Walk together
July 4, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria First Nation’s Reconciliation Program has launched Walk Together, with the objective of increasing the Jewish community’s understanding of, and support for, Aboriginal self-determination and empowerment. Read more
PM Lapid seeks to lead Israel’s government ‘as if elections were not being held’
July 4, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Yair Lapid headed his first weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, after entering office on Friday. Read more
PA hands over bullet that killed Al-Jazeera journalist for US inspection
July 3, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Palestinian Authority (PA) handed over on Saturday to US officials the bullet from which Al- Jazeera journalist Shirin Abu Akleh was killed ahead of a ballistic inspection that may determine who killed her. Read more
France elects Jewish woman speaker of National Assembly
July 3, 2022 by JNS
A Jewish lawyer and mother of five is the newly elected speaker of France’s National Assembly and the first woman to ever hold that position. Read more
Tensions high after IDF downs Hezbollah drones heading toward Israeli gas rig
July 3, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-16 fighter jet and an Israeli Navy missile ship intercepted three drones that were flying from Lebanon and approached the airspace over Israel’s economic waters on Saturday, in an apparent attempt to target the new Karish gas rig. Read more
Palestinians accused of torturing critics
July 3, 2022 by AAP
Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip systematically torture critics in detention, a practice that could amount to crimes against humanity, an international rights group says. Read more
Two new Jewish chaplains appointed to the ADF
July 3, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Rabbanit Judith Levitan and Rabbi Ari Rubin of Chabad House in Cairns have been appointed Jewish chaplains to the Australian Defence Force. Read more
Apple to expand Palestinian R&D centre in Rawabi
July 1, 2022 by JNS
Apple announced the expansion of its R&D centre in the Palestinian city of Rawabi, which already employs 60 engineers. Read more
Incoming prime minister meets the president
July 1, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog has met with incoming Prime Minister Yair Lapid and his wife Lihi Lapid at the president’s residence. Read more
MDA to the rescue
July 1, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
While playing soccer with his children in the Jerusalem suburb of Pisgat Ze’ev, 49 year old Yohanan Mevorah suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed. Read more
Australian ambassador teaches a life lesson to Boys Town Jerusalem students
July 1, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In his recent visit to the Boys Town Jerusalem campus, Australian Ambassador to Israel Paul Griffiths bridged the hemispheres to teach an important lesson to the Israeli students. Read more
Israel’s Prime Ministership changes hands
July 1, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and incoming Prime Minister Yair Lapid held a modest handover ceremony at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Thursday, hours after the Knesset voted to dissolve itself and send Israel to the fifth round of elections in less than four years. Read more
24th Knesset dissolves, Yair Lapid becomes Israel’s 15th Prime Minister
June 30, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Knesset plenum approved today a bill to dissolve the 24th Knesset in its second and third readings, sending the country to another round of general elections, Israel’s fifth round in less than four years. Read more
Slap on the wrist
June 30, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
UN Watch has exposed 120 UNRWA teachers who publicly called to murder Jews. Read more
Naftali Bennett announces his retirement from politics
June 30, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Outgoing Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett addressed the nation Wednesday night on all of the country’s broadcast channels to announce his intention to quit politics as soon as new elections are held. Read more
Israel welcomes end of Ben & Jerry’s boycott on Israel
June 30, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel welcomed the announcement by Unilever Global that Ben & Jerry’s in Israel will continue to sell its ice cream “without discrimination,” and congratulated Avi Zinger, the owner of Ben & Jerry’s in Israel, for “the deal he has reached.” Read more
Israeli youth soccer team reaches European championship semi-finals for first time
Israel’s national youth soccer team made history over the weekend by becoming the first Israeli team to qualify for the semi-finals of the UEFA Under-19 European Championships in Slovakia. Read more
High hopes for new mosaic center to unite mixed Israeli city
June 29, 2022 by Judy Lash Balint - JNS.org
A little more than a year ago, Arab rioters smashed the glass façade of the Shelby White and Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Centre during the violence that engulfed Israel’s mixed Arab-Jewish cities because of the 2021 Gaza War. Read more
ZAKA founder Yehuda Meshi-Zahav dies after year in coma
June 29, 2022 by TPS-IL
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, founder and chairman of the ZAKA Search and Rescue organization and a high-profile Israeli figure, passed away Wednesday morning about a year after attempting suicide while facing allegations that he committed sex offences of various degrees against boys, girls, and women, over decades. Read more
Hamas release video of Israeli hostage Hisham a-Sayed
June 29, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
The Hamas terrorist organization released a video yesterday purporting to be of Hisham a-Sayed, a Druze Israeli civilian said to be suffering from psychiatric issues who has been held captive in Gaza for years. Read more
Report: On PA’s request, US to Add Israeli orgs Lehava and La Familia to list of terrorist organizations
June 29, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
During an angry phone call between Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on May 31, the latter promised Abbas that the Biden administration would soon add the Israeli Lehava (Flame) and La Familia organizations to the list of US-designated terrorist organizations, TPS has learned. Read more
Governor-General patron of The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand
June 29, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
New Zealand’s Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro has accepted the role of Patron of The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand. Read more
Australia’s Jewish population at an all-time high
June 28, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The 2021 census results show that Australia’s Jewish population is 99,956 a 9.8% increase on the 2016 census. Read more
No punishment for swastika tic-tac-toe
A Melbourne student caught playing tic-tac-toe using swastikas was not punished by the school because it didn’t happen in front of Jewish students, a court has been told. Read more
Court extends remand of Israeli suspect in stabbing death of Palestinian near Ariel
June 27, 2022 by JNS
The Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court on Thursday extended by six days the remand of the suspect in the stabbing death of a Palestinian man near Ariel on Tuesday. Read more
Hussein al-Sheikh officially appointed Palestinian Authority’s No. 2 man
June 27, 2022 by JNS
Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh has been appointed secretary-general of the PLO and head of the PLO negotiating team. Thanks to these two appointments, al-Sheikh is now the No.2 in the Palestinian leadership, boosting his chances of being made P.A. chairman. Read more
Barry Smorgon talks Maccabiah Games
June 27, 2022 by Henry Benjamin
Next week, 570 Jewish Australians who will participate in the 21st Maccabiah will fly to Israel. Read more
Israel’s plan to reduce private car travel by 5% in a year
June 27, 2022 by TPS-IL
Israel’s Cabinet approved on Sunday in its last meeting in its current format Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Transport Minister Merav Michael’s “One Million” plan to reduce private car use by 5%, which is one million trips per day, within a year. Read more
Austen Tayshus documentary on Foxtel
June 26, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Austen Tayshus – Skin In The Game is a new documentary to be streamed next month featuring the four decades career of one of Australia’s most controversial and popular stand-up comedians. Read more
$1 million grant for Sydney Maccabi Tennis Club
June 26, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The NSW Government will support the revitalisation of ‘White City’ with a $1 million grant to the Sydney Maccabi Tennis Club. Read more
