storm Russian airport to protest Israel flight
October 30, 2023 by AAP
Hundreds of people have stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the arrival of an airliner from Tel Aviv, Israel and Russian news agencies reported. Read more
Wong urges civilian protection as Gaza attacks increase
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has urged protection for civilians in the Middle East as Israel intensifies its operations in Gaza. Read more
Israeli gov’t backs terror designation for individual operatives
October 30, 2023 by TPS-IL
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved on Sunday government backing for an amendment to the Counter-Terrorism Law of 2016 that would authorize Defence Minister Yoav Gallant to designate individual persons as terrorist operatives. Read more
Two Israeli soldiers wounded as ground op expands in Gaza
October 29, 2023 by Joshua Marks
Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday as the Israel Defence Forces continued to expand its ground operations in the Hamas-controlled enclave. Read more
IDF sharpens its tools against Hamas’s terror city under Gaza
October 29, 2023 by Yaakov Lappin
Hamas’s network of tunnels and bunkers, estimated to be many hundreds of kilometres long and embedded in civilian areas, has emerged as a defining feature of the Islamists’ ability to move terrorists and weapons under the Gaza Strip, to launch strikes and stay out of the Israel Air Force’s bombsights. Read more
Solidarity in Sydney and Melbourne
October 29, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
The haunting images of children kidnapped by Hamas gunmen have been placed in empty prams in Sydney’s CBD as communities across the nation remain divided over the conflict in the Middle East. Read more
Israel reassessing ties with Turkey over Erdogan remarks
October 29, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israel is reassessing its relations with Turkey in response to Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s comments about the Gaza war, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen tweeted on Saturday night. Read more
Israeli troops in Gaza, Hamas vows to use ‘full force’
Israel’s military says its troops are still in the field in Gaza as the relatives of hostages being held by Hamas demand a meeting with the Israeli government.
Hamas HQ underneath Gaza’s largest hospital – fuel stored under hospitals
The Israel Defence Forces provided proof on Friday that the Hamas terrorist organization uses Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as a command and control centre. Read more
Israel launches second limited Gaza raid
October 27, 2023 by TPS-IL
In his first press conference since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, Netanyahu confirmed that the second stage of the war had started with the incursion of ground forces into the enclave on Friday night. Read more
Hamas out of bounds at Sydney University
October 27, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Mark Scott, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney has told students and staff that in the current conflict and at all other times, the university supports the rights of students and staff to engage in political discourse, including by making pro-Israel and pro-Palestine statements. But Hamas is off-limits. Read more
Position vacant: Deputy Mayor at Waverley Council
October 27, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Waverley Council have passed a motion at an Extraordinary Council Meeting changing the term of the Deputy Mayor to be terminated on 13 September 2024 to 26 October 2023, effectively meaning the position is now vacant. Read more
Neo-Nazi leaders admit hiker attack but claim innocence
October 27, 2023 by AAP
A neo-Nazi group leader who admitted attacking a group of hikers in a Victorian state park now claims he’s innocent of the charges and that he was the real victim. Read more
Jewish Care Victoria – supporting the community locally during the crisis in Israel
October 27, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The current devastating situation in Israel continues to impact the Melbourne Jewish community locally. Read more
Empty strollers at Parliament House a painful tribute to the 30 children held hostage by Hamas
October 27, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Families of hostages gather in Jerusalem for global prayer service
October 27, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With the fate of their loved ones remaining uncertain as Israel recorded 20 days since the onset of the war with Hamas, over 70 family members of hostages being held in Gaza gathered at the Aish World Center overlooking the Western Wall in Jerusalem for a Global Day of Unity and Prayer. Read more
Israeli hospitals go underground as war looms
October 27, 2023 by Roy Fridlender
With a ground war in Gaza and escalation of rocket fire imminent, Israeli hospitals are going underground. Read more
‘Preparing the Battlefield’: Israel conducts targeted raid inside Gaza
October 26, 2023 by TPS-IL
Israeli tanks rolled into the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday night in a pinpoint raid “as part of preparations for the next stages of combat” the Israel Defence Forces said on Thursday morning. Read more
Responses to Gutteres
October 26, 2023 by J-Wire
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan responded to remarks made by UN Secretary General António Guterres during this week’s the UN Security Council session. Read more
Aid for Gaza boosted amid calls for safe corridor
October 26, 2023 by AAP
Australia is continuing its efforts to try and safely evacuate citizens from Gaza as the humanitarian situation worsens and the Palestinian death toll climbs. Read more
Netanyahu: “we are preparing for a ground incursion”
October 26, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has broadcast to the nation that the timing of the planned incursion into Gaza will not happen until all safeguards are in place to protect of the country’s soldiers. Read more
Federal government cops legal threat for Israel support
A solicitor has written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, warning him his government’s support of Israel could make them complicit in genocide. Read more
‘Return my daughters’: A mother’s appeal for her captive children
October 26, 2023 by Sveta Listratov
Mayan Zin hasn’t seen her two daughters since they were kidnapped on Oct. 7. Read more
Iran is helping Hamas with intelligence and incitement
October 26, 2023 by Yaakov Lappin
Iran is assisting Hamas by supplying it with intelligence and is also boosting anti-Israel incitement worldwide, Israel Defence Forces Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated on Wednesday morning, day 19 of Israel’s war against the terror organization. Read more
New Zealand Jewish Community denounces escalating antisemitism as political leaders remain silent
October 26, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As the New Zealand Jewish community experiences unprecedented levels of antisemitic abuse, the New Zealand Jewish Council calls on political leaders, religious leaders and all of civil society to condemn antisemitism unequivocally. Read more
Israeli requests for gun permits soar
October 26, 2023 by Roy Fridlender
In the 18 days since the Oct. 7 terror attacks in southern Israel, more than 100,000 Israelis have filed requests for gun licenses, according to the National Security Ministry. Read more
U.S. foreign relations expert talks to AIJAC
October 26, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
“The events of October 7, in a way, changed everything.” This was how Elliot Abrams, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former point man for Iran and Venezuela during the Trump administration, opened his address to an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) function. Read more
AIJAC adds its voice to the monitoring of aid to Gaza
October 26, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has joined international Jewish organisations in calling on the European Commission to monitor the allocation of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians – ensuring that funds are not diverted to Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. Read more
UN chief tries to walk back remarks justifying Hamas massacre
October 25, 2023 by Joshua Marks
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday attempted to walk back remarks made a day earlier that appeared to justify Hamas’s Oct. 7 murder rampage in the western Negev. Read more
Israel denying visas to UN officials as furore over Guterres’ remarks escalates
October 25, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Anger over U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres escalated as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations said on Wednesday morning that Israel would no longer issue visas to U.N. officials. Read more
