GHF reopens Gaza aid centres after Hamas threats
June 8, 2025 by JNS
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) resumed aid distribution in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, after cancelling distribution on Saturday due to what the U.S.-backed organisation said were direct threats by Hamas. Read more
Magen David Adom speaker’s visa cancelled
June 8, 2025 by Henry Benjamin
American-Israeli Hillel Fuld was preparing for this week’s visit to Australia, where he was to speak at Magen David Adom events in Sydney and Melbourne, but the Australian government cancelled his visa. Read more
Synagogue of former chief rabbi targeted by arsonists
June 8, 2025 by Pesach Benson
A Jerusalem synagogue frequented by former Chief Sephardic Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was deliberately set ablaze early Sunday morning in what authorities are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime. Read more
Israel ‘fighting our battle,’ Dutch right-wing leader Geert Wilders declares
June 6, 2025 by Akiva van Koningsveld
If Jerusalem falls, Athens, Paris or Amsterdam are next,” Dutch right-wing leader Geert Wilders declared on Wednesday, speaking during a parliament session following the fall of his coalition government. Read more
Properties raided in hunt for synagogue arsonists
June 6, 2025 by AAP
Multiple search warrants have been executed as part of an ongoing police investigation into the firebombing of a synagogue. Read more
World famous architect joins team to design Jewish Life Centre and Mount Scopus
June 6, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
World-famous architect Daniel Libeskind will join the team chosen to design Melbourne’s Centre for Jewish Life and a new Mount Scopus Memorial College campus in Caulfield. Read more
Heartbreak and hope, the profound paradox of our homeland
June 6, 2025 by J-Wire
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been to Israel, but this last trip – my first UIA mission – was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced…writes David Slade. Read more
Israel has activated Gaza Strip clans against Hamas
June 6, 2025 by Associated Press
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has “activated” some local clans in the Gaza Strip in the fight against Hamas. Read more
Bodies of two Israeli hostages recovered in Gaza
June 5, 2025 by Pesach Benson
The bodies of Gadi Hagai and his wife, Judy Weinstein Hagai were returned to Israel last night in a military operation, 607 days after they were kidnapped and murdered by Hamas terrorists, Kibbutz Nir Oz announced on Thursday morning. Read more
Israeli coalition crisis escalates over army exemptions for yeshiva students
June 5, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded emergency talks Wednesday evening with Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein as Israel’s governing coalition faces potential collapse over military conscription legislation, with both major Haredi-Orthodox parties now threatening to dissolve the Knesset. Read more
US vetoes UN Security Council demand for Gaza ceasefire
June 5, 2025 by Reuters
The United States has voted against a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Read more
Burger Centre to become part of the Monte
June 5, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
JewishCare and Montefiore have announced that after nearly two decades of joint ownership, Montefiore will become the sole owner and operator of The Burger Centre. Read more
‘Each truck is a risk’: deadly incident renews Israeli debate over Gaza aid
June 4, 2025 by Sveta Listratov
A deadly incident in northern Gaza in which several Palestinians were killed near an aid distribution point has renewed Israeli debate over the risks and consequences of ongoing humanitarian deliveries into the Hamas-controlled enclave. Read more
Israel: Hamas casualty figures ‘exaggerated,’ claims echoed uncritically by media
June 4, 2025 by Ehud Amiton - TPS
Israeli Defence Forces officials strongly disputed Hamas claims regarding civilian casualties near humanitarian aid distribution sites in southern Gaza, with IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin characterised the reports as “exaggerated” propaganda during a Tuesday night press conference. Read more
Rockets from Syria hit Golan Heights
June 4, 2025 by AAP
For the first time in more than a year, rockets fired from Syria have landed in Israeli-controlled territory of Golan Heights. Read more
Netanyahu’s government at risk amid standoff on yeshiva student conscription
June 4, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Israel’s governing coalition is in crisis as Orthodox Haredi religious leaders on Tuesday night threatened to withdraw support over the government’s failure to pass legislation exempting yeshiva students from military service. Read more
Colorado fire-bomb suspect planned attack for a year
June 3, 2025 by Reuters
An Egyptian man who told US investigators that he wanted to “kill all Zionist people” has been charged with a hate crime and attempted murder in Colorado. Read more
US ambassador to Israel slams major US media over Gaza coverage
June 3, 2025 by TPS-IL
The US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has openly accused major American news outlets of “contributing to the antisemitic climate” that has resulted in recent attacks on Israeli embassy staff in Washington, as well as on Jewish activists in Colorado. Read more
Three Israeli soldiers killed in deadliest incident since Gaza’s ceasefire collapse
June 3, 2025 by Ehud Amiton - TPS
Three Israeli soldiers were killed and two wounded when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in the Jabaliya area of the northern Gaza Strip, the Israel Defence Forces said on Tuesday, marking the deadliest incident for Israeli forces since combat operations resumed after a ceasefire collapsed in March. Read more
Five Jewish sites vandalised in central Paris
June 1, 2025 by JNS
Vandals on Friday night defaced five Jewish sites, including France’s Holocaust Memorial, in the Marais district in central Paris with green paint. Read more
Hamas seeks amendments to US ceasefire proposal
June 1, 2025 by Associated Press
Hamas is seeking amendments to the latest US ceasefire proposal for Gaza, but President Donald Trump’s envoy rejected the group’s response as “totally unacceptable”. Read more
Netanyahu to undergo sedated medical exam; Justice Minister to temporarily lead
May 30, 2025 by Pesach Benson
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo a “routine medical examination” on Friday, during which he is expected to be sedated, his office said. Read more
Slain Israeli infant Ravid Chaim Gez buried next to mother in Jerusalem
May 30, 2025 by Akiva van Koningsveld
Ravid Chaim Gez, the infant son of terror victim Tzeela Gez, was buried on Thursday evening, hours after succumbing to his wounds sustained in the shooting attack that claimed his mother’s life two weeks ago. Read more
US-backed Gaza aid group delivers nearly a million meals on Thursday
May 30, 2025 by JNS
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed independent aid distributor, said that it had delivered 997,920 meals on Thursday via three sites, including a new site that opened in Bureij, in central Gaza. Read more
Between sirens and drones the Kyiv Jewish community prepares for Shavuos
May 30, 2025 by J-Wire News Service
Opposition calls on PM to take up Israel trip invite
The opposition’s foreign affairs spokeswoman Michaelia Cash is calling on the PM to travel to Israel after he criticised the state for blocking aid into Gaza. Read more
Israel has accepted a new US proposal for a ceasefire
May 30, 2025 by Associated Press
In fresh signs of progress, Israel has accepted a new US proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, the White House says. Read more
Lakemba cleric apologises for antisemitic sermon, but doubts over sincerity
An extremist cleric who preached that Jews were “bloodthirsty monsters” who “ran like rats” during the October 7 Hamas attacks has issued a formal apology following a racial vilification complaint lodged by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ).
Herzog slams ‘genocidal’ Hamas at global summit on Holocaust
May 29, 2025 by Canaan Lidor - JNS
At an international meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday about Holocaust commemoration, Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged governments worldwide to help free the hostages in Gaza from “genocidal, jihadist” Hamas, as he termed the terrorist group. Read more
US-backed aid centres expand operations in Gaza
May 29, 2025 by JNS
A third humanitarian aid distribution centre opened in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday as part of a U.S.-led initiative to provide direct assistance to Palestinian civilians, according to Israel’s Army Radio military correspondent Doron Kadosh. Read more
