Naftali Bennett headlines UIA’s celebrations for Israel’s 75th 

UIA Australia has announced that former Prime Minister of Israel, Naftali Bennett, will be the guest of honour in Australia for its 2023 campaign gala events across the country. Read more

Ehud Yaari: “Dangerous Curve” for Israel ahead, post-election

Eminent Israeli journalist Ehud Yaari joined the latest Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar, to discuss “Israel’s Election and the New Netanyahu Government”. Read more

JCCV shows its support

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has extended its support to former students of Brighton Secondary College as their legal case alleging incidents of antisemitism returns to court. Read more

Israel greenlights project to document Holocaust survivors’ testimonies

Israel has approved a proposal to allocate 3.5 million shekels (US$1 million) toward documenting the testimony of Holocaust survivors worldwide. Read more

PA Foreign Minister visits Holocaust Memorial in Berlin

The ambassador of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Germany, Leith Arafa, published a photo in which he was seen next to the Palestinian foreign minister, Riyad al-Maliki, during a visit to the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin last Thursday. Read more

Victorian Liberal leader says his party is “safe” and “centrist”

Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy has issued a plea to voters to believe in his “safe” and “centrist” party, following days of damaging claims about extremist candidates. Read more

Far-right hinders Netanyahu coalition bid

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to swiftly form a government have faltered as a prospective far-right coalition partner demands the cabinet role of defence minister. Read more

“Nazi” a no-no in Victorian politics

Leaders of the Liberal opposition in Victoria have slammed the usage of the word “Nazis” in the incumbent Labor party pre-election political bantering. Read more

Holocaust survivor, Hogan Hero Clary dies

Robert Clary, the diminutive Paris-born actor and singer who survived 31 months in Nazi concentration camps but later had no qualms about co-starring in “Hogan’s Heroes,” the American situation comedy set in a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp, has died at the age of 96. Read more

Girdwood-Reich nets Israeli’s jersey

The Sydney Super Cup 2022 first match between Sydney FC and Glasgow Celtic FC at Sydney’s new Allianz Stadium was expected to be an uneventful one-sided affair with a win for the Scottish side on the cards. Read more

Religious leaders are “disagreeing well”

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Rabbis call out State Department for double standard on Ben-Gvir and Palestinian terrorism

A coalition representing more than 2,000 American rabbis criticised U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price for what it described as a double standard on support for terrorism. Read more

Former VP Mike Pence: Israel’s fight is our fight

“We stand with Israel because her cause is our cause,” former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said, addressing Tuesday night’s Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York gala in Manhattan. Read more

Three killed in a terrorist attack in Ariel

Magen David Adom confirmed that three Israelis were killed and another four injured in this morning’s Palestinian stabbing and car-ramming attacks in Ariel. Read more

Israeli-led study finds steep decline in sperm counts globally

An international study has found declining sperm counts among men around the world, reinforcing concerns of a looming fertility crisis. Read more

Diplomatic tit-for-tat?

Israel abstained from a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution demanding Russian reparations to Ukraine on Monday night. Read more

Daniel Andrews heckled in a Caulfield synagogue

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has spent the last few weeks visiting various Jewish institutions where he pledged money and grants. ahead of the Victorian election. Read more

Call for support

Yesterday I listened in complete disbelief and shock to a teacher admit the school she worked at was covered in swastikas in all the classes and corridors and also scrawled on some of the students’ knuckles and faces…writes Sharon Kuperholz. Read more

FBI to investigate death of Shireen Abu Akleh as Israel calls probe ‘serious mistake’

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May, Israeli media reported on Monday. Read more

Abbas: No option other than to deal with Netanyahu

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview that aired on Sunday that he has no choice but to coordinate with Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more

Arafat death probe head says people trying to silence him

Over the past week, hundreds of testimonies and documents from the Palestinian investigation into the circumstances of the death of Yasser Arafat have been leaked to social media and Palestinian media outlets. Read more

New beginnings celebrated at UIA 2023 Campaign Launch & AGM

UIA NSW has held its AGM and Campaign Launch at an in-person event after a two-year hiatus. Read more

Melbourne City Council joins anti-Israel groups to sponsor Palestine National Day

The Melbourne City Council and Federation Square  have sponsored today’s Palestine National Day. Read more

Major U.S. medical award for Sydney surgeon

Sydney-based colorectal surgeon, Professor Graham Newstead has been made an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Read more

Australia’s Jews should participate in Indigenous referendum

Jewish people should accept an open invitation from Australia’s First Nations people to participate in the upcoming referendum on a voice for Indigenous people in Australia. Read more

Netanyahu formally tasked with forming new Israeli government

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has formally tasked Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new governing coalition. Read more

Ben-Gvir wants to change the Law of Return

Otzma Yehudi party leader Itamar Ben-Gvir wants the next government to end the state’s recognition of conversions carried out by the Reform movement. Read more

Plans to increase Sydney Jewish Museum floor space

Sydney Jewish Museum President Greg Shand has announced plans to expand the floor space to accommodate 100,000 visitors annually by 2032. Read more

JNF announces nationwide plan for fire protection

At the Climate Conference held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, KKL – JNF announced two new projects: a nationwide plan for buffer zones for fire protection and a plan for the restoration plan of the burned forest in the Jerusalem mountains. Read more

UN to refer Israeli occupation to court – Lapid’s reaction

The United Nations decolonisation committee has adopted a draft Palestinian resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on Israel’s prolonged occupation. Read more

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