Row between Israel and Poland over Holocaust property restitution escalates
June 28, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The dispute between Israel and Poland over an amendment to a Polish law that would hinder Holocaust victims’ ability to claim their property in the country escalated Sunday when both countries summoned each other’s ambassadors for a dressing down. Read more
FM Lapid meets Sec. Blinken in Rome, Iran Deal on the table
June 28, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Rome yesterday, presumably to discuss the US’ push to renew the nuclear deal with Iran, which could threaten Israel. Read more
A difference of interpretation
June 28, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Recently, a contingent from The Executive Council of Australian Jewry met up with ABC’s managing director David Anderson to discuss coverage of the recent Israel-Palestinian conflict involving Gaza and the one-sided Q + A program that featured it. Read more
IDF warns Gaza parents against terror summer camps
June 28, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Commander of the IDF’s Unit for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) Major General Ghasan Alyan addressed the residents of the Gaza Strip and warned them against the “true face” of the camps run by the Hamas and Islamic terror groups. Read more
Protests against Abbas’ rule in PA expanding
June 28, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Over the weekend, protests against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Mahmoud Abbas expanded, a protest that began following the death of Nizar Banat, a political activist and harsh critic of Abbas, during an investigation by the PA security in Hebron. Read more
President Rivlin meets WJC President Lauder
June 28, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has met Israeli President Reuven Rivlinprivately in New York to thank him for his many years of dedicated service to the State of Israel and the Jewish people. Read more
Secord welcomes election of Scott Farlow as new chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel
June 28, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
NSW Labor frontbencher and deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel Walt Secord has welcomed the election of Liberal MP Scott Farlow as the new chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel. Read more
Poland: FM Lapid’s attack on Holocaust Reparations Law is ‘indicative of ignorance of the facts’
June 28, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s attack on Poland’s amended Code of Administrative Procedure that relates to reparations for Jewish victims of the Holocaust is “indicative of ignorance of the facts and the Polish law,” Poland’s Foreign Ministry charged. Read more
Fourth wave? Israel returns masks, number of cases climbs
June 27, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Ministry of Health announced Friday that all Israeli are required to wear masks in closed public areas, only a week and a half after the requirement ended, and as the number of new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continue to climb in the country. Read more
WATCH: Nesher Ramla Homo – New Type of Prehistoric Man Discovered in Israel
June 27, 2021 by TPS-IL
The bones of an early human, unknown until now to science, who lived in the Levant at least until 130,000 years ago, were discovered in excavations at the Nesher Ramla site, near the city of Ramla in the centre of Israel. Read more
PA official daily lauds family who named son Eichmann ‘to anger Zionism’
June 27, 2021 by TPS-IL
The official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida had warm words for a member of the Atwan family who chose to name his son Eichmann, after SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann, one of the key Nazi major officials who propagated the Holocaust. Read more
Jewish House providing help during lockdown
June 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Jewish House has responded swiftly to the latest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in the Eastern Suburbs. Read more
Israel dispatches aid delegations to Miami disaster site
June 27, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The State of Israel and the IDF have dispatched a team of specialists to help the rescue teams operating at the site of the collapse of the Champlain Towers at Surfside, just outside Miami. Read more
EXPOSED: Foreign diplomats say Abbas has lost right to lead PA
June 25, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
What do European leaders really think of Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas? Read more
Sam Weiss: Composer in Residence
June 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney musician Sam Weiss has become the Composer in Residence for Sydney Children’s Choir. Read more
Belgian government decides to remove army protection from Jewish sites
June 25, 2021 by JNS
The head of the European Jewish Association (EJA) said on Wednesday that the Belgian government’s decision to remove army protection at Jewish institutions makes “zero sense” and leaves Jews “wide open with a target on our backs.” Read more
Stay at home orders for some Sydney readers
June 25, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
To protect the people of NSW from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, current restrictions will be extended to at least midnight on Friday 2 July. Read more
Abbas facing heavy criticism after torture and death of political opponent
June 25, 2021 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas is facing sharp criticism after his political opponent, Nizar Khalil Mohamad Banat, was arrested by PA forces in Hebron on Wednesday night and apparently tortured to death. Read more
Gilad Shalit, former Hamas abductee, married
June 24, 2021 by Andrew Issacson -TPS
Gilad Shalit, a former IDF soldier who was in Hamas captivity for five years, married Nitzan Shabbat on Wednesday night in Sharonit, central Israel, after being engaged for over a year. Read more
Julian Leeser has told the House of Representatives that Hezbollah should be listed in its entirety as a terrorist organisation
June 24, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
LiberalFederal MP Julian Leeser has spoken in the House of Representatives on the recommendation to the Australian government to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation in its entirety. Read more
Anti-Abbas activist dies in PA custody
June 24, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Nizar Khalil Mohamad Banat, a well-known political activist in the Palestinian Authority (PA) and one of PA head Mahmoud Abbas’ fiercest opponents, died on Wednesday night in Hebron while in PA custody and after they arrested him. Read more
The 2021 Gaza war: An overview
June 24, 2021 by Dore Gold
The 2021 Gaza war, which raged from May 10 through May 21, was the fourth (2008, 2012, 2014) military exchange between the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinian terror organizations, led by Hamas, since Israel unilaterally pulled out of the Gaza Strip in 2005. Read more
Technion, Israel Aerospace Industries launch project to develop nanosatellites
June 24, 2021 by JNS
The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technion‒Israel Institute of Technology has signed a cooperation agreement with the Space Division at Israel Aerospace Industries to develop and launch a nanosatellite that will enter low-altitude orbit around the moon and collect data using a payload of scientific instruments. Read more
PM Bennett: ‘We do not want to return to days of lockdowns’
June 24, 2021 by TPS-IL
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced during a Coronavirus (COVID-19) assessment and tour of Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday that he will re-establish a corona cabinet and implement tighter restrictions in response to the recent spike in cases across the country and the Delta (Indian) variant spreading rapidly. Read more
President Rivlin farewells Israeli Olympians
June 24, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
President Reuven Rivlin gave his blessings to the Israeli Olympic and Paralympic delegations as they depart for Tokyo 2020. Read more
US seizes dozens of websites used by the Iranian media and terror orgs
June 23, 2021 by TPS-IL
The US seized 33 websites used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU) and three websites operated by Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH), in violation of US sanctions, the Department of Justice stated Tuesday. Read more
Q&A: questions for the ABC
June 23, 2021 by Vic Alhadeff
The ABC’s coverage of Israel – in particular, its highly controversial Q + A program which focused on the recent Israel-Hamas war – was the subject of a high-level meeting between the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) and the ABC leadership at ABC headquarters in Sydney on Monday. Read more
Vic pops up at ECAJ
June 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Vic Alhadeff this week joined the Executive Council of Australian Jewry as a part-time consultant. Read more
Government been recommended to relist Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation and in its entirety
June 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has recommended the Federal government consider listing Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organisation. Read more
Honorary doctorates for President Rivlin and Miriam Adelson
June 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Ariel University has conferred honorary doctorate degrees on the 10th President of the State of Israel, Reuven Rivlin and Dr Miriam Adelson. Read more
