Australia takes steps to mend strained ties with Israel

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will soon travel to Israel to help mend the fractured relationship between the Albanese and Netanyahu governments. Read more

Policeman, two retired school counsellors identified as victims of Palestinian shooting attack

Two women in their 60s and a man in his 40s were killed in the Palestinian village of Al-Funduq, near the town of Kedumim on Monday when terrorists opened fire on a bus and several vehicles.
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Mossad head travels to Qatar amid reported progress in hostage talks

Mossad chief David Barnea was scheduled to arrive in Doha on Monday for continued negotiations regarding the release of the 100 hostages still held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza after 458 days, foreign sources involved in the talks told Israel’s Kan News public broadcaster on Sunday night Read more

High Court: Israel can retain bodies of slain terrorists for potential hostage exchange

Israel’s High Court of Justice unanimously ruled on Sunday that the state is not obligated to release for burial the bodies of slain terrorists who were Israeli citizens. Read more

Sydney’s east again shaken by antisemitic crime

Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs were again shaken by an act of antisemitism when a car parked in Queens Park was vandalized with the graffiti “F*** the Jews.” Read more

Hezbollah-linked NGO’s legal complaint forces Israeli soldier flee Brazil

An Israeli military reserve officer was compelled to flee Brazil in recent days following a complaint filed with local authorities by a Hezbollah-linked non-governmental organization. Read more

Trump administration plans crippling sanctions on ICC

President-elect Donald Trump plans to implement devastating sanctions against the International Criminal Court in The Hague immediately after taking office, sources close to the matter disclosed to Israel Hayom. Read more

Biden notifies Congress of $8b arms sale to Israel

The Biden administration plans to sign an $8 billion arms deal with Israel before President Joe Biden leaves office on Jan. 20. Read more

Ben-Gvir apologizes for forcing Netanyahu to leave hospital to vote

Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir apologized on Saturday night for forcing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to leave the hospital early to cast a vote on legislation in the Knesset on Tuesday. Read more

Hamas releases video of 19-year-old captive Liri Albag

Hamas released a video of hostage Liri Albag on Saturday. Read more

Netanyahu approves delegation to resume hostage talks in Doha

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced on Thursday the approval of a new Israeli delegation to continue hostage negotiations in Doha, Qatar. Read more

Jewish Olympic legend Ágnes Keleti dies at 103

Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor who became the world’s oldest living Olympic champion and later shaped Israel’s gymnastics program, died Thursday in Budapest at age 103. Read more

World Bowls Tour decision to ban Israel reversed after backlash

Following public backlash, the World Bowls Tour (WBT) on Tuesday reversed its decision to exclude Israeli competitors from the world indoor and singles championships in Hopton-on-Sea, England, later this month. Read more

Names of 425,000 Dutch WWII collaborators published

The names of some 425,000 suspected collaborators with the Nazi occupiers of the Netherlands during World War II have been controversially published by the Dutch authorities. Read more

Israeli man indicted for spying for Iran, targeting sensitive installations

A 29-year-old Israeli man was indicted on Thursday for spying for Iran. Read more

891 fallen Israeli soldiers since Oct 7, highest death toll since Yom Kippur War

Since Hamas’s October 7 massacre, the Israel Defence Forces has recorded 891 casualties among its soldiers in figures released on Thursday, marking the army’s highest death toll since the Yom Kippur War. Read more

Herzog lights eighth Chanukah candle with freed hostages

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog lit the eighth Chanukah candle on Wednesday evening together with former Hamas captives, including Shoshan Haran, Shiri Weiss, Raaya Rotem and Raz Ben-Ami. Read more

Pro-Palestine protest gets out of hand

Victoria Police are investigating a dreadful incident at a Starbucks café in the Melbourne CBD on New Year’s Eve. Read more

Jewish CEO targeted by shareholder’s antisemitic attacks

The former CEO of an ASX-listed AI company, Idan, has spoken out after being subjected to a barrage of antisemitic abuse from the company’s largest shareholder. Read more

Four Israeli police officers indicted for beating Palestinian

Four Israeli Border Police officers were indicted on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem’s Shuafat refugee camp and then destroying evidence related to the incident. Read more

Anti-Israel protesters disrupt New Zealand tennis match

Anti-Israel protesters interrupted a tennis match in Auckland, New Zealand, on Monday between Israeli player Lina Glushko and the four-time Grand Slam champion from Japan, Naomi Osaka. Read more

UN body issues damning report on Israeli attacks

A UN Human Rights Office report has condemned Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza, saying they had devastated the Palestinian enclave’s health system and raised serious concerns about Israel’s compliance with international law. Read more

Magen David Adom: 2024 report card

At the beginning of a new civil year, Magen David Adom summarizes the past year and presents its main activities in numbers. Read more

Netanyahu arrives at Knesset for vote despite doctor’s objections

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefly appeared in the Knesset plenum on Tuesday for a critical vote against doctors’ objections. Read more

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Macquarie University probes academic’s extremist anti-Israel comments

Macquarie University has launched an investigation into Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, a sociology academic, following a series of incendiary social media posts that have prompted widespread condemnation and made students feel unsafe. Read more

Antisemitic graffiti attack on home of former president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies

When Lesli Berger, a former president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, returned recently from a family vacation, he was horrified to find antisemitic graffiti defacing the back wall of his property in Sydney’s Bellevue Hill. Read more

Israel gives Houthis ‘final warning’ to stop attacks

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations has issued what he called a final warning to Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt their missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same “miserable fate” as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad if they persisted. Read more

Israel uninvited

Israeli lawn bowlers have been uninvited to participate in next month’s World Indoor Championships in England. Read more

Archaeologists discover largest Hasmonean coin hoard in Israel

An archaeological find has brought new light to the Hasmonean era, with researchers discovering a hoard of 160 coins over 1,900 years old during Chanukah, the University of Haifa announced. Read more

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