UK Labour Party minister resigns over antisemitism

U.K. Labour Party chief whip Ivan Lewis, who is Jewish, resigned from the party on Thursday amid sexual-harassment allegations against him, in addition to charges of antisemitism within his party. Read more

May hopes 2019 is the year ‘we stand up and say there is no place for antisemitism’

British Prime Minister Theresa May went on record saying, “I never thought I would see the day when Jewish people questioned staying in this country.” Read more

Netanyahu, Trump discuss Syria following US withdrawal announcement

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with United States President Donald Trump Thursday to discuss the situation in Syria. Read more

European Jewish Congress calls for strict action against antisemitic soccer fans

In response to fans at soccer games engaging in antisemitic activity, such as singing an offensive song about Jews, the European Jewish Congress called on Thursday for professional leagues to take stricter action. Read more

Sodastream plans to open manufacturing plant in Gaza

SodaStream is planning to open a manufacturing plant in Gaza, its CEO announced yesterday. Read more

Widening the Iranian corridor to Syria

In responding to U.S. President Trump’s surprise announcement of a withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Syria on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a brief statement that contained two messages…writes Yaakov Lappin/JNS. Read more

Palestinian killer of British exchange student to get away with 18 month sentence

Jamil Tamimi, a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem who stabbed a British exchange student to death on the Jerusalem Light Rail in April 2017, will serve only 18 months in jail after reaching a plea bargain with prosecutors who were concerned he could escape punishment altogether as he suffers from mental illness. Read more

Pitching to the sharks

The third annual 2018 JCA Jumpstart Pitch Event was standing room only at the Intercontinental Sydney, Double Bay in Sydney. Read more

Ramban participants report back

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has held a briefing by Nationals MP Kevin Hogan and Samuel Mullins, who relayed their impressions from the Rambam Federal Parliamentary group and bipartisan Political Advisor group trips respectively, at an AIJAC luncheon in Sydney. Read more

The Beth Din contempt verdict stays

The Court of Appeals in Sydney has upheld a decision by the Supreme Court finding the Sydney Beth Din contempt of court but has reduced the penalties imposed on the four rabbis involved. Read more

Pupil dresses up as Hitler and another dons a black face

A young girl student arrived at Rowena Public School in the far north west of NSW earlier this month dressed as Adolf Hitler, in full regalia along with swastikas and a moustache. Read more

Netanyahu: ‘Hezbollah’s tunnels – an act of war’

The purpose of the tunnels discovered in Operation Northern Shield was to penetrate Israeli territory and kidnap and murder civilians and conquer the northern part of the Galilee, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said yesterday.
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SBS corrects article but misreporting remains

SBS has partly corrected an article on its website called “The Israeli-Palestinian conflict explained” in response to an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) complaint. Read more

PA asking the world to donate $350 million, equal to terror payments budget

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) and the Palestinian Authority issued a joint statement in which they launched a $350 million appeal to “address critical humanitarian needs of Palestinians.” Read more

Mark Dreyfus reaffirms Labor’s position on Israel

Following the Senator Penny Wong’s resolution passed at yesterday’s ALP national conference which stated that a Labor government would seek to recognise Palestine’s statehood, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has reaffirmed Labor’s support for Israel. Read more

Reaction to Penny Wong Palestine speech

 Liberal Senator Eric Abetz, the ECAJ, the Zionist Federation of Australia and AIJAC have reacted to Senator’s speech at the ALP national conference calling for the next Labor government to work to recognise a Palestinian state. Read more

Labor calls for a Palestine state…eventually

Senator Penny Wong has moved a resolution at the ALP conference in Adelaide calling the recognition of a Palestinian state as “an important priority for the next Labor government” providing Israel and Palestine recognise that they will live in peace and security.

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Germany to compensate Holocaust survivors who fled Nazis as kids, 80 years later

Eighty years later, Germany has said that it will compensate Jewish men and women who survived the Holocaust as children—most of whom lost their parents during the Shoah and years of World War II—according to the Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which negotiates restitution with the German government. Read more

Airbnb condemns BDS, but is reportedly not reversing its ban in Judea, Samaria

Airbnb has denied earlier reports that it has reversed its decision to blacklist properties in Judea and Samaria. Read more

UN says Hezbollah tunnels that crossed into Israel violate Security Council resolution

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has confirmed that the tunnels dug by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah into Israel violate Security Council resolution 1701. Read more

Liberal Friends salutes Morrison

The NSW Liberal Friends of Israel have commended the Australian Government on its formal recognition of West Jerusalem as the true capital of Israel. Read more

Israel to send time capsule in historic mission to the moon

Israel will send a time capsule along with an Israeli spacecraft on the Jewish state’s first mission to the moon in 2019. Read more

Inclusivity and inspiration at Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah pre-schools

A heartwarming video prepared by kinder teachers for their class end of year concert in one of the Yeshivah – Beth Rivkah kinder classrooms has been viewed thousands of times and received a flood of reactions (and tears!) after it was posted on Facebook. Read more

Emanuel School’s HSC success

Sydney’s Emanuel School’s say their HSC results are a reflection of the strength of the 2018 cohort. Read more

Jewish Holocaust Centre greets new Museum Director

In Melbourne, The Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) co-Presidents, Pauline Rockman and Sue Hampel, and the Board have announced that Acting Executive Director, Jayne Josem, will be appointed into the new leadership position of Museum Director. Read more

President visits the north

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has visited the area of Operation Northern Shield in the north of the country where a fourth tunnel has been discovered. Read more

Will NSW Libs allow nationals backdoor preference deal with One Nation

NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord has accused NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian of being “tricky” on preferences saying she attacks the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFF), but remains silent on One Nation preferences.

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Labor’s UNRWA funding pledge ignores concerns

Labor’s announced commitment of $20 million in additional funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) specifically ignores the concerns that have been ventilated over funding to that body. Read more

A school’s pride

Perth’s Carmel School is has expressed its pride in the successes and contributions achieved by all its students in 2018. Read more

The rabbis on Moriah – George on the rabbis

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