Scuffles, arrests at pro-Palestine port protest

Hundreds of Palestinian supporters from trade unions have clashed with police at a Sydney port during a protest against an Israeli shipping line. Read more

Netanyahu asks Israeli govt to back Hamas hostage deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked his government to back a deal to clear the way for the release of some of the hostages that Palestinian Hamas terrorists took to the Gaza Strip during their assault on Israel. Read more

Outgoing, incoming NZ government spat over Israel-Hamas

The conflict in the Middle East has become a contested political issue in New Zealand after the incoming government declined to support Labour’s call for a ceasefire. Read more

Biden: Forget Friedman & United Nations – focus on HKOPS

New York Times Foreign Affairs Opinion Columnist –Thomas Friedman – has offered President Biden some appalling advice in his latest op-ed. Read more

Is Britain going wobbly on Israel?

After the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom, Britain’s Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak came out in emotional support of Israel, stating that it had “an absolute right to defend itself.” Read more

Israel claims Hamas tunnel found at Gaza hospital

Israel’s army says its soldiers have found a tunnel shaft used by Hamas terrorists at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, releasing a video to back its claim, which has been used to justify its action there. Read more

Israel warns Lebanon as cross-border hostilities spike

Israel says it is poised to impose quiet on the Lebanese front after hostilities spiked, with Hezbollah wounding civilians in a cross-border missile attack and the Israeli air force bombing sites linked to the Iranian-backed group. Read more

US says Israel to begin four-hour pauses in northern Gaza

Israel will begin daily four-hour pauses in the northern Gaza Strip to enable Palestinians to flee hostilities in the coastal enclave, the White House says in what it calls a step in the right direction. Read more

Israel has destroyed 130 Gaza tunnel shafts

The Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday that combat engineers have uncovered and destroyed 130 Hamas tunnels in Gaza since the beginning of the ground invasion. Read more

Indigenous Friends of Israel concerned about fundamental preachers

Indigenous Friends of Israel founders Norman and Barbara Miller refuted the claims of Brother Ismael recently at the Al Madina Dawah Centre, southwest Sydney that Hamas is not a terrorist organisation. Read more

59 Israeli police killed since October 7

Border Police Sgt. Elisheva Rose Ida Lubin, whom a Palestinian terrorist in Jerusalem stabbed on Monday morning, has died of her injuries, the Israeli Police announced. Read more

Wong urges civilian protection as Gaza attacks increase

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has urged protection for civilians in the Middle East as Israel intensifies its operations in Gaza. Read more

Netanyahu: “we are preparing for a ground incursion”

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has broadcast to the nation that the timing of the planned incursion into Gaza will not happen until all safeguards are in place to protect of the country’s soldiers. Read more

Iran is helping Hamas with intelligence and incitement

Iran is assisting Hamas by supplying it with intelligence and is also boosting anti-Israel incitement worldwide, Israel Defence Forces Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated on Wednesday morning, day 19 of Israel’s war against the terror organization. Read more

Tent city for displaced israelis being built in Ramat Gan

A tent city is being built in Ramat Gan to house some of the more than 200,000 Israelis internally displaced by the war with terrorists from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Read more

Do you have a vacant home in Israel?

The World Zionist Organization has appealed to the Jewish communities in the Diaspora to request Jews who own empty apartments in Israel put them up for the benefit of the residents of the south and the surrounding area, especially those who lost their homes. Read more

Hundreds killed at Gaza hospital amid disputed claims

About 500 Palestinians have been killed in a blast at a Gaza hospital that Palestinian health authorities say was caused by an Israeli air strike but the Israeli military blamed on a failed rocket launch by a Palestinian militant group. Read more

Israel says forces have retaken control of Gaza border region

Israeli forces have regained control of all the communities near the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday morning after two days of combat with Hamas terrorists. Read more

Race to confirm welfare of Australians in war zone

Australia does not need to increase security after an “abhorrent” attack by Islamist group Hamas on Israel as the government works to determine if any citizens have been caught up in the conflict, the prime minister says. Read more

Brisbane’s Story Bridge to be lit blue and white

Brisbane’s Lord  Mayor Adrian Schrinner has announced the city’s iconic Story Bridge will be awash with blue and white lighting tonight. Read more

IDF blows up Hezbollah outpost after Mount Dov shelled from Lebanon

The Israel Defence Forces blew up a Hezbollah tent on Sunday morning that the Lebanese terror group provocatively set up in Israeli territory in April. Read more

In historic first, Israeli minister delivers speech in Riyadh

Israeli Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi has spoken at a conference in Saudi Arabia’s capital on Wednesday, marking the first speech by an Israeli minister in the country. Read more

Hamas rocked by Israeli spy penetrating its highest ranks

An Israeli intelligence agent successfully infiltrated the upper echelons of Hamas in Lebanon, sending shockwaves through the terror organization and causing significant embarrassment. Read more

Hyena gets new lease on life at Israeli wildlife hospital

A wild, striped hyena was given a new lease on life on Sunday, thanks to doctors at Israel’s Wildlife Hospital in Ramat Gan. Read more

Israel’s Minister of Tourism arrives in Saudi Arabia for tourism summit

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On the other hand

Usually, the day after we pray for rain at the end of Succot, the heavens open up, and the long-awaited precipitation descends. Read more

Bibi & MBS flag their talks could include implementing HKOPS

Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) and Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu have given their clearest indication to date that current talks between them to normalise relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel could include their reaching agreement on the terms to successfully implement the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS). Read more

Israel’s UN envoy to JNS: Palestinian issue won’t be resolved anytime soon

As the United Nations General Assembly kicked off its annual general debate in New York on Wednesday, Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan sat down with JNS to discuss wide-ranging issues, from the Palestinians to Iran to Hezbollah. Read more

Guterres decries ‘escalating violence, bloodshed’ in ‘occupied Palestinian territory’

António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, offered a bleak picture of the world in his opening remarks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19. Read more

Israel angered as UNESCO designates Jericho ruins as World Heritage Site in ‘Palestine’

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted on Sunday to recognize ancient ruins near Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.”
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