Netanyahu: U.S. recognition of strategic areas is ‘changing the course of Jewish history’
September 13, 2019 by JNS
If voters stay home on Tuesday, the Blue and White Party will be forming Israel’s next government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. Read more
Holland slams UN Human Rights Council’s ‘Disproportionate Singling Out of Israel’
September 12, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Holland on Wednesday slammed the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) “unacceptable and disproportionate singling out of Israel” and it’s notorious the permanent Agenda Item 7. Read more
IAF pounds Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rocket attacks
September 12, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israelis Air Force (IAF) warplanes on Wednesday bombed several Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket attacks on several Israeli civilian targets. Read more
Israeli electrician chances upon trove of 4,500-year-old artifacts
September 12, 2019 by TPS-IL
An Israeli electrician on the way to work in the north chanced upon fascinating and rare archeological findings. Read more
Israeli organisation charges Facebook of complacency with incitement, demands action
September 12, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
An Israeli organization that monitors Palestinian incitement in the media has charged Facebook with complicity with incitement to terrorism and has issued a demand that it cease from doing and shut down pages that incite to terrorism. Read more
Record turnout for JNF in Sydney
September 12, 2019 by J-Wire Staff
Former Head of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and CEO of EL Al, Major General (Res.) Elyezer Shkedy addressed a record crowd at the JNF Campaign Dinner in Sydney. Read more
McDonald’s to acquire Israeli customer-service tech startup Apprente
September 12, 2019 by JNS
McDonald’s has signed a deal to acquire the Israeli-founded customer service automation startup Apprente Inc. Read more
Ceremony at Living Memorial site in Jerusalem pays tribute to 9/11 victims
September 12, 2019 by JNS
An annual ceremony was held at the 9/11 Living Memorial site in Jerusalem on Tuesday night to honour victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. Read more
Israel welcomes US sanctions on Hamas and Iranian terror leaders
September 11, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel has welcomed the US Department of the Treasury’s announcement that it has sanctioned a list of terrorist leaders from several organizations, including from Hamas and Iran’s Quds Force as “the right way to stop the Terror-State of Iran and its proxies.” Read more
Netanyahu vows to annex settlements after election, starting with Jordan Valley
September 11, 2019 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
In a major announcement less than a week before Israel’s general elections on Sept. 17, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to annex all settlements if re-elected, starting immediately with the Jordan Valley. Read more
Israeli researchers find key to reversing biological clocks – in worms
September 11, 2019 by TPS-IL
What if women could pause their biological clocks? Israeli researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s (HUJI) Genetic Department have discovered the switch that may do this – in worms. Read more
Baby named after father killed in May rocket attack
September 11, 2019 by TPS-IL
Eight-day-old Pinchas Menachem Pashwazmanon has had his Brit (circumcision) and received the name of his father, killed in Ashdod in May by a rocket launched by Gaza-based terrorists. Read more
R U OK?
September 11, 2019 by Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann
The time period we are currently in is full of anticipation for the upcoming high holidays. Read more
President Rivlin celebrates his 80th birthday
September 10, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin on Monday celebrated his 80th birthday. The celebrations were lower-key and bittersweet as they occurred only a few weeks after his wife Nechama passed away. Read more
Netanyahu to Iran: ‘Israel knows what you’re doing, when you’re doing it and where you’re doing it’
September 10, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exposed new data which shows that Iran’s has hidden elements of its nuclear program from the world – another secret nuclear site. Read more
It takes a team to support a team
September 10, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Australia’s proud history of participation at Maccabiah is set to continue at the 21stMaccabiah Games in 2021. Read more
NSW and Israel have signed a Declaration of Intent to promote bilateral cooperation in health and medicine
September 10, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Susan Pearce, Acting Secretary, New South Wales Health and Mark Sofer, Israel’s Ambassador to Australia, have signed a Declaration of Intent between the New South Wales Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Health of the State of Israel to promote bilateral cooperation between the two parties in health and medicine. Read more
A Hakoah hero passes away..
September 10, 2019 by Victor Grynberg
Former Hakoah player and coach Gerry Chaldi passed away this week in the Montefiore Home in Sydney’s Hunters Hill on the day his daughter Alex was married in Israel where she lives. Read more
Tel Aviv University Ranks 8th best school for start-up founders in the world
September 10, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Tel Aviv University ranked among the top 10 schools in the world for start-up founders, according to PitchBook’s 2019 annual Universities rankings. Read more
ICC judges order review of refusal to investigate Israeli forces over ‘Marmara’ incident
September 9, 2019 by JNS
International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals judges on Monday ordered the prosecutor to reconsider her refusal to open an investigation into the 2010 storming of the Mavi Marmara ship, the AP reported. Read more
Dershowitz: Obama broke promises made on Israel
Professor emeritus of Harvard University Law School and noted Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz claimed last week that former President Barack Obama lied to him about supporting Israel and is now reconsidering his Democrat Party affiliation, according to a report in One America News. Read more
Israel ‘very close’ to launching military operation in Gaza, says Israeli minister
September 9, 2019 by JNS
Israel is “very close” to launching a military campaign in the Gaza Strip in which the leaders of the terrorist organizations in Gaza will be “wiped out” and their forces “destroyed,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday. Read more
Israeli teen, father stabbed during visit to Qalqilya-area dentist
September 9, 2019 by JNS
An Israeli teenager was seriously injured on Saturday morning when he was attacked by a knife-wielding assailant during a visit with his father to a dentist near the Palestinian city of Qalqilya in Samaria. Read more
PA raises salaries of terrorists responsible for murder of 16 Israelis in 2003 attacks
September 8, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has recently announced it will raise the salaries of the two terrorists who prepared the suicide belts which were used in the 2003 Tzrifin and Café Hillel terror attacks which killed 16 Israelis. Read more
Violent weekend: IAF strikes Hamas targets in response to drone attack
September 8, 2019 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighters on Saturday night bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in response to a drone attack earlier in the day. Read more
A new medical fellowship for Project Rozana
September 8, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Saaed Maasarwe, the father of murdered Melbourne exchange student Israeli Palestinian Aiia Maasarwe, will be in Australia next month to commemorate his daughter’s memory, thank the people of Melbourne for their support and launch a medical fellowship in her name. Read more
Rabbi on ground in battered Bahamas organizes supplies, volunteers for relief efforts
September 8, 2019 by JNS
As Hurricane Dorian was unleashing its unimaginable devastation on the Bahamas earlier this week, Rabbi Sholom and Sheera Bluming, co-directors of Chabad of the Bahamas, hunkered down in the capital city of Nassau, making phone calls to residents, galvanizing the community, coordinating with government aid officials and rallying volunteers during their country’s time of need. Read more
Early election votes by Israeli diplomats, emissaries abroad show drop in turnout
September 8, 2019 by JNS
Early voting for Israeli diplomats and emissaries around the world in Israel’s second round of elections this year ended on Friday with a low turnout compared to the results in April. Read more
After opposition, Netanyahu acknowledges possible Trump-Rouhani meeting
September 8, 2019 by JNS
After expressing initial opposition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the possibility of a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this month at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Read more
Israeli aid arrives in Bahamas in wake of Hurricane Dorian
September 6, 2019 by Arye Green -TPS
IsraAid has dispatched an emergency support team to aid the rescue mission in the Bahamas in wake of the devastating Hurricane Dorian as the death toll rises and the extent of the devastation becomes more evident with each passing day. Read more








