Leifer hearing: Cleaner saw Leifer at school with girls

After days of testimony behind closed doors, a former cleaner at a Jewish school has given evidence in open court against Malka Leifer. Read more

Bennett says he won’t sit down with Mahmoud Abbas, rules out Palestinian state

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that for now, he has ruled out a meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and the creation of a Palestinian state. Read more

Paralympians welcomed by president

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog hosted an event to salute the Israeli delegation at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Read more

Naftali Bennett speaks ahead of Yom Kippur: we will not allow Hamas to accumulate more rockets

Prerecorded interviews with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett aired yesterday on all three of Israel’s broadcast channels at the start of their evening news programs. Each network was able to interview Bennett separately with its own reporter in the Prime Minister’s office. The interviews were given on the occasion of the eve of the Yom Kippur holiday which begins tonight. Read more

A Yom Kippur message from Natalie Ward, NSW Minister for Multiculturalism

I wish a meaningful and spiritually uplifting Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement to the NSW Jewish community. Read more

Israelis take to the streets on Yom Kippur

At Yom Kippur, Israel grinds to a halt. For 25 hours, schools, restaurants and businesses shut down, roads empty out as driving is prohibited, and there are no buses, no trains and no planes. Read more

Warsaw’s Jewish community buries remains found of unidentified Holocaust victim

Warsaw’s Jewish community buried the remains of an unidentified Holocaust victim on Tuesday, found in a building that was once part of the Warsaw Ghetto. Read more

Israeli ministries issue legal opinion on smuggling of child in Italian cable-car crash

Israeli government attorneys said that the recent smuggling of 6-year-old Eitan Biran from Italy to Israel amounts to kidnapping under international law. Read more

Yom Kippur prayers permitted outdoors in Sydney

The Sydney Jewish community has been granted an exemption to observe Yom Kippur in outdoor locations around the city with the same exemption being applied to Newcastle. Read more

IDF report: COVID-19 in Israel back on the rise

Coronavirus (COVID-19) morbidity indices are very high in Israel and the coefficient of infection (R) has increased again, an IDF report shows. Read more

Study: 11% of Israeli children recovering from COVID-19 suffer from long-term symptoms

About 11% of Israeli children who have recovered from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) suffer from persistent symptoms, known as Long COVID, a Health Ministry study shows. Read more

Leifer allegations aired in closed court

Former school principal Malka Leifer, who was extradited from Israel to face child sexual abuse charges, has heard evidence from her accusers in the second day of closed court hearings. Read more

Playbill’s Brian Nebenzahl passes away at 86

The retired chairman and founder of Playbill Brian Nebenzahl passed away on Sunday in Sydney, aged 86. Read more

$7.5 million grant for Hakoah and membership now available

Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton MP announced that the NSW Government will support Hakoah Club’s plans to revitalise White City, Paddington with a $7.5 million grant. Read more

Headstone of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg unveiled in Arlington National Cemetery

The tombstone of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, was unveiled days before the first anniversary of her death on Sept. 18. Read more

IDF chief: ‘We will not stop until remaining fugitives are caught’

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said on Sunday that it was only a matter of time until security forces catch up with the two fugitives still at large following last week’s prison break in northern Israel. Read more

Israeli study discovers white blood cells can help destroy malignant tumorus

A new study at Tel Aviv University found that eosinophils, a type of white blood cells, are recruited to the battle against cancer metastases in the lungs. Read more

Bennett meets with Egyptian President El-Sisi in Sinai

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Sharm El-Sheikh yesterday. Read more

IAI unveils Rex MK II: A new multi-mission unmanned land vehicle

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled the Rex MK II, its newest unmanned land platform. The IAI says that the Rex MK II is intended to keep troops out of harm’s way in complex circumstances. Read more

Over 300 European, US lawmakers urge EU to back Israel at UN

In an unprecedented transatlantic initiative, 312 cross-party lawmakers from Europe, North America, and Israel urged European Union (EU) countries and democracies worldwide to help end the discrimination against Israel at the United Nations. Read more

First witness called against Malka Leifer

A hearing has begun to find if there’s enough evidence for former ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer to stand trial on child sexual abuse charges. Read more

NSW man with Nazi flag in bedroom arrested

AAP: A central NSW man with the Nazi flag and a map of the state on his bedroom wall has been arrested by counter-terrorism police over a plan to make a 3D gun. Read more

Mothers of soldiers march demanding a change in IDF’s debilitating rules of engagement

Dozens of mothers of IDF soldiers, IDF reservists and activists marched some 15 miles on Sunday to the Gaza border, demanding that the IDF change its rules of engagement in the wake of the death of IDF soldier Barel Shmueli. Read more

Israel Police chief urges caution in face of remaining two ‘desperate’ terrorist fugitives

Five days into a national hunt for six Palestinian security prisoners who escaped from a jail in northern Israel, police captured two of the fugitives—Yaqoub Qadri and Mahmoud Ardah—in Nazareth on Friday night. Read more

Ministry of Health D-G: ‘We are at a complex point in time’

Israel is “at a complex point in time” and “there are positive signs of curbing the wave” of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, Ministry of Health Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash said, as the infection rate remained high. Read more

Third night in a row – Gazan terrorists bomb Israel, IAF hits back

Gaza-based terrorists fired rockets at southern Israel on Sunday night, and the Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighters bombed Hamas targets in the Strip in response, for the third night in a row. Read more

Knesset award for the last survivor of the Babyn Yar massacre

The Knesset has held a commemoration meeting to mark 80 years since the Babyn Yar massacre. Read more

PM Bennett: world powers should not be fooled by Iran on nuclear weapons

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made a number of remarks at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting yesterday. Read more

Bennett: Time to act against Iran is now

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called for an “appropriate and rapid international reaction” after an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report warned that Tehran had made it impossible for its inspectors to oversee the country’s nuclear program. Read more

After capture of four escaped terrorists, manhunt on for the other two continues

Israel’s combined security services continued their manhunt for two Islamic Jihad terrorists who escaped from the Gilboa Prison almost a week ago after four of the six escapees were captured over the weekend. Read more

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