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Focus needed on liberators of concentration camps

As Holocaust survivors continue to dwindle 80 years after the Holocaust, so do the ranks of those who liberated the Nazi concentration camps in Europe. Read more

IDF chief: ‘Our moral duty is to bring our hostages home’

The nation’s “moral duty” is to bring home the hostages still held by Hamas, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Monday. Read more

Israeli FM: Guterres ‘personally accountable’ for UNRWA crimes

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar went on the offensive on Monday against the U.N., accusing it of antisemitism, complicity in terrorism, and anti-Israel bias with its legal action against Jerusalem over the UNRWA aid agency for Palestinians. Read more

As top Israeli security chief announces resignation, critics say Netanyahu should too

Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Chief Ronen Bar’s Monday night announcement that he will step down on June 15 has drawn calls from the opposition for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do the same. Read more

An ambulance honouring a special volunteer

Magen David Adom has inaugurated an ambulance in honour of late volunteer, IDF Staff Sergeant Yonatan “Yoni” Dean Chaim, who was killed in battle in Gaza on December 8, 2023. Read more

Gaza ceasefire talks in ‘significant breakthrough’

Sources say there is a consensus on a long-term ceasefire in the besieged enclave of Gaza, yet some sticking points remain, including Hamas arms. Read more

Delegation of Victorian politicians join March of the Living

Sue Hampel, co-president of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, led a bipartisan delegation of Victorian politicians to Poland to participate in the annual March of the Living (MOTL) Holocaust remembrance program. Read more

Israeli cannabis inhaler available free to Aussie veterans

An Israeli medical cannabis inhaler to be issued free to eligible patients has been approved by Australia’s Department of Veterans Affairs. Read more

 Mayor’s apology for Amsterdam’s role in WWII persecution of Jews welcomed

The two main Jewish organizations in the Netherlands, the Central Jewish Consultation (CJO) and the Centre for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI), have positively received Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema’s apology for the role the Dutch municipality played in the persecution of Jewish citizens during World War II, the Jonet.nl website reported. Read more

IDF finds Hamas weapons hidden in UNRWA bags near Rafah

Israeli forces operating in the Tel al-Sultan area of Rafah discovered a Hamas weapons cache hidden inside UNRWA humanitarian aid bags, the IDF announced on Sunday. Read more

Bar led ‘greatest security failure’ in Israeli history, PM says of Shin Bet chief

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused outgoing Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) chief Ronen Bar of having led the “greatest security failure” in the state’s history. Read more

‘Saudi Arabia seeks end to Gaza war as pathway to Israel normalization’

Saudi Arabia needs the war against Hamas in Gaza to conclude—and some framework for a Palestinian state to be articulated, however unrealistic—before it can finalise a normalisation deal with Israel, the chairman of a nonprofit promoting Israeli-Arab diplomacy said Sunday. Read more

‘We’ll burn Jews like Hitler did,’ says BBC Gaza contributor

A freelance journalist frequently featured on BBC Arabic has called for Jews to be burned “as Hitler did” and praised terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, according to an exposé published in The Telegraph on Saturday. Read more

Australia’s oldest rabbi passes away

Perth’s Rabbi Dr Shalom Coleman has died at the age of 106. Read more

Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor dead at 109 on Yom Hashoah

Nechama Grossman, Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor, died at the age of 109 on Thursday, coinciding with Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. Read more

Israel denies any role in huge Iran port blast

Israeli officials denied on Saturday any connection to the massive explosion that rocked the Port of Shahid Rajaee, Iran’s largest, on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 700 others. Read more

Trump: Willing to ‘lead the pack’ in strike against Iran

If the negotiations on a deal to dismantle Tehran’s nuclear program fail, the United States will lead an attack against it, President Donald Trump said on Friday. Read more

Hamas says it’s open to long truce but not to disarming

A media adviser for the leadership of Hamas says the militant group is not willing to lay down its arms but will consider a truce of up to seven years. Read more

PA no different, Chikli says after Abbas calls Hamas ‘sons of dogs’

Mahmoud Abbas “cannot claim to be any different from Hamas” as long as he rewards terrorists for their attacks, Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister for Amichai Chikli said on Thursday after the Palestinian Authority chief called the Islamist terrorist group “Sons of dogs.” Read more

Torrential downpour curtails annual March of the Living in Poland 

Oświęcim, Poland—Thousands of people, including scores of elderly Holocaust survivors, braved a torrential downpour on Thursday which cut short the annual March of the Living at Auschwitz in Poland , in tribute to the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Read more

Palestinian officials vote to create a vice presidency

The Palestinian Authority has announced the creation of a vice presidency under 89-year-old leader Mahmoud Abbas, who has not specified a successor. Read more

Australia calls for Israel to end Gaza aid blockade

Australia has added its voice to calls from the UK, France and Germany for Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza with the population at risk of starvation. Read more

Survivor lights torch, prays for hostages at Yad Vashem

Holocaust survivor Gad Fartouk, 93, lit one of six memorial torches at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Wednesday night during Israel’s official state ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

Israeli official: We’re not downplaying Pope’s death

An Israeli official pushed back on Wednesday against claims that Israel was muting its reaction to the death of Pope Francis last week. Read more

One in 10 Israeli Shoah survivors died in past year

Approximately 120,000 of the Holocaust survivors who made the Jewish state their home after the 1941-1945 destruction of European Jewry remain alive as of this month, the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs revealed ahead of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

Worldwide antisemitism levels decline but still higher than before Oct 7

On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Centre for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and the Irwin Cotler Institute for Democracy, Human Rights and Justice, both at Tel Aviv University, publish the Annual Antisemitism Worldwide Report, focusing on 2024. Read more

Bradfield candidates share personal stakes and policy depth

In a Federal Electoral Forum defined by civility and depth, but marked by moments of powerful personal testimony, Bradfield candidates Gisele Kapterian and Nicolette Boele addressed a packed crowd at Sydney’s North Shore Synagogue on Tuesday night. Read more

Israel posts, then deletes, condolences over pope

The Israeli government shared and then deleted a social media post offering condolences over the death of Pope Francis, without saying why. Read more

‘How about we put pressure where it really belongs, on Hamas,’ Huckabee tells WHO

Mike Huckabee, the newly installed U.S. ambassador to Israel, shared a public response to Dr. Hanan Balkhy, regional director for the eastern Mediterranean at the World Health Organisation, who called on him to allow more aid into Gaza. Read more

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