Gaza 21: UNHRC Commission of Inquiry – People are urged to make submissions even though the ‘dice seem loaded’
January 9, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Anne Bayefsky of Human Rights Voices has urged people to make submissions to the UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry. Read more
2021 stats of murders of women in Israel
January 9, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Israel Observatory on Femicide (IOF) has released their year-end report on femicide, the murder of women. Read more
Yad Vashem launches academy to train future leaders in Holocaust awareness
January 9, 2022 by Deborah Fineblum
One hundred stalwart souls braved the chilling Jerusalem rain and influx of new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday to witness the rollout of what is designed to be the next big step for empowering Holocaust awareness for future generations. Read more
Erdan submits UN resolution opposing Holocaust denial and distortion
January 9, 2022 by JNS
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan has submitted a resolution to the U.N. General Assembly to combat Holocaust denial and Holocaust distortion. Read more
Hamas bedfellow of Australian BDS supporters
January 9, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
All those who joined the boycott of the Sydney Festival created by its acceptance of a A$20,000 sponsorship by the Israeli embassy in Canberra have had a powerful Israeli enemy join their ranks. Read more
Secord calls on arts minister to introduce anti-BDS laws
January 9, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Shadow Arts Minister Walt Secord has called on the new NSW Arts Minister Ben Franklin to introduce American-style anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) legislation for NSW arts organisations. Read more
Israel welcomes Netherlands ending of funding to PFLP-linked organisation
January 7, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday that it was ceasing all funding of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UWAC), which has links to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organisation. Read more
Decadence a hit
January 7, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Sydney Dance Company performed Israeli’s Ohad Naharin’s Decadence last night at the opening of the Sydney Festival receiving rave reviews and a fizzler of a protest. Read more
Artefact from World War II Jewish hideout goes on display in Amsterdam
January 7, 2022 by JNS
A round mantelpiece clock—the only remaining item from a Jewish hideout during World War II—will go on display with other Holocaust artifacts at Amsterdam’s Dutch Resistance Museum later this year, reported The Guardian. Read more
President Herzog gets 4th Covid vaccination from Arab Israeli nurse, warns country omicron will hit every household
January 6, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
The President of Israel Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog visited the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Centre yesterday to launch its fourth COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
The Sydney Festival’s “important stance”
January 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has commented on the “very important stance of the Sydney Festival in its continued support of the dance performance Decadance and its public repudiation of demands by members of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) to divest funding received for it from the Israeli Embassy”. Read more
Onward Israel merges with Birthright as part of effort to appeal to new audiences
January 6, 2022 by Faygie Holt
Two organizations that provide Israel experiences for Jewish young adults, Birthright Israel and Onward Israel, are announcing their merger this week with the goal of strengthening the relationship between Diaspora Jews worldwide and the Jewish state. Read more
Israeli defence minister meets with King Abdullah in Jordan
January 6, 2022 by JNS
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz travelled to Jordan yesterday [Wed] to meet with Jordan’s King Abdullah. Read more
’Ecological terrorist attack’: Raw sewage from PA flowing into Alexander River in Israel
January 5, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Knesset’s Internal Affairs and Environment Committee convened on Monday to discuss the pollution in Nahal Alexander, which is contaminated by untreated sewage running from the Palestinian Authority, “ecological terrorist attack” as one official termed it. Read more
Rabbi resigns after 30 years at BBC over ‘inexcusable’ antisemitism
January 5, 2022 by JNS
A rabbi who has worked for the BBC for decades has tendered his resignation with the British Broadcasting Corporation in response to their handling of a story about a Chanukah night attack on a group of Jewish teens. Read more
Bird flu sparks Israeli ban on hunting
January 5, 2022 by AAP
Israel has banned hunting until the end of the month in response to a severe outbreak of avian flu with the aim of restricting contact between people and birds. Read more
Israel lifts bans on same-sex surrogacy
January 4, 2022 by AAP
Israel has lifted restrictions barring same-sex couples and single men from becoming parents through surrogacy within the country, upholding a Supreme Court ruling to end the ban. Read more
Jerusalem: Israeli bus driver injured in firebombing attack
January 4, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An Israeli bus driver was injured in a terror attack in Jerusalem last night when an Arab terrorist threw a firebomb at the bus he was driving near Har Hazofim. Read more
Two killed in IDF helicopter crash off Haifa coast
January 4, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Two Israeli Air Force (IAF) pilots were killed and an officer was moderately injured when an IAF helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Haifa during a training flight on Monday night.
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IDF to open new unit for religious female soldiers
January 4, 2022 by JNS
The Israel Defence Forces plan to launch a new company for women soldiers only, in order to cater to female religious women who wish to serve, Kan reported on Sunday. Read more
Emma Watson draws controversy over solidarity with ‘Free Palestine’ movement on social media
January 4, 2022 by JNS
On the same weekend that Harry Potter, the series that made her famous, celebrated its 20th anniversary, the Instagram account belonging to Emma Watson released a post in support of a “Free Palestine.” Read more
First temple Jerusalem elite suffered poor sanitary conditions and infectious disease
January 4, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A new study by Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority has exposed the remains of 2,700-year-old intestinal worm eggs below the stone toilet of a magnificent private estate. Read more
Benny Gantz defends his meeting with Abbas: ‘My job is to act to prevent war’
January 4, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Defence Minister Benny Gantz has been forced to explain his decision to hold a face to face meeting last week with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Read more
Nuclear site threat in Jerusalem Post hack
January 3, 2022 by Agencies
Pro-Iranian hackers have temporarily paralysed the website of the Israeli newspaper the Jerusalem Post and the Twitter account of the newspaper Maariv. Read more
“Seniors do not need to go to crowded places” – Israel offering 4th jab to over 60s and medical workers
January 3, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Health Ministry’s Director General Prof. Nachman Ash has decided to allow a fourth dose of the vaccine to be given to all adults over 60 and medical crews who received the previous dose at least four months ago. Read more
Global antisemitism’s Top Ten
January 3, 2022 by JNS
Egyptian mediation efforts continue as fears of another conflict loom
January 3, 2022 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
“Egypt continues to mediate between Israel and Hamas in light of the understanding that the situation in the Gaza Strip is close to exploding and that Israel and Hamas are closer to another round of violence since Operation Guardian of the Walls ended” in May, a source told TPS yesterday. Read more
War of words breaks out over start of Kashrut reform in Israel: MK calls Haredim ‘racist and ignorant’
January 3, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
On Sunday, the first stage of a set of reforms on kashrut certification in Israel as promoted by Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana, from PM Naftali Bennett’s Yamina Party went into effect. Read more
Dear Prime Minister
January 2, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The president of the Zionist Federation of Australia Jeremy Leibler has written to Israel’s prime minister, Naftali Bennett expressing his concerns about Israel’s borders being closed to Diaspora Jewry. Read more
US announces US$99 million in assistance to UNRWA
January 2, 2022 by JNS
The United States announced that will be providing $99 million in funding to the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA), the world body’s agency that handles Palestinian refugees. Read more
