Meta tightens control of content after Hamas attack
October 15, 2023 by AAP
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, says it is taking additional measures against the spread of illegal and misleading content online following the attack by Islamist Hamas on Israel. Read more
UK vows to back Israel as Gaza faces imminent offensive
October 15, 2023 by AAP
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to stand with Israel, one week on from the attack by Hamas, as concerns grow about the fate of civilians in Gaza ahead of an imminent offensive. Read more
Multiple Aussie evacuation flights due to leave Israel
Australians stranded in Israel have been given fresh hope as the government announces more evacuation flights after scheduled repatriation ones were cancelled due to security concerns. Read more
Hamas preventing Palestinians from evacuating northern Gaza
October 15, 2023 by Sveta Listratov
Following an Israeli call for Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza, Hamas has moved to prevent residents of those areas from leaving. Read more
Israel: ‘Yahya Sinwar, The Face of Evil, and his team are in our sights’
October 15, 2023 by Yaakov Lappin
Hamas in Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar and his entire command team “are in our sights,” Israel Defence Forces international spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Hecht told journalists on Saturday. Read more
Biden makes calls to Abbas, Netanyahu
October 15, 2023 by AAP
A Shabbat message from Jillian Segal, President of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry
October 13, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
We are a community in mourning, there is no doubt. Read more
IDF: Evacuate
October 13, 2023 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
The IDF has issued a call for all residents of Gaza City to evacuate their homes and to move south for their own protection and settle in the area south of the Gaza River. Read more
Zieg Heil salutes outside Sydney Jewish Museum
October 13, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Three men have been apprehended by police for giving Zieg Heil salutes outside of the Sydney Jewish Museum in Darlinghurst. Read more
Trump condemned for ‘shameful’ remarks on Middle East
October 13, 2023 by AAP
Israel and the White House have condemned remarks by Donald Trump in which he praised the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over an attack by Palestinian Hamas militants that killed more than 1300 people in Israel. Read more
Israel shows images of dead children to rally support
October 13, 2023 by AAP
Israel has shown allies images of the aftermath of the Hamas attack, as President Benjamin Netanyahu releases pictures of dead children. Read more
France uses tear gas on banned pro-Palestinian rally
French police have used tear gas and water cannons to break up a banned rally in support of the Palestinian people in Paris after the interior minister said such gatherings were “likely to generate disturbances to public order”. Read more
It’s time to take off the gloves
October 13, 2023 by Michael Kuttner
On the anniversary of the Yom Kippur War the enemies of Israel and the Jewish People chose another religious holyday to launch their version of the final solution. Read more
Pro-Palestine protests to go ahead across the nation
October 13, 2023 by AAP
A series of pro-Palestine rallies are set to go ahead across Australia as tensions continue to escalate after Hamas attacks on Israelis. Read more
First Shabbat flight for El Al since 1982
October 13, 2023 by Pesach Benson
El Al, Israel’s national airline, will operate during the Sabbath to repatriate Israeli reservists and rescue workers, the airline announced on Thursday. Read more
Egypt facilitating deliveries of aid to Sinai for Gaza
October 13, 2023 by AAP
Egypt has called for humanitarian relief to be provided to Palestinian civilians inside the Gaza Strip and says it is directing international aid flights to Al Arish airport near its border with the enclave. Read more
No let up in Gaza siege until hostages freed: Israel
October 13, 2023 by AAP
Israel says there will be no humanitarian exceptions to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages are freed after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel to be allowed in to prevent overwhelmed hospitals from “turning into morgues”. Read more
Israeli soldiers find ISIS flag among Hamas terror gear
October 13, 2023 by Pesach Benson
Israeli soldiers found an Islamic State flag among the gear of a Hamas terrorist killed in Kibbutz Sufa near the Gaza Strip, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told reporters on Thursday. Read more
X removes hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts
October 13, 2023 by AAP
The X social media platform has removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts and taken action to remove or label tens of thousands of pieces of content since the militant group’s attack on Israel, its chief executive says. Read more
Dutton’s protest deportation call an ‘attack on rights’
October 12, 2023 by AAP
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has called for the deportation of temporary visa holders who attend pro-Palestinian rallies in comments immediately dismissed as an attack on the right to protest. Read more
Israeli reservist, 95, to IDF soldiers: ‘Demolish Hamas’
A crowd of young Israeli soldiers stand ready, listening to a 95-year-old, battle-hardened veteran. Ezra Yakhin has witnessed nearly every war the modern state of Israel has faced, and he remembers 1948. Read more
Third repatriation flight flagged for Aussies in Israel
October 12, 2023 by AAP
Australian citizens seeking to return from Israel are expected to be offered a further flight next week. Read more
Israel forms emergency government as Gaza deaths mount
Israel has formed an emergency unity government as its jets pounded Gaza and tanks massed around the densely populated Palestinian enclave while Hamas militants said they were still fighting on Israeli territory following their shock weekend incursion. Read more
Hatred in Bellevue Hill
A construction worker has been charged with four counts of intimidation after threatening four Jewish teenagers with an Israel flag in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill. Read more
A fallen hero: Israel bids farewell to Amichai Witzen
October 12, 2023 by J-Wire
Thousands of Israelis gathered at Jerusalem’s Mt. Herzl cemetery to pay their last respects to Amichai Israel Witzen. Read more
“The Government and the people of Australia condemn this attack by Hamas”
October 12, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed members of Melbourne’s Jewish community at St Kilda Shule. Read more
Beyond the horror: An Israeli volunteer’s tale of identifying massacre victims
October 12, 2023 by Sveta Listratov
Motty Bukchin has been identifying bodies from gruesome terror attacks for a quarter-century, but nothing prepared him for the scenes he encountered in devastated Gaza-area communities this week. Read more
10,000 attend Sydney support rally for Israel
October 12, 2023 by Henry Benjamin
Thousands gathered in Sydney’s east on Wednesday night to commemorate the deaths of civilians and show support for Israel. Read more
Australians offered repatriation flights from Israel
October 11, 2023 by AAP
Australians stranded in Israel will be able to take repatriation flights home following the outbreak of violence from Friday. Read more
False claims about Israel-Hamas war mushroom online
October 11, 2023 by J-Wire
The rapid spread of misleading claims and doctored images in the aftermath of a deadly rampage by Hamas gunmen in Israel has put the focus on Elon Musk’s X platform, which has drawn the ire of the European Union. Read more
