White House ‘deeply disappointed’ by Palestinian pivot toward Russia
October 23, 2022 by JNS
The U.S. administration has criticized Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas for seeking to involve Russia in the peace process with Israel, Axios reported on Saturday. Read more
15th century Swiss knight’s graffiti found on Mt Zion
October 23, 2022 by TPS-IL
The Israel Antiquities Authority’s Michael Chernin and Shai Halevi recently discovered graffiti dating back to the 15th Century on a wall in the “King David Tomb Complex” on Mount Zion, Jerusalem. Read more
PA claims 101 babies born to jailed terrorists
October 21, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
The Palestinian Authority (PA) claims that as many as 101 children have been born to convicted terrorists held in Israeli jails. Read more
Ali Khamenei: The West now fears our drones and missiles
October 21, 2022 by JNS
The West formerly paid little attention to Tehran’s missile and drone technologies but now concedes that they are very dangerous and complains about Iran giving them to “so-and-so,” Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a statement broadcast on Wednesday. Read more
Three Israelis charged with helping Hamas plot attacks
October 21, 2022 by JNS
Three Israeli citizens from the North were charged on Thursday with a range of severe security offences, including spying for Hamas and gathering information on Israel’s Cellcom cellular network. Read more
To boost Abbas, Israel to let PA use helicopters
October 21, 2022 by JNS
For the first time since the early days of the Second Intifada in 2001, the Israeli government is expected to approve a Palestinian Authority request to purchase helicopters for top PA officials’ use. Read more
Israeli election: first votes cast
October 21, 2022 by J-Wire News Service
Operation Jacob: 100th yahrzeit for heroic medical serviceman and an overdue consecration
October 20, 2022 by J-Wire News Service
On 26 October 1922, while riding bareback to render first aid, the 31-year-old Captain Norman Packer was thrown from the horse and died of a fractured skull, and was buried in a cemetery near Cologne. Read more
What is a capital, anyway?
October 20, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Liberal Senator Scott Farlow had to answer this question asked by one of his daughters. Read more
Udai Tamimi wanted killer killed during Ma’ale Adumim terror attack
October 20, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
The terrorist who opened fire at the security guards working at the entrance to the town of Ma’ale Adumim yesterday was Udai Tamimi – the terrorist wanted for committing the shooting attack that took the life of IDF Sgt. Noa Lazar. Tamimi was shot and killed by IDF forces. Read more
UIA to host top Israel educator
October 20, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UIA will host the formidable Charlotte Korchak – Senior Educator at StandWithUs, at a variety of events in November in Sydney and Melbourne. Read more
More criticism on the ALP reversal of west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
October 19, 2022 by Henry Benjamin
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admits Australia’s decision to reverse recognising West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel could have been handled better, as one government MP blasted his own party’s handling of the matter. Read more
NSW Labor to consider membership application from extremist
October 19, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor will reconsider an application for membership by former academic Jay Tharappel reported by The Australian as having worn clothing carrying slogans calling for “Death to Israel” and “Curse on the Jews”.
Support growing in Jerusalem Arab communities for new ‘Lion’s Den’ group from Nablus
October 19, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The “Gov Aryot” (Lion’s Den) youth group from Nablus is gaining a lot of power and a lot of sympathy in the Palestinian Authority and in Jerusalem. Read more
UIA to launch 2023 campaign in person
October 19, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
United Israel Appeal (UIA) will launch its 2023 Campaign at events in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in November with guest speaker Sam Grundwerg – World Chairman Keren Hayesod-UIA. Read more
Jerusalem reversal ‘policy on the run’
Australia’s decision to reverse recognising West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has been criticised as “policy on the run”. Read more
Stone tools returned from Israel to Aboriginal owners
October 18, 2022 by AAP
Aboriginal stone tools found in a museum in Israel have been returned to their community at a ceremony in Canberra. Read more
JNF joint project: Security afforestation near Gaza Strip
October 18, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
With a shared vision of greening Israel for future generations, both Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund (KKL – JNF) and The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem will be marking the long-term partnership between them during Sukkot. Read more
Australia reverses Israel capital decision
October 18, 2022 by AAP J-Wire
The Albanese government has reversed a decision by the previous coalition government to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Read more
Walt Secord pays tribute to Ilona Lee
October 16, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair and Labor MP Walt Secord has paid tribute in NSW State Parliament to outgoing Shalom Gamarada board of trustees chair Ilona Lee for her commitment and dedication to supporting the education of Indigenous doctors in Australia. Read more
Second antisemitic attack on Brisbane Israeli restaurant
October 16, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
An online antisemitic post targeting Brisbane restaurant Yababi has seen the owners getting a flood of support on its Facebook page, with many showing keen willingness to make a booking to the popular eating place. Read more
“The intolerant cancer of the far right in our community”
October 14, 2022 by J-Wire
The deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel, Walt Secord has urged the NSW Perrottet Government to increase monitoring and investigation of extreme far-right groups. Read more
Roger Waters: Israel is trying to create an intifada ‘so they can just kill them all’
October 14, 2022 by JNS
Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd frontman also known for his vocal criticism of Israel that crosses the line into anti-Semitism, claims in an interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan that the Jewish state is attempting to manufacture a new intifada with the ultimate goal of killing as many Palestinians as possible. Read more
Polls split: It’s either more deadlock or Netanyahu victory
October 14, 2022 by David Isaac
Two surveys this week—a Wednesday Mako/Knesset Channel poll and Tuesday’s Channel 11 iteration—give Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-led coalition 60 Knesset seats, one short of what it needs to form a government, forecasting yet another deadlock following the Nov. 1 election. Read more
Palestinian rivals agree to elections, but questions remain
October 14, 2022 by JNS
Rival Palestinian factions convening for negotiations mediated by the Algerian government decided on Thursday to end 15 years of strife through elections that would be held within a year, Palestinian and Algerian officials told Reuters. Read more
Nazi swastika daubed at child care centre
October 14, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A swastika drawn on the gate post of a childcare centre in Sydney has raised the ire of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more
Union passes anti-Israel resolution
October 13, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The National Tertiary Education Union has passed two resolutions, one rejecting the IHRA definition of antisemitism and the other calling its 27,000 members t0 boycott visits to Israel hosted by “pro-Israel organisations”. Read more
Nazi flyers in Bondi
A neo-Nazi group has been distributing white supremacy flyers in the heavily Jewish Sydney suburb of Bondi. Read more
NCJWA launches its centenary program
October 12, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Fifty diverse women from communities across NSW came together during Sukkot to share the celebration of the festival, their common alliance against breast cancer and the launch of the National Council of Jewish Women Australia’s NSW Centenary Program. Read more
WWI Australians honoured in Israel
October 12, 2022 by J-Wire
The heroic efforts of the Australian Light Horsemen were acknowledged at the Battle of Semakh Commemoration recently at the historic Semakh Railway Station. Read more
