Arrests as protests over Gaza war disrupt major cities

Arrests have been made as train stations, ports and parts of Australia’s biggest cities are blockaded by widespread protests against the war in Gaza. Read more

United States won’t help Israel retaliate against Iran

President Joe Biden has warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the United States will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option Netanyahu’s war cabinet favours after a mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, according to officials. Read more

Nova music festival survivors bring child into post-Oct 7 world

Supernova music festival massacre survivors Astar Moshe, 35, and Shlomi Tobi, 37, have welcomed a healthy baby to the world, almost six months to the day following Hamas’s Oct. 7 invasion of southern Israel. Read more

Iran attacks: Australian and Jewish reactions

Statements from the World Jewish Congress and Australian leaders following the Iranian attack on Israel. Read more

Body of missing Israeli shepherd, 14, discovered mutilated amid clashes

After more than 24 hours of searching, the body of a 14-year-old Israeli shepherd was found mutilated near a farm in Israel’s Binyamin region on Saturday, triggering clashes between Jews and Palestinians. Read more

NSWJBD appoints a new CEO

Michele Goldman has been appointed CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies. Read more

Israel: ‘We intercepted 99% of the threats’

Providing the first statistics from Iran’s overnight attack, the Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday morning that of the more 320 drones and missiles launched by Iran, 99% were intercepted. Read more

Netanyahu vows victory after Iran strikes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed his country will achieve victory after the military said it shot down almost all the more than 300 drones and missiles launched by Iran in a sharp escalation of the Middle East conflict. Read more

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Iranian attack

The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss Iran’s overnight attack on Israel, a spokesperson for the Council’s president confirmed on Sunday morning. Read more

Hamas leader says group is still seeking hostage deal

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says his Palestinian militant group is still seeking a deal for a ceasefire and hostage release after an Israeli strike killed three of his sons in an attack in the Gaza Strip. Read more

‘Inflated numbers’: Hamas admits incomplete data on one-third of Gaza death toll

Raising new questions about the credibility of Palestinian death toll figures being reported from Gaza, the Strip’s Hamas-run Health Ministry announced that it had incomplete data on one-third of the casualties. Read more

Israel begins construction of new Gaza border crossing, accuses UN of undercounting aid deliveries

Israeli authorities approved on Wednesday night several measures to streamline humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, including the construction of a new border crossing. Israeli officials also accused the UN of undercounting the number of trucks entering the Strip. Read more

‘Matter of when, not if’: Iranian attack on Israel reportedly imminent

Washington and its allies believe that a major attack on Israel by Iran is imminent and may be launched in the coming days, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing officials familiar with the intelligence. Read more

IAF strike kills sons of Hamas leader Haniyeh

An Israeli Air Force strike in the Al-Shati Camp on the northern Gaza coast killed six relatives of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, the Israel Defence Forces confirmed on Wednesday night. Read more

Outrage following Jerusalem hospital’s admission of Hamas terrorist

Dozens of protesters swarmed the halls of Hadassah Mount Scopus Medical Center in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning after news got out that the hospital was treating a member of Hamas’s “Nukhba force.” Read more

BDS threats to cancel Israeli cycling team an ‘obtuse moral inversion’

Threats to disrupt the two biggest cycling races in the world over Israeli participation are an “obtuse moral inversion” by haters of the Jewish state, the Israel–Premier Tech team’s co-owner said on Wednesday. Read more

Nahal Oz residents receive permission to return to their kibbutz

The Israel Defence Forces notified residents of Nahal Oz, one of the Gaza-border communities devastated by Hamas’s attack, that they may return to the kibbutz. Read more

Record number of humanitarian aid trucks entering Gaza

The highest number of humanitarian aid trucks since October 7 entered Gaza on Tuesday, Israeli officials said on Wednesday. Read more

Labor enabled spread of antisemitism: Dutton

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has accused Anthony Albanese of enabling antisemitism to fester, blaming the prime minister for what he labelled a “national moral fog”. Read more

Israeli students’ AI model rescues lost words of antiquity

In a groundbreaking development for historical researchers, students at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to restore illegible letters and words in ancient Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions. Read more

PM backs two-state solution after statehood debate

Anthony Albanese has reiterated calls for a two-state solution in the Middle East, following comments from Foreign Minister Penny Wong suggesting the government could recognise Palestinian statehood. Read more

Netanyahu’s approach to war in Gaza a ‘mistake’: Biden

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza is a “mistake,” US President Joe Biden says in a new interview, offering further criticism of Israel’s handling of the conflict. Read more

Israeli woman conquers Everest and Mount Kosciusko

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Gaza divisions hurt Australia’s soft power: minister

Australia’s multiculturalism is one of its greatest sources of soft power but this is being challenged as violence in Gaza fuels impassioned debates and protests, an assistant minister says. Read more

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Iron Dome’s naval brother makes its first operational intercept

C-Dome, the naval version of Israel’s better-known Iron Dome defence system, made its first operational intercept on Monday night, shooting down a hostile drone over the Gulf of Aqaba, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Tuesday. Read more

Australia calls for two-solution to end Gaza violence

Recognising Palestinian statehood could be the only way to end the cycle of violence in the Middle East and build momentum toward a two-state solution, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says.

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Amazon pulls book by Hamas leader Sinwar

Amazon has stopped selling The Thorn and the Carnation, a book written by Hamas senior leader Yahya Sinwar, following a complaint filed with the e-commerce giant by Israeli NGO B’Tzalmo. Read more

Soccer fans ‘mimicked Hitler’ at final, court told

A court has been urged to convict three men for inciting hatred and bigotry at an Australia Cup final through “tainted” one-handed Nazi salutes made during the soccer game. Read more

JCA fills the Opera House

Six months ago, pro-Palestinian supporters caused NSW authorities to block Sydney’s Jewish community from attending the area where the Opera House’s sails were a giant blue and white banner following the Oct 7 incursion into Israel by blood-thirsty Hamas terrorists. Read more

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