IDF Commando Brigade prepares operating rooms to be set up in enemy territory
January 12, 2022 by JNS
The Commando Brigade of the Israel Defence Forces has recently established a unit that can set up a field hospital in enemy territory after being airlifted to any location, the military said on Tuesday. Read more
Holocaust a ‘minor matter,’ right-wing Romanian party claims
January 12, 2022 by JNS
A recent statement by the right-wing, populist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party that Romania’s school system should cut back on Holocaust education and focus on “Romanian national values” has caused an uproar in the eastern European country. Read more
Israel’s UN delegation seeks more Israelis in the world body
January 12, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s delegation to the United Nations has been working in recent weeks to increase the number of Israelis employed at the world body’s headquarters in New York. Read more
Polish diplomat fired after calling country’s Holocaust speech law ‘stupid’
January 12, 2022 by JNS
A Polish diplomat has reportedly been fired after calling his own government’s laws regarding speech centred around the Holocaust “stupid.” Read more
Over 11,000 IDF Soldiers infected with Corona or are in quarantine
January 11, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
More than 11,000 IDF servicemen have been infected with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) or are in quarantine, placing a strain on the military. Special and crucial units have moved to operating in capsules to minimize the possibility of broad infection. Read more
Netanyahu files police complaint after receiving death threat
Israeli opposition leader and former prime minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu has filed a police complaint after receiving a death threat against himself and members of his family. Read more
Geoff Lipshut heads Australia’s delegation at the Winter Olympics
January 11, 2022 by Henry Benjamin
Melbourne’s Geoff Lipshut will head off to Beijing shortly as Chef de Mission of Australia’s Winter Olympics delegation. Read more
Armed procession in UNRWA camp
January 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Jerusalem-based Bedein Centre has written to the Head of the Australian Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority on a Fatah commemoration held in the UNRWA-funded Deheishe refugee camp. Read more
Pre-war Vilna online
January 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has completed the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections Project (EBVOCP), a historic 7-year, $7 million initiative to process, conserve and digitize YIVO’s divided pre-war library and archival collections. Read more
Aura Herzog, mother of the President and wife of the former president, passes at 97
January 10, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Beit Hanasi (President’s House) announced this morning the passing of the Aura Herzog, the mother of President Isaac Herzog and the wife of the late President Haim Herzog, Israel’s sixth president. Read more
Lapid and French President Macron discusses Iran nuclear talks, Israel’s demand to ‘put pressure on Iran’
January 10, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid held “a long conversation” on Saturday night with French President Emmanuel Macron on the “regional challenges, the nuclear talks and Israel’s demand to put pressure on Iran, and relations between Israel and the European Union.” Read more
Clarke could be closing on cycling deal in Israel
January 10, 2022 by AAP
Simon Clarke’s last-minute scramble to secure a new pro cycling contract could be about to pay off. Read more
Israel spirals into chaos as Omicron variant runs rampant
January 10, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel has descended into apparent chaos and mass confusion as the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant is ripping through the country and the government appears to have given up on confronting the challenge. Read more
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
