Where do parties and candidates stand on matters affecting the Australian Jewish community?
May 12, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry wrote to the leaders of the Liberal Party of Australia, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Australian Greens Party, as well as candidates for the seats of Wentworth, Goldstein, Macnamara and Kingsford-Smith, ahead of the upcoming federal election seeking their positions on policies and issues of particular interest to the Australian Jewish community. Read more
Israel will share findings on death of Al Jazeera reporter with other countries
May 11, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel will communicate its findings on the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh “in a clear and transparent manner to our American friends, as well as to the Palestinian Authority” and other countries, Defence Minister Benny Gantz announced. Read more
Victoria adopts the IHRA antisemitism definition
May 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the Victorian government has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism. Read more
Lufthansa stopped 100-plus Jews boarding, claims they violated mask requirement
May 11, 2022 by JNS
Jewish groups are demanding answers from Germany’s official airline Lufthansa after more than 100 identifiably Jewish Americans were denied permission to board a flight last week from Frankfurt, Germany, to Budapest, Hungary. Read more
Reporter killed during IDF counterterrorism operation: IDF investigating
May 11, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli forces conducted a counterterrorism operation in the Jenin Refugee Camp early Wednesday morning and encountered massive resistance from the terrorists, including heavy gunfire and the use of explosive charges. Read more
Turkish flight aborts takeoff from Israel following threatening messages to passengers
May 11, 2022 by TPS-IL
A flight from Ben Gurion Airport to Turkey was grounded and delayed on Tuesday after many passengers received threatening messages on their phones. Read more
Tonight: Goldstein and Macnamara on centre stage
May 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Tonight L’Chaim – to Life’s Maurice Klein and Morry Frenkel will ask the candidates from the seats of Goldstein and Macnamara questions of Jewish community interest about Israel. Read more
’UN credibility at stake’: UN’s Palestine investigator accepts PLO award, watchdog protests
May 11, 2022 by TPS-IL
Outgoing UN investigator on Palestine Michael Lynk violated United Nations neutrality rules by accepting an award from Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas, the human rights group UN Watch charged, calling on US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to demand that Lynk return it. Read more
Hebrew University collabarating with Australia
May 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Zelman Cowen Academic Initiatives has launched a call for applications for scientific projects (including medical science), with a preference for projects that involved Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel-Australian collaboration. Read more
‘Landmark’ laws to ban Nazi symbol in Vic
Victoria is poised to become the first Australian state or territory to ban the public display of the Nazi swastika in a “thunderous blow” to white supremacists. Read more
Israeli government approves country’s first climate bill
May 10, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation has approved the country’s first climate protection bill, which aims to shift the country towards a zero-emissions economy by 2050. Read more
Israelis to Biden: Don’t visit Israel
May 10, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
“Thanks, but no thanks” – this is the response of a Zionist activist organization to reports that US President Joe Biden will visit eastern Jerusalem as a political statement during his visit to Israel in June. Read more
Bennett coalition survives no-confidence votes
May 10, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Israel’s coalition government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett survived two different no-confidence motions in the Knesset on Monday. The votes were held on the first official day back in session after the Passover break ended. Read more
From war in Ukraine to university in Israel
May 10, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Fleeing war in their homeland, Ukraine’s top teenage math geniuses have landed in Israel, and the high school students are now starting a specially-created program at Bar-Ilan University’s International School. Read more
‘That’s not how you defeat terrorism’: govt. returns bodies of Hadera terrorists
May 10, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli government returned the bodies of the two Islamist terrorists who shot and killed two Israelis in the city of Hadera on March 27, provoking anger on the right. Read more
The Big Debate
May 9, 2022 by Henry Benjamin
It was billed as a debate, but the meeting of Independent candidate Allegra Spender, Liberal MP Dave Sharma and Labor MP Matt Thistlewaite took the form as a forum as each speaker fielded questions from moderator Peter Wertheim. Read more
Two terrorists from fatal Elad attack captured alive
May 8, 2022 by TPS-IL
The two Arab terrorists who carried out the massacre in Elad on Thursday night were captured alive Sunday morning by Israel’s security forces. Read more
Thousands attend funerals for three men killed in terror attack in Israeli city of Elad
May 8, 2022 by JNS
Israel is mourning three victims of a deadly terror attack on Thursday night on Yom Ha’azmaut—Israel’s Independence Day—in the city of Elad. Read more
Dutch government rejects Amnesty’s apartheid report
May 8, 2022 by David Isaac
The government of the Netherlands rejected Amnesty International’s report on Feb. 1 accusing Israel of apartheid. Read more
Katherine Deves keeps her promise to visit the Sydney Jewish Museum
May 8, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Liberal candidate for Warringah, Katherine Deves accepted an invitation from The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and The Executive Council of Australian Jewry to visit The Sydney Jewish Museum following her paralleling lobbying prevention transgender participation in women’s sport to opposing the Holocaust. Read more
Terrorists from Elad still at large, victims hospitalized in critical condition
May 8, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The two Arab terrorists who carried out the terror attack on Thursday evening at the city of Elad are still at large, and Israel’s security forces are focusing their manhunt on the wooded areas near the city. Read more
IAF’s Independence Day flyover sees range of aircraft over tens of cities
May 6, 2022 by JNS
The Israeli Air Force held a traditional celebratory flyover on Thursday over Israel to mark its 74th Independence Day, flying formations of F-15s, F-16s, F-35s, transport helicopters, transport planes and unmanned aerial vehicles over many Israeli cities. Read more
“Memory in the Living Room” Shoah memorial event at NSW State Parliament
May 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The bipartisan NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel have hosted the NSW Parliament’s first-ever “Zikaron BaSalon” (“Memory in the Living Room”) Holocaust memorial event, bringing a small group of NSW MPs and senior parliamentary staff with a local Sydney-based Holocaust survivor. Read more
Terrorist Shooting Attack in Elad – Three Confirmed Dead
TPS can confirm that at least three civilians were murdered in a terrorist shooting attack in the town of Elad in Samaria and 4 other people were wounded. Read more
Putin ignores recent tensions over Ukraine in Independence Day greetings to Israel
May 6, 2022 by TPS-IL
Some in Israel are speculating that the Russian government may be looking to put the past week’s tensions aside and try to restore better relations with the State of Israel. Read more
Ahead of Yom Ha’atzmaut: Israel’s population grew almost twelvefold since its establishment
May 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel has 9,506,000 citizens, almost 12 times its population of 806,000 at the time of the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), which released its traditional statistics report on the citizens of Israel in honour of Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day being celebrated yesterday. Read more
Now Sydney University’s student council votes on anti-Israel issues
May 5, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Hot on the heels of the University of Melbourne’s Student Union pro-Palestinian motion, the Students Representative Council at Sydney University has voted on similar issues. Read more
WZO chairman calls for Israel Memorial Day recognition for global victims of antisemitic terror
May 5, 2022 by JNS
The chairman of the World Zionist Organization has sent Israel’s prime minister a letter requesting official Yom Hazikaron, Israeli Memorial Day, recognition for the victims of anti-Semitic attacks outside the Jewish state, according to a statement from the WZO. Read more
AIJAC poses questions and receives answers from Morrison and Albanese
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has published the exclusive answers it received to 11 pre-election policy questions sent to the campaigns of both Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese. Read more
…and a message from Israel’s prime minister
May 5, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
VIDEO: A message on Yom Ha’atzmaut from Naftali Bennett. Read more
