Australian reporters report on their trip to Israel
December 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under AIJAC, News
Wine from the time of King David
December 10, 2015 by Agencies
Filed under Featured Articles
The International Milan EXPO was the premier for the first Marawi wine – a grape variety which was used in the production of white wine during the biblical era. Read more
Palestine – Israel Sheds PLO As Negotiating Partner
December 10, 2015 by David Singer
Filed under Featured Articles
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has concluded that completing successful negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) on the allocation of territorial sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), Gaza and East Jerusalem is a mission impossible to achieve. Read more
Ancient royal seal unearthed in Jerusalem
The Ophel excavations at the foot of the southern wall of the Temple Mount have unearthed an impression of the royal seal of King Hezekiah (727–698 BCE). Read more
Journalists’ report card
December 2, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under AIJAC, News
Journalists who participated in this year’s NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ annual Journalists Study Mission to Israel will report to the community at a public meeting in Sydney next week. Read more
A politically-guided tour
October 18, 2015 by Peter Wertheim
Filed under Featured Articles
An article featuring Israel and the West Bank entitled “Hope in a Divided Country” by Sandra Hall appeared in the “Traveller” section of Sydney’s Weekend Herald and Melbourne’s The Saturday Age (October 17-18): http://www.traveller.com.au/on-tour-in-israel-and-palestine-beyond-the-borders-gk49lk. Read more
WJC praises Netanyahu’s call for resumption of peace negotiations
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) today hailed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neyanyahu’s call at the United Nations for the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table and lauded Netanyahu’s remarks that Israel and Arab states are cooperating against radical Islam. Read more
Julie Bishop responds to Danby
September 25, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
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Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has called comments made by Federal Labor MP Michael Danby in a statement demanding a reversal of the Government’s Iran policy “juvenile”. Read more
Education without borders
‘Education Without Borders,’ a special exhibition has opened at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, shows how Israel is alone among Mideast nations in providing continuing education for all hospitalised Israeli children, including Arabs and minorities, and Syrian refugees. Read more
Commemorating Yitzhak Rabin
September 19, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under AUJS, News, UIA, Zionism Victoria, Zionist Federation of Australia
The Melbourne Jewish community will gather next month to remember his life and legacy of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin z”l. Read more
Another student starts proceedings
September 18, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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Melbourne’s The Age newspaper has reported that a second former student has commenced proceedings against the ultra-orthodox Adass Yisroel School following this week’s judgement awarding over $1 million to a former student who allegedly suffered sexual abuse. Read more
Australia plans tax treaty with Israel
September 18, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Filed under AIJAC, ECAJ, News, Zionist Federation of Australia
The Australian Government has announced its intention to enter into tax treaty negotiations with Israel. Read more
Journalist reports that “she hasn’t been harmed”
June 30, 2015 by Keren Cook
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Israeli naval commandos have boarded and taken control of the activist boat ‘Freedom Flotilla III’ – tying to break the Gaza blockade. New Zealand journalists were on board. Read more
The new fence
June 30, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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Israel’s Security Cabinet has adopted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to begin work on an approximately 30-kilometer long section of security fence along the State of Israel’s eastern border, from Eilat to the site designated for the Timna airport. Read more
Hamas official confirms that indirect talks with Israel are underway
Sheikh Hassan Yousef, one of Hamas’s leaders in the West Bank, has confirmed that Israel and the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terrorist group are in the midst of negotiations through mediators. Read more
Welcome to Israel
June 29, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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Israel has “welcomed” passengers on a ship headed for Gaza but intercepted by the Israeli Navy. Read more
Israel-Palestine conflict: NZ FM says both sides share similar goals
June 28, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully has said that the Israelis and Palestinians share similar goals. Read more
Israeli entrepreneur’s Moon-bound Torah project might not be a fairytale
June 26, 2015 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
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“The Torah is going to the moon.” It sounds like a phrase straight out of a Jewish fairytale or children’s book, but the real-life Torah on the Moon initiative is not as pie in the sky as one might think…writes Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org. Read more
Responses to the U.N. Gaza Conflict report
June 23, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
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Response from Israeli leadership and the WJC to the report issued by the United Nations on last year’s Israel-Gaza conflict has been swift. Read more
Waging lawfare against Israel…writes Ted Lapkin
June 22, 2015 by Ted Lapkin
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In Europe anti-Zionist activists are abusing national and international law in a coordinated campaign designed to chip away at Israel’s national legitimacy. Read more
Still alive, the first Arab boycott. Or, how do Israeli planes fly east?…asks Clive Kessler
June 22, 2015 by Clive Kessler
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A London-based journalist, I recently saw, argues that we should refuse to refer to BDS. Read more
Hamas mulling truce…in exchange for seaport
Hamas leaders are discussing a possible five-year cease-fire with Israel during a meeting with Qatar, according to the Palestinian Al-Quds newspaper. Read more
A belated happy birthday
June 16, 2015 by Eileen Freed
Filed under JCCV, News, Zionism Victoria
Israel’s 67th birthday has been belatedly celebrated in Melbourne at an event sponsored by the State Government of Victoria. Read more
Was Israel’s response in the 2014 Gaza War disproportionate?
June 12, 2015 by J-Wire
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Days before the release of the United Nations Human Rights Council report on the 2014 Gaza War, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has released a 3-minute video that confronts one of the main accusations made against Israel throughout and after the war—that Israel’s response to Gaza’s rocket fire on Israeli civilian population centers was “disproportionate.” Read more
Israel: Rhetoric v Reality
June 12, 2015 by Ron Weiser
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When discussing matters pertaining to Israel one of the challenges is how to differentiate between rhetoric and reality…writes Ron Weiser. Read more
Beating the BDS Jew-haters…writes David Singer
June 12, 2015 by David Singer
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Recently, a group of 52 Harvard students – of all backgrounds and faiths – visited Israel for 10 days during the Harvard Israel Trek 2015. Read more
A culture of bananas
June 11, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
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North Queensland banana growers have recently visited Rahan Meristem, an agricultural biotechnology company located in north western Israel.
Israel and Egypt grow closer, but antisemitism remains part of the equation
June 11, 2015 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
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As the Middle East grapples with the fallout of the so-called “Arab Spring” revolutions and the rise of terror groups like Islamic State, Arab states have sought increased cooperation with Israel in areas such as military and intelligence in order to confront ongoing threats. Read more
American Jewish leaders fail to respond to Obama’s threats
June 11, 2015 by Isi Leibler
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It is time to stop making excuses for American Jewish leaders and their failure to respond to U.S. President Barack Obama’s latest despicable efforts to turn the Jewish community against Israel…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
New Zealand’s top students visit WSCI in Israel
June 9, 2015 by Keren Cook
Filed under News
Five Year 13 secondary school students and one teacher have been selected by the Royal Society of New Zealand to attend the World Science Conference-Israel (WSCI) in Jerusalem in August. Read more







