Saudi Arabia seeks US security assurances in exchange for Israel ties

Saudi Arabia says it will normalise ties with Israel if the United States provides it with security pledges and helps build out its civilian nuclear program, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Read more

President Herzog criticises government’s judicial reform plan in national address

A seemingly angry President of Israel Isaac Herzog addressed the nation Thursday night on the ongoing unrest over the government of Israel’s juridical reform plan. Read more

Kyev’s chief rabbi visits Julian Leeser

The Chief Rabbi of Kyiv, Rabbi Yonatan Markovich, has affixed a mezuzah to the Parliament House doorway of Shadow Attorney General Julian Leeser’s office. Read more

Israel slams South Africa parliament decision to downgrade ties

Israel on Wednesday slammed as “disgraceful” the South African parliament’s decision to downgrade Jerusalem’s embassy in Pretoria to a liaison office. Read more

Hamas gunman wounds three in Tel Aviv attack

A Palestinian gunman has opened fire in Tel Aviv, wounding three people before being killed by police in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has labelled a “terror attack” amid rising unrest in the West Bank. Read more

Malka Leifer’s former student accused of ‘blatant lies’

A woman alleging former ultra-Orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer sexually abused her has been accused of telling “blatant lies” to a jury. Read more

Palestinian police fire tear gas at militant fun

Palestinian security forces have fired tear gas canisters and flash grenades at angry Palestinian protesters during a funeral for a militant in the occupied West Bank. Read more

Four Israelis inherit corneas of brothers killed in terror attack

The corneas of two Israeli brothers killed in Samaria a week ago Sunday were transplanted into the eyes of four Israelis at Beilinson Medical Center in Petach Tikvah on Wednesday. Read more

Fiddler On The Roof star Chaim Topol dead at 87

Israeli actor Chaim Topol, best known for his role as Tevye in the 1971 classic musical Fiddler On The Roof, has died aged 87 in Israel, a statement from the president’s office has announced. Read more

Leifer: Prosecution closes Crown’s case – urges guilty verdict

Using pretend love and concern, former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer groomed and sexually abused three young students for her own gratification, jurors have been told. Read more

Celebrating Israel’s 75th at UIA QLD Campaign opening event

UIA QLD is counting down until its 2023 Campaign Opening Event with guest speaker Ayelet Shaked – Israel’s Former Minister of Justice and Interior – on Sunday, 26 March, in Brisbane. Read more

‘You can ask me 3000 times’: Teal won’t pick sides

A potential key player in who forms NSW’s next government has firmly defended not committing herself to Labor or the coalition ahead of the state election. Read more

Orthodox principal Leifer ‘took advantage’ of teens

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer used her position of power to sexually exploit her teenage students, taking advantage of their vulnerability, a jury has been told. Read more

UIA campaign events draw 5000 attendees

UIA Australia has hosted almost 5000 attendees across its 2023 Campaign events in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in support of the People of Israel. Read more

Her master’s voice

A dramatic police rescue operation reunited an abducted dog with its Israel Defence Forces combat veteran owner following a middle-of-the-night raid in the eastern Jerusalem area of Silwan. Read more

A presidential get-together

For the first time in recent years, leaders from across the Victorian community gathered for the Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s Council of Presidents. Read more

IDF kills murderer of Yaniv brothers in Purim Day operation

Israel Defence Forces troops have killed the terrorist who 10 days ago shot dead at point-blank range brothers Hallel Menachem and Yagel Yaakov Yaniv near the Arab village of Huwara. Read more

Israeli president’s judicial reform compromise gathers momentum

Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s efforts to mediate a compromise on judicial reform have gathered momentum in recent days, possibly leading towards an end to political acrimony and anti-government demonstrations. Read more

Herzog: ‘We are closer than ever to agreement on judicial reforms’

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday told a gathering of some 100 municipal officials that a compromise judicial reform proposal was nearly complete and called on lawmakers to find common ground. Read more

Lapid, Gantz reject any talks on judicial reforms unless legislation halted

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid and National Unity Party chief Benny Gantz rejected any negotiations over the government’s judicial reform proposal on Monday unless the accompanying legislative process grinds to a complete halt. Read more

Monash University adopts IHRA definition

Melbourne’s Monash University has become the latest Australian university to adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. Read more

Door open for Sydney United to join second-tier: FA

Racist behaviour by some Sydney United 58 fans won’t prevent the club from entering Australian soccer’s proposed second-tier competition. Read more

Ehud Ya’ari: Israel in “one of the most serious crises that I can remember”

Pre-eminent Israeli political commentator and Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) Fellow Ehud Ya’ari has addressed AIJAC supporters in Sydney, covering the current internal disputes raging within Israel over proposed judicial reforms. Read more

Three charged for displaying nazi symbols

Last October, the Australia Cup final between Sydney United and McArthur FC became a showgound for nazi saluting fans. Read more

NSW Liberals have plans to safer schools

Action to make schools in NSW a safer space for all students and staff will be at the heart of a landmark 10-year partnership between a re-elected NSW Liberal and Nationals Government and the State’s religious communities. Read more

Australian Jewish leadership voices concern about Israel’s government

In a joint statement, The Executive Council of Australian Jewry and the Zionist Federation of Australia are calling on Israel’s government to act on President Herzog’s call to halt its controversial move to reform the judiciary. Read more

Two charges dropped against ultra-Orthodox principal

Two charges have been dropped against former ultra-Orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer as they predate when the relevant legislation came into effect. Read more

Joe Woolf, 94, helped connect fellow veterans of Israel’s 1948 War of Independence

Joe Woolf, a South African Jewish volunteer in the foreign-fighters unit Machal conducted research that helped preserve that group’s legacy for 75 years after Israel’s War of Independence. He died on Feb. 28 at his home in the northern Israeli moshav of Ilaniya. He was 94 years old. Read more

First Israeli commercial flight crosses Omani skies

An El Al plane flying from Tel Aviv to Bangkok has become the first Israeli commercial flight to cross through Omani airspace. Read more

Adelaide Writers Week v Melbourne Jewish Book Week

The organisers of the Melbourne Jewish Book Week have something to say about the Adelaide Writers Week, which starts tomorrow. Read more

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