Israel should stay out of the war in Ukraine

Eight months into Russia’s brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine, two things are clear about the conflict. Read more

Netanyahu dominates Israel’s election

At a dead-end road in a crime-hit town in central Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu stands on a mobile stage enclosed by a glass wall, pledging through a window to restore law and order as the crowd chants “Bibi the king.” Read more

Stone tools returned from Israel to Aboriginal owners

Aboriginal stone tools found in a museum in Israel have been returned to their community at a ceremony in Canberra. Read more

Roger Waters: Israel is trying to create an intifada ‘so they can just kill them all’

Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd frontman also known for his vocal criticism of Israel that crosses the line into anti-Semitism, claims in an interview with popular podcaster Joe Rogan that the Jewish state is attempting to manufacture a new intifada with the ultimate goal of killing as many Palestinians as possible. Read more

Hysteria greets British PM Liz Truss’s embassy move proposal

In Britain, it’s diplomatic Groundhog Day all over again. Read more

New gas field discovered off Israel’s coast

A new natural gas reservoir has recently been discovered off Israel’s coast, giving another significant boost to Israel’s rapidly developing energy industry. Read more

10 things you need to know about Yom Kippur

The Bible calls Yom Kippur the “Sabbath of Sabbaths,” the holiest day of the Jewish calendar and the pinnacle of the High Holidays that start with Rosh Hashanah. Read more

Lapid rejects Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has finally emerged from the cocoon of silence that has enveloped all current 120 Knesset members – choosing to reject a solution emanating from Saudi Arabia on June 8 calling for the merger of Jordan, Gaza and part of the West Bank into one territorial entity to be called the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine (Saudi Solution). Read more

In these days of cybersecurity, Israel can help

A few weeks ago, I came across a tender looking for companies to provide real-time awareness of cybersecurity hacking for the Sydney Opera House’s website.
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Giorgia Meloni: ‘I believe that the existence of Israel is vital’

It appears that history is about to be made in Italy: Giorgia Meloni, the 45-year-old leader of the national conservative party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), has pledged to fight mass immigration and Islamization and has been very critical of the European Union, is poised to become the country’s first female prime minister. Read more

US providing refuelling tankers to Israel

Israel’s Defence Minister Benny Gantz visited an American Air Force Base on Wednesday, where he toured military fuel tankers made by Boeing that the US is providing Israel under an agreement reached in February. Read more

An end to the delusions about Biden, Iran and Israel?

Like any gambler who is willing to seize on any glimmer of hope that irresponsible betting will be rewarded with an unexpected reversal of fortune, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid was sounding hopeful this week. Read more

On the other hand

This summer’s Nefesh B’Nefesh airlifts of North American Olim are well underway. Read more

Israel grants another 1,500 work permits to Gazan Arabs

Israel has decided to expand the quota of workers coming to work in the country from the Gaza Strip by an additional 1,500. Read more

NSW’s Kerry Chant going to Israel to share COVID-19 notes

NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant will lead a team of delegates to Israel next month for a high-level information exchange on managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

Jerusalem clarifies: we gave nothing to the Islamic Jihad

Israel did not agree to the release of any of the detainees demanded by the Islamic Jihad, neither the administrative detainee nor the one who was arrested last week, a Jerusalem official clarified Monday following the end of Operation Breaking Dawn. Read more

IDF launched Gaza op after detecting Islamic Jihad attack squads approaching border

The Israel Defence Forces on Friday launched a series of preemptive strikes against Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) assets in the Gaza Strip, after detecting attack cells from the organization approaching the shared border, the Israeli military stated. This was followed by a barrage of rockets being fired from Gaza. Read more

Bethlehem’s lost Banksy appears in Israel

A long-lost painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy has resurfaced in an art gallery in Tel Aviv, an hour’s drive from the concrete wall in the occupied West Bank where it was initially sprayed. Read more

Gaza-area closures enter third day as Israel prepares for possible conflict

Roads around the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip remained closed on Thursday for the third straight day amid concerns of possible retaliation for the arrest in Jenin on Monday of a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) figure. Read more

High alert in Israel continues

The IDF has decided to maintain its state of high alert in the Gaza Strip area on Wednesday, pending an attack by the Islamic Jihad terror organisation. Read more

Soccer stars Messi and Neymar in Israel for French Super Cup

Soccer stars Lionel Messi and Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior will, along with their Paris Saint-Germain F.C. teammates, play a match against fellow French team FC Nantes at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on Sunday night. Read more

Israel sends thousands of instant meals to refugees in Ukraine

Israel has shipped 25,000 instant meals to Kharkiv as part of continuing Israeli humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. Read more

South African foreign minister wants Israel designated an apartheid state

South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, says that Israel should be designated an “apartheid state”. Read more

Russia accuses Israel of ‘unconstructive and biased’ stance on Ukraine war

The position Israel has demonstrated in recent months in regards to the war in Ukraine “is not helpful” and the issue of the Jewish Agency’s activities in Russia belongs only to the legal level and is not a diplomatic issue, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Read more

Biden’s trip produced mixed bag of results for Israel, say experts

U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the Middle East accomplished most of the administration’s goals, but from Israel’s point of view, the results were a mixed bag, experts told JNS. Read more

Biden’s tweet on ‘Work with Israel is a Blessing’ deleted

A tweet posted on President Joe Biden’s official account summing up his visit to Israel and praising his work with the Jewish state was inexplicably erased shortly after being posted. Read more

Saudi Arabia lifts Israel flights ban

Saudi Arabia has opened its airspace to “all air carriers”, signalling the end of its longstanding ban on Israeli flights over its territory – a key step toward normalisation between the two nations. Read more

US and Israel sign strategic partnership joint declaration

US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Yair Lapid met in Jerusalem on Thursday and adopted the historic Joint Declaration on the US-Israel Strategic Partnership, known as the Jerusalem Declaration. Read more

Israel and US announce ‘Strategic High-Level Dialogue on Technology’

Israel and the US announced on Wednesday the beginning of a strategic partnership in the field of advanced technology that “will put Israel shoulder-to-shoulder with its leading ally, the US,” just hours before US President Joe Biden landed at Ben Gurion Airport to begin his in the region. Read more

Demonstrations during Biden’s visit in East Jerusalem banned

Several Israeli organizations have expressed rage after the police have banned their planned protests in eastern Jerusalem during US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel’s capital later this week. Read more

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