Israel heading to quarter-finals at Under-20 World Cup

Israel scored a second consecutive improbable win at the Under-20 FIFA World Cup in Argentina on Tuesday night, punching its ticket to the quarter-finals. Read more

Thirty members of the NSW parliament attended Yom Ha’azmaut Sydney celebration

Last week, member after member in the NSW parliament expressed their support for Israel following a motion moved by MP Natalie Ward…but there were dissenters. Read more

ECAJ backs the Yes Campaign

The Voice’s Yes 23 Campaign has welcomed to its ever-growing movement an alliance of over 120 multicultural groups who have united in support for Indigenous constitutional recognition through a Voice to Parliament. Read more

UIA funded social club opens its doors in Ashkelon

UIA Australia has held the official ribbon-cutting ceremony of a social club in Ashkelon, in southern Israel. Read more

The Yom Ha’azmaut celebrations party on

The Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and John Pesutto, the Leader of the Opposition, have joined with many of the state’s senior politicians and dignitaries in celebrating a Yom Ha’atzmaut cocktail reception this week. Read more

Canoe slalom star Fox back in action at World Cup

Olympic canoe slalom champion Jessica Fox expects next year’s Paris Games to be her toughest yet, bracing for some “argy-bargy” as she targets three gold medals. Read more

Italy spy agents, ex-Israeli agent die in boat capsize

Two Italian intelligence agents and one retired Israeli agent are among the four dead when a sudden storm sank a houseboat hired for a pleasure cruise on a northern Italian lake, authorities say. Read more

‘Not good enough,’: Kennedy Jr explanation of tweet supporting Roger Waters

It’s been a busy few hours on Twitter for Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and a Democratic candidate for president in 2024. Read more

Julia, Israel’s celebrity seal, spotted on restricted military beach site

Julia, an endangered Mediterranean monk seal who has been winning Israeli hearts, beached herself on a restricted military site in the centre of the country, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority said on Monday. Read more

Fresh settlement against Leifer, ultra-Orthodox school

A settlement has been reached in a fresh civil claim by a former student against the former principal and convicted abuser Malka Leifer and the Adass Israel School in Melbourne where she worked. Read more

Academic should be reinstated after Nazi flag posts

A Sydney academic will not be compensated for the hurt and humiliation he claimed to suffer after being fired for posting a picture online of an Israeli flag with a Nazi symbol on it. Read more

New president for Progressive Judaism Victoria

Maureen Barten has been elected president of Progressive Judaism Victoria. Read more

Auschwitz movie takes second prize at Cannes

Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” won the Grand Prix award at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. Read more

Hundreds protest against Roger Waters show in Frankfurt

Around 400 people demonstrated outside Frankfurt’s Festhalle before a concert by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters. Read more

Israel scores stunning win to advance in Under-20 World Cup

Israel made soccer history on Saturday night at the Under-20 World Cup in Argentina, rallying late while a man down to beat Japan 2-1. Read more

Henry Kissinger turns 100, eying his legacy

The labels range from intellectual, Nobel Prize-winning statesman and brilliant negotiator to egomaniac and war criminal. Read more

Roger Waters probed over Nazi-style uniform in Berlin

Rock star Roger Waters says he was opposing fascism and bigotry when he wore a Nazi-style uniform on stage at a concert in Berlin that led German police to launch an investigation into the Pink Floyd co-founder. Read more

Peru police seize cocaine packets bearing Nazi flag

Fifty-eight one-kilo packages of cocaine wrapped in Nazi swastikas and bearing the word Hitler have been seized by Peruvian police. Read more

Iran unveils Khaybar missile capable of reaching Israel

Iran presented to the world a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres (around 1,240 miles) capable of carrying a 1,500-kg warhead, Tehran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported. Read more

Israeli president to belatedly present State Cup Trophy after soccer fans rushed field

President Isaac Herzog will present the trophy to the soccer State Cup winner Beitar Jerusalem on Wednesday at his official residence in Israel’s capital. Read more

Israel 75 Peace Garden in Melbourne

The Israel 75 Peace Garden, established by Zionism Victoria in partnership with the City of Glen Eira on the occasion of Israel’s 75^th anniversary, symbolises both the friendship between the Jewish community and the City of Glen Eira, as well as the historic bonds between Israel and Australia. Read more

Dan Springer to farewell JNF

JNF Australia CEO Dan Springer announced that he plans to step down at the end of the year, after almost 11 years in the role. Read more

Victorian Government budget to exact heavy toll on Jewish day schools

The Australian Council of Jewish Schools says that a 5% payroll tax could result in an increase of at least 4% in fees imposed by  Victorian Jewish Day Schools. Read more

Global Jewish call for UN to positively reference IHRA definition

AIJAC has joined 178 Jewish organisations across the globe in calling for the United Nations to favourably reference the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of Antisemitism at its upcoming in its upcoming “UN Action Plan on monitoring antisemitism and enhancing a system-wide response”. Read more

Ginette Searle to leave ZFA

Ginette Searle is to leave her position as CEO of the Zionist Federation of Australia later this year. Read more

M-E schools textbooks expert briefs Australian MPs

The ECAJ and Parliamentary Friends of Israel have co-hosted Middle East textbooks expert Marcus Sheff at Parliament House in Canberra. Read more

Israeli terror victim to file $1.3 billion lawsuit against CNN

Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two daughters were killed in a Palestinian terror attack, rejected an on-air apology from CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour on Monday and said on Tuesday he intends to file a $1.3 billion lawsuit against the cable news giant. Read more

Miracle baby defies odds, leaves hospital after lengthy battle for his life

After 80 days of battling for his life in a neonatal intensive care unit, a premature Israeli baby was sent home from a hospital in Ashdod on Monday. Read more

Sky’s the limit for Israel’s autonomous UAV hunter

Among the cutting-edge Israeli technologies on display at the GoForIsrael investment conference in Tel Aviv this month was the “Goshawk,” an autonomous drone hunter patterned on birds of prey. Read more

While military lifts ban on Israelis returning to Homesh, it will be years until they do

The head of the Israel Defence Forces’ Central Command on Thursday signed off on an order allowing Israelis to return to what was once the northern Samaria community of Homesh. Read more

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