Netanyahu: UAE to invest $10 billion in Israel
March 15, 2021 by JNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates, with which Israel signed a peace deal in September, plans to invest $10 billion in the country. Read more
Shock and Dismay as Yehuda Meshi-Zahav exposed as sex offender
March 15, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli public received with shock and astonishment the testimonies alleging that Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, founder and chairman of the ZAKA Search and Rescue organization and a high-profile Israeli figure, committed sex offences of various degrees against boys, girls and women, over decades. Read more
Netflix to premiere new docuseries about former ‘haredi’ fashion mogul
March 14, 2021 by JNS
Netflix announced on Wednesday the premiere of a new documentary series about fashion entrepreneur Julia Haart, a former member of the ultra-Orthodox haredi community. Read more
Israeli real-world data shows vaccine is 97% effective
March 14, 2021 by JNS
The Israeli Ministry of Health, Pfizer and BioNTech said on Thursday that data from Israel’s national vaccination campaign demonstrates that their vaccine is 94% effective in preventing asymptomatic infections. Read more
Blinken says Abraham Accords are ‘something we want to build on’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday complimented the Trump administration for the Abraham Accords that normalized relations with Israel and several Gulf states and Muslim nations. Read more
Residents of TV comedy ‘South Park’ get vaccinated for COVID, courtesy of Israel
March 12, 2021 by JNS
Just weeks after “Saturday Night Live” aired a “news” segment that said Israel was only vaccinating the “Jewish half” of the country, another comedic television program, “South Park,” is being praised for its take on Israel’s vaccination program. Read more
IDF becomes first vaccinated military in the world
March 12, 2021 by Yaakov Lappin
The Israel Defence Forces announced on Thursday the completion of its coronavirus vaccination program, becoming the first military in the world to inoculate nearly every one of its service members. Read more
Ambassador’s first visit to Auckland
March 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand Ran Yaakoby was warmly welcomed this week to the City of Sails by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff. Read more
Diplomats who saved Jews honoured at exhibition
March 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Queensland Parliament has hosted a unique photographic exhibition that honours the 34 diplomats from 21 countries, who collectively saved 200,000 Jews from Nazi extermination during the Holocaust.
We talk to Amir Tibon
March 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ashdod will become the first city in Israel with MDA smart defibrillator devices in every apartment building
March 11, 2021 by Zaki Heler
A life-saving project initiated by Ashdod City Council member Adv. Hanoh Drach Erlich kicks off on Sunday and as part of it, the municipality requires every new building in the city to install a Magen David Adom smart device (defibrillator) as part of the construction permit process. Read more
Israel’s first School of Sustainability and Climate Change
March 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ambassador ran Yaakoby casts the first vote in the world for the Israeli elections
March 11, 2021 by J-Wire photo story
This morning in Wellington Ambassador Ran Yaakoby cast the 1st vote in the world for the 24th Knesset. Read more
A record $25million bequest for local charity
March 11, 2021 by Warren Hurst
Sydney’s JewishCare has received a bequest in excess of $25million from Julianna (Julie) Lowy which will benefit generations to come Read more
Netanyahu: Search for Eli Cohen’s remains underway
March 10, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
“The search for Eli Cohen’s remains in Syria is currently underway,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, hinting at a significant development on the issue. Read more
The escalating drumbeat of antisemitism is now a fact of life in Australia”
March 10, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dvir Abramovich, Chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission, has lashed out on neo-Nazi incidents in Victoria. Read more
Israeli boy finds biblical-era figurine in the Negev
An 11-year-old Israeli boy has uncovered a rare, 2,500-year-old amulet during a family excursion in the northern Negev Desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Tuesday. Read more
BDS groups partner with terrorists from Gaza, Turkey, Iran to fight normalization
A coalition of more than 60 anti-Israel and pro-BDS organizations have launched a “Peoples Against Normalization” campaign, simultaneously declaring the year 2021 as the “Year Against Normalization” at an event earlier this year. Read more
Jewish Care supports David Southwick MP’s lead to ban display of hateful Nazi symbols
March 10, 2021 by Kirsten Young
Jewish Care Victoria applauds and promotes the important work of David Southwick MP who is leading a ban on the display of vile and hateful Nazi symbols as part of a review of Victoria’s anti-vilification laws. Read more
Report: Returning to original 2015 Iran nuclear deal would be ‘nearly impossible’
March 10, 2021 by JNS
A new report by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) details how it would nearly impossible both politically and technically for the Biden administration to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. Read more
Fifth millionth Israeli receives COVID-19 vaccine, entire population to be vaccinated by May
March 9, 2021 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein arrived at a Tel Aviv clinic on Monday to meet Janet Lavi-Azulai, the five millionth Israeli to receive the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Read more
Mardi Gras 2021: Jewish stars shining bright
March 8, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Kim Gotlieb is the vice-president of Sydney’s Jewish LGBTIQ+ Group Dayenu and has reported on the 2021 Mardi Gras.
Meretz leader justifies ICC probe of alleged Israeli war crimes
Nitzan Horowitz, head of left-wing Israeli party Meretz, said on Saturday night that there “was room” for the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate Israel for war crimes. Read more
Biden abandons Middle East peace
March 8, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
The Trump administration was on the verge of securing a peace agreement between Israel and Indonesia in its final weeks in office, according to a former senior Trump administration official involved in the efforts. Read more
Security overpowers knife-wielding man outside Jewish school in Marseille
March 7, 2021 by JNS
Security forces outside of a Jewish day school in Marseille in southern France stopped an armed, would-be assailant who showed up at the school on Friday before going into a nearby kosher market. Read more
Harris to Netanyahu: America stands against ICC war-crimes probe of Israel
March 7, 2021 by JNS
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, assuring that the United States stands against the International Criminal Court’s war-crimes probe of Israel. Read more
Dear Mr President
March 7, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
After his Alitalia flight received permission to fly across Israel on its way to Iraq, Pope Francis radioed a message to Israel’s President Rivlin . Read more
LGBTIQ groups call for Holocaust museums’ recognition of Nazi atrocious committed against homosexuals
March 7, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
National LGBTIQ advocacy organisation, just.equal has written to federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, seeking a commitment that proposed Holocaust museums will present information about all the victims of the Holocaust. Read more
Dan Tehan to discuss trade with counterparts in Israel and Bahrain on zoom
March 7, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In a first-ever webinar event, the Trade Ministers of Australia, Bahrain and Israel will be interviewed live on the importance of new markets in a post-COVID-19` world. Read more
MDA vaccinates Palestinian workers
March 5, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As part of the national effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Israel, the government has decided to provide vaccinations to Palestinian workers with permits to work in Israel. Read more
