‘No limit’ on Gaza aid as Israel says famine fears based on ‘biased data’

Israeli officials denied there were famine conditions in northern Gaza, hours ahead of a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the issue. Read more

Netanyahu seeks to delay corruption trial, needs time to prepare defence during war

Lawyers for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday to delay his testimony in his corruption till March, citing the wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Read more

Soccer players from U17 Berlin Jewish club assaulted after match

During a youth football match in Berlin, players from TuS Makkabi, a local Jewish team, were reportedly assaulted and chased following a game against DJK Schwarz-Weiß Neukölln on Thursday evening. Read more

Netanyahu acknowledges responsibility for Hezbollah pager blasts

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Israeli responsibility for Hezbollah’s exploding communications gear in September during Sunday’s Cabinet meeting. Read more

Watch: Dramatic moment Israeli official saves Palestinian from burning car

Israel Ganz, head of the Yesha Council, saved a Palestinian motorist’s life during the weekend. Read more

Palestinian official media describes ‘warm’ call between Abbas, Trump

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump held a “warm and general” call with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, a Palestinian official told Axios, which reported that the two last spoke in 2017. Read more

Israelis ‘outrageously abused’ in Amsterdam, Dutch police chief says

Amsterdam police chief Peter Holla stated at a press conference on Friday that the past 36 hours have shocked him. Read more

Outrage, focus on Muslim migrants after Amsterdam ‘pogrom’

Amsterdam police detained 62 people in connection with a series of antisemitic assaults against Israeli soccer fans, which resulted in five moderate injuries and about 20 to 30 minor ones, in the Dutch capital, the city’s prosecutor René de Beukelaer said at a Friday press. Read more

Holland investigating whether it missed Israeli alerts prior to mob assaults

The government in Amsterdam launched an inquiry into whether alerts from Jerusalem were overlooked prior to the mob attacks carried out on Thursday night against Israeli soccer fans, Justice Minister David van Weel said in a letter to the Dutch Parliament, Reuters reported on Saturday. Read more

ICC to launch sexual-misconduct probe of top prosecutor

The International Criminal Court will launch an external investigation into sexual misconduct accusations against its top prosecutor, Karim Khan, the Associated Press reported on Friday. Read more

A year after Oct 7, terrorists’ remains found in Kibbutz Nirim

On Thursday, 397 days since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Israeli workers discovered terrorists’ remains in Kibbutz Nirim in the western Negev. Read more

US ‘asked Qatar to expel Hamas’ after hostage deal snub

The US told Qatar the presence of Hamas in Doha is no longer acceptable in the weeks since the Palestinian terrorist group rejected the latest proposal to achieve a ceasefire and a hostage deal, a senior administration official says. Read more

Far-right extremist vows to continue doing Nazi salute

A self-proclaimed “Hitler soldier” has been granted bail as he appeals a one-month jail sentence for performing the Nazi salute outside a court. Read more

Netanyahu sends planes to Amsterdam to rescue Jews from ‘pogrom’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated at about 4:30 a.m. local time that he was dispatching two rescue planes to Amsterdam following a “serious incident of violence against Israeli citizens.” Read more

Ramallah braces for Trump: Palestinians must ‘recalibrate policies’

Concerned by President-elect Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House, the Palestinian Authority is already bracing for a new administration in Washington. Read more

Sick Palestinians and their carers leave Gaza in war’s largest medical evacuation

In the largest evacuation of its kind since the October 7 attacks, 231 sick Palestinians and their caregivers have been taken to Israel and then flown to the United Arab Emirates and Romania for treatment. Read more

Knesset passes law allowing imprisonment of terrorists under age 14

In a vote of 55 to 33 – out of 120 – Israel’s Knesset has voted final passage on a new law that will allow courts to sentence terrorists under the age of 14 to prison. Read more

Trump 2.0: Pompeo, Friedman among floated appointees

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to begin selecting the members of his new cabinet soon. Read more

Neo-Nazi group targeted as police make four arrests

Four men have been arrested following a series of allegedly racist attacks linked to Australia’s largest neo-Nazi group. Read more

Wong defends UN refugee agency delivering Palestine aid

A United Nations aid agency is best placed to deliver aid to Gaza and this fact must be acknowledged after Israel attacked its credibility, the government says. Read more

Yad Vashem head warns of rising antisemitism, urges concrete action in Australia

Dani Dayan, Chairman of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, has called for urgent and decisive action against the rising tide of antisemitism in Australia, describing it as a threat that demands strong moral leadership and practical measures. Read more

New Claims Conference position for Robert Goot

Robert Goot, deputy president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, has been invited to serve on the Claims Conference’s Ad Hoc Committee on Education Allocation Priorities. Read more

‘Everyone is mourning’: Palestinian media reacts to Trump

Faced with President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Palestinian leaders in Ramallah acknowledged they will have to significantly change their policies. Read more

Hezbollah missile strikes near Tel Aviv airport, operations return to normal

A Hezbollah missile struck the area of Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport during a barrage, forcing travellers to briefly take shelter on Wednesday. Read more

A look at the new Israeli cabinet ministers running the war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, created a shift not just at Israel’s Defence Ministry but also at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Read more

Abbas calls for sanctions against Israel at UN

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas demanded on Monday that the U.N. sanction Israel for alleged breaches of its charter and failure to implement resolutions, Ramallah’s Wafa news outlet reported. Read more

Protests break out as Netanyahu fires defence minister

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Tuesday night to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Read more

Fourteen people investigated for terror symbol displays

Police are investigating the display of terrorist iconography and whether rhetoric about killed terrorists crossed the threshold into inciting violence. Read more

Council cancels workshop to be run by pro-Palestine activist

North Sydney Council has cancelled an anti-racism workshop to be run by Hue, a company co-founded by pro-Palestine activist Elsa Tuet-Rosenberg. Read more

Lowy and Leibler to be awarded Israel’s Presidential Medal for global Jewish advocacy

Australia’s Sir Frank Lowy and Mark Leibler will receive Israel’s highest civilian honour, the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honour, for their extensive contributions to Israel and the global Jewish community. Read more

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