Israeli court halts auction of ‘Auschwitz tattoo kits’

The Tel Aviv District Court suspended on Wednesday the auction of needle dies supposedly used on inmates of the Auschwitz death camp, after Jewish leaders and Holocaust survivors expressed outrage at the sale. Read more

Senate confirms Thomas Nides as US ambassador to Israel

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Israel, making banking executive Thomas Nides the United States’ top envoy to its closest ally in the Middle East. Read more

At Washington grilling, Biden official confirms plans to reopen consulate for Palestinians

Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Matt McKeon confirmed on Wednesday that the administration is seeking to reopen the U.S. Consulate for Palestinians in its original location in Jerusalem. Read more

PM Bennett asks MK Kariv to cancel Kotel visit Friday for fear of violence

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has personally asked Labor MK Gilad Kariv not to attend the special services being held Friday at the Kotel, Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem by the Women of the Wall organization for fear that there could be a violent confrontation. Read more

Hamas leader Haniyeh calls for continued ‘armed resistance’

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh laid out the terrorist organization’s vision for the coming years and states that “we must adopt a strategy of resistance and return.” Read more

FIFA president urged to take action against Polish referee’s anti-Jewish rant

Jewish and antisemitism watchdog groups are urging FIFA to take a stance concerning a Polish soccer referee who went on a rant against Jews. Read more

Top Italian soccer league adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

Italy’s premier soccer league, Serie A, has agreed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Read more

Twitter’s new Mideast, North Africa news curator under fire for anti-Israel tweets

Twitter’s new “editorial curation lead” for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) news is drawing criticism from pro-Israel organizations, pointing to her history of anti-Israel bias. Read more

Israeli researchers identify COVID-19 proteins that damage blood vessels

Nearly two years since becoming a global pandemic that has killed millions of people, the mystery of which proteins in the SARS-CoV-2 virus are responsible for severe vascular damage that could even lead to heart attack or stroke has been solved by a team of experts led by Tel Aviv University. Read more

‘Important to regional stability’: Israel and Jordanian trade ministers meet

Israeli Economy Minister Orna Barbivai and Jordan’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yousef Al-Shamali met on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea on Wednesday, the first such meeting in a decade. Read more

Qantas to delete “Occupied Palestinian Territory” and “State of Palestine”

The Australian Jewish Association (AJA) contacted Qantas for urgent clarification, after being alerted by a concerned supporter, that multiple areas of the company’s website appear to take a stand on Middle East politics at odds with Australia’s long-held bi-partisan stance. Read more

Sydney’s Waverley Council leading the way adopting IHRA definition of antisemitism

The Liberal members of Sydney’sy’s  Waverley Council which covers a major part of the city’s Eastern Suburbs were victorious when their motion for Council to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism was passed 9 to 1 with only Greens Cr Kanak voting against it. Read more

Wheelchair-bound Israeli minister left outside UN Climate Conference

The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow was witness to an embarrassing incident on Tuesday when Karine Elharrar, Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources, who uses a wheelchair, was left out of the conference due to accessibility problems. Read more

PM Bennett meets with Bill Gates and world leaders at climate conference

Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has met with Bill Gates, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Read more

PM Bennett has historic first meeting with Bahrain’s Crown Prince

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett registered a historic moment on Tuesday during the United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow when he met with Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the first Israeli prime minister to do so. Read more

Spectacular ancient gold ring with precious stone unearthed in coastal Israel

A huge excavation conducted at the coastal city of Yavne by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), as part of an initiative to expand the city, has exposed an ancient and spectacular gold ring, the latest fascinating find at the site. Read more

Who is really polluting Judea and Samaria?

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh accused Israel’s “colonial settlements and their waste” as “Palestine’s most significant environmental dangers” in his address at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow on Tuesday, listing the various grievances against Israel’s supposed environmental policies. Read more

‘Hypocrisy’: Israel’s envoy slams UN support for PFLP-linked organisations

Israel’s Ambassador to the US and the United Nations (UN) Gilad Erdan dispatched on Tuesday a firm letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the Security Council after the Palestinian Authority (PA) sent two letters of complaint against Israel to the UN regarding Israel’s declaration of six supposed civil society organizations as terrorist organizations. Read more

At Glasgow, Palestinian Authority blames Israel for environmental woes

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh blamed Israel’s “occupation” for his people’s environmental issues in his address to world leaders at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland on Monday. Read more

Bennett addresses UN Climate Change Conference

Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has told the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow that “history will judge our generation’s response to this threat not by how ambitious we are, but by the actions we take”. Read more

Bennett asks Australia to recognize all of Hezbollah as terror organization

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met on Monday with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, and discussed issues of mutual and pertinent interest. Read more

PM Bennett to address the UN Glasgow Climate Conference today

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is now in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference together with Energy Minister Karine Elharrar and Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg. Read more

President Herzog asks for forgiveness at Kafr Qasim Memorial for Arab victims of 1956 massacre

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog visited Kafr Qasim on Friday and addressed the memorial for the victims of the Kafr Qasim Massacre, during which he asked for forgiveness on behalf of the State of Israel. Read more

Bennett recycles Netanyahu’s pledge on Israel’s zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Energy Minister Karine Elharrar announced their decision to raise the threshold for reducing greenhouse gas emissions so that by 2050, Israel will reach zero emissions, essentially recycling similar pledges made by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more

Five terrorists killed in IDF strike on advanced weapons in Syria – report

The IDF bombed on Saturday at mid-day a shipment of advanced weapons on its way from Syria to Lebanon, killing at least five terrorists, reports emerging from the country say. Read more

Follow the app and discover Melbourne’s Jewish history

Enjoy ‘A Jewish Walk Through Marvellous Melbourne’ via a brand-new app launched by the Australian Jewish Historical Society-Vic. Read more

‘Shame on You!’ Israel’s envoy tears up Human Rights Council report at General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly held a special session on Friday during which Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the Human Rights Council, presented the UNHRC’s annual report to all UN member states. Read more

Israel to collaborate with US, UN on regulation of social networks

Israel’s Minister of Communications Yoaz Hendel met with executives from major online companies and legislators in New York and Washington to discuss support for the regulation of social networks, Globes reported. Read more

NSW Shadow Police Minister Walt Secord quizzes NSW Police on Hizb Ut-Tahrir rally

NSW Police Force has told a State Parliament hearing that a Hizb ut-Tahrir rally in Lakemba – where protestors chanted offensive statements including “destroy the Jews” and “give us the necks of the Jews” – had been referred to its terrorism intelligence unit for assessment and “allocated” to the Fixated Persons’ Unit for further investigation. Read more

New York to divest $111 million from Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s Israel boycott

New York has announced that it is pulling $111 million in investments from Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, over the ice cream makers decision to boycott Israeli settlements earlier this year. Read more

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