Israel acts to revoke BDS Founder’s Residency
October 7, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel will act quickly to rescind the residency status attained by BDS founder Omar Barghouti, Minister of Interior
announced Sunday evening. Read more
PA official: ‘Abbas succumbed to pressure’ and ended financial standoff between Israel and PA
October 7, 2019 by Baruch Yedid - TPS
The financial crisis between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), in which the Authority refused to receive any funds from Israel over its cut of the amount paid in salaries to terrorists and their families, ended over the weekend following a meeting between the PA’s Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al-Sheikh and Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon. Read more
Vast 5,000-year-old city, one of the first and largest in Near East, uncovered in Israel
October 7, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
A massive 5,000-years-old city, the largest and the most central ever uncovered in Israel, which had been built on top of a 7,000-year-old town and which “dramatically changes what we know about the character of the period and the beginning of urbanization in Israel,” was chanced upon by Israeli construction workers who were developing roads to the city of Harish in northern Israel. Read more
100 new immigrants from 45 countries convene at Western Wall for pre-Yom Kippur prayers
October 7, 2019 by TPS-IL
Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog and 100 Olim (immigrants) from 45 countries convened on Saturday at the Kotel, Western Wall, to recite the Selichot, special prayers recited by Jews worldwide during the days before and between Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Read more
Jewish death-row inmate receives stay of execution
October 7, 2019 by Jackson Richman - JNS
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued a stay of execution for a Jewish death-row inmate who was scheduled to die on Oct. 10 for being part of “The Texas Seven” that escaped from prison almost 19 years ago and killed a police officer after they held up a sporting goods store, following allegations that he was sentenced by a judge who made antisemitic remarks and has a history of bigotry. Read more
Day 3 of Netanyahu pre-indictment hearings gets underway
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal team arrived at the Justice Ministry on Sunday for the third day of the premier’s pre-indictment hearings. Read more
‘Different Perspectives on Israel: leaders discussion in Auckland
October 7, 2019 by J-Wire
Dr David Cumin (Israel Institute of New Zealand) v John Minto (anti-Israel protestor) faced off recently in their ‘Different Perspectives on Israel’ discussion held in Auckland.
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Israeli FM: Israel working on non-aggression pact with Arab States
October 6, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel is in the process of working on a non-aggression pact with several Arab states in the Middle East to face the common threat emanating from Iran, Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz revealed Saturday night. Read more
School antisemitic attacks
October 6, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Since the reported attacks on two Jewish schoolboys in Melbourne, the headmaster of one of the schools has written to the parents of all the students, Liberal MP David Southwick in whose electorate the attacks took place and the Australian National Imams Council has posted a notice on Facebook to its 31,000 followers. Read more
UK University, College Union apologize for Holocaust email omitting Jewish victims
Social media users called the omission “shocking” and “sickening,” with some suggesting that the inclusion of “non-Jewish Poles” showed that the Union deliberately decided who to include and leave out. Read more
Antisemitism by schoolchildren requires pro-active action
October 4, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has spoken about children as young five being attacked because of their Jewishness in Melbourne. Read more
Longest coral reef survey to date reveals major changes in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
October 4, 2019 by Elana Oberlander
Published in the journal Nature Communications by researchers at Bar-Ilan University and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Israel, and the University of Queensland in Australia, the study concludes that since 1928 intertidal communities have experienced major phase-shifts as a result of local and global environmental change, leaving few signs that reefs will return to their initial state in the near future. Read more
Jewish leaders outraged on latest Leifer setback
October 4, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Jewish community leaders in Australia have expressed outrage at the latest setbacks in the bid to extradite Malka Leifer from Israel to Australia to face 74 charges involving allegations that she sexually abused at least eight pupils under care while she was principal of the Adass Israel school in Melbourne. Read more
UK to release ‘pay to slay’ audits after Freedom of Information request
October 4, 2019 by JNS
The branch of the British government responsible for administering overseas aid will disclose audit reports regarding aid money allegedly used to pay salaries to convicted terrorists, after abandoning its appeal against a ruling by U.K. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham. Read more
Leifer remains in jail
October 4, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Malka Leifer will have to wait a few days until a Supreme Court judge announces her decision on the appeal by the prosecution against the former Melbourne school principal being granted bail allowing her to leave prison and being placed in house arrest. Read more
Israeli researchers find new way to stop development of bone cancer
October 3, 2019 by Arye Green -TPS
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered a new method to keep bone cancer from spreading which has shown promising results in a study on mice. Read more
Abbas calls Rivlin to wish him a Happy New Year
October 3, 2019 by TPS-IL
Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday evening called Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to congratulate him on the Jewish New Year. Read more
Israel Cycling Academy to join World Tour in 2020,
October 3, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel Cycling Academy and Katusha Management have signed an agreement that will see the Israeli team race in the World Tour starting January 2020. Read more
Following visit to Israel, singer Demi Lovato calls it ‘absolutely magical’
October 3, 2019 by JNS
Singer Demi Lovato recently returned from a trip to Israel and talked all about the transformative experience on social media. Read more
Sanders undergoes heart-blockage surgery, suspends campaign events
October 3, 2019 by JNS
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, underwent a medical procedure on Tuesday following a blockage discovered in one of his arteries, causing his campaign to cancel future events “until further notice.” Read more
Joint List calls for probe after terror suspect critically injured in custody
The Joint Arab List on Monday called on Israel’s attorney general to open an official investigation into the hospitalization of a terror suspect who was admitted to hospital in critical condition after being interrogated by Israeli security officials. Read more
Report: Israel letting in more Gaza workers as part of deal with Hamas
October 3, 2019 by JNS
Israel is quietly allowing thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to enter Israel to work, the AP reported on Tuesday. Read more
An impromtu Rosh Service
October 3, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
It was Rosh Hashanah in the Sydney suburb of Randwick and NSW Volunteer of the Year Philip Feinstein was waiting to see his local MP to discuss Burundi refugee…and then came along a rabbi. Read more
Ask the rabbi: Yom Kippur
October 3, 2019 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Rabbi Raymond Apple writes from Jerusalem. Read more
Corbyn sparks controversy for Rosh Hashanah video featuring Hamas supporter
October 3, 2019 by JNS
Jeremy Corbyn sparked outrage for releasing a Rosh Hashanah video that features an activist who last year led a public Jewish mourning prayer for dead members of Hamas. Read more
$2.2m federal security funding approved
October 3, 2019 by Community newsdesk
The $2.2m security funding for the NSW Jewish community promised by the federal government during last year’s Wentworth by-election has been approved. Read more
Malka Leifer bailed and faces house arrest
October 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In a Jerusalem court, Judge Rom Vinograd has ruled that Malka Leifer will be released to house arrest in B’nei B’rak. Read more
Pre-indictment hearings on Netanyahu’s corruption cases begin
October 2, 2019 by Arye Green -TPS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pre-indictment hearings before Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit regarding three corruption cases began Wednesday and will take place over four days. Read more
UIA Friends of Israel
October 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal’s Friends of Israel Division has recently hosted its second-ever event in Australia. Read more
ZCNSW official accompanies the mother of Hadar Goldin to U.N.
October 2, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Zionist Council of NSW’s director of Israel Affairs, Arsen Ostrovsky has accompanied Israeli Leah Goldin, mother of captured IDF soldier Hadar Goldin, to the United Nations in Geneva. Read more
