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Are Israeli-Australian ties in danger? – opinion

Are Israeli-Australian ties in danger? – opinion

Building on these foundations, today’s Israel-Australia partnership encompasses robust economic ties, as well as cooperation in vital matters of national security. Now it’s in danger.… Read More ›

Israeli outrage over Netflix’s ‘Farha’ does more harm than good

Israeli outrage over Netflix’s ‘Farha’ does more harm than good

Opinion: Calling to boycott, ban and censor movies depicting Israel in a negative light only causes them to become a popular topic of discussion, while… Read More ›

AG said unlikely to oppose bill aimed at legitimizing Deri’s appointment

AG said unlikely to oppose bill aimed at legitimizing Deri’s appointment

But reports say Gali Baharav-Miara expected to express reservations over proposed amendment that would allow Shas chief to serve as minister despite suspended jail sentence… Read More ›

Attn: Rabbis Mizrachi and Shaulov: 6 Reasons Why We Know Naftali Bennet is Really Jewish

Attn: Rabbis Mizrachi and Shaulov: 6 Reasons Why We Know Naftali Bennet is Really Jewish

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman As many people have seen or heard, former prime minister Naftali Bennett filed a NIS 1 million (over $292,000) defamation lawsuit… Read More ›

A trash heap 62 meters high shows the scale of India’s climate challenge

A trash heap 62 meters high shows the scale of India’s climate challenge

New Delhi — At the Bhalswa landfill in northwest Delhi, a steady flow of jeeps zigzag up the trash heap to dump more garbage on a pile… Read More ›

Netanyahu requests extension for mandate to form coalition

Netanyahu requests extension for mandate to form coalition

Deri will take over as finance minister from Religious Zionists head MK Bezalel Smotrich in the second half of the government’s term.   Prime minister-designate… Read More ›

Far-right will drive Israelis to the streets en masse

Far-right will drive Israelis to the streets en masse

Opinion: Incoming government is set to trample on the beliefs and values of the Jewish democratic state, and will discover that non-religious Zionists will not… Read More ›

Proposed law gives far-right’s Ben Gvir unprecedented powers over police

Proposed law gives far-right’s Ben Gvir unprecedented powers over police

New bill would put Otzma Yehudit chief in charge of policy instead of leaving it to police commissioner; says the outgoing minister: ‘This is a… Read More ›

Yeshiva Bochur In Serious Condition After Stabbing In Lakewood Yeshiva

Yeshiva Bochur In Serious Condition After Stabbing In Lakewood Yeshiva

  LAKEWOOD — A Yeshiva Bochur was transported to Jersey Shore Trauma Center on Thursday after he was stabbed. The incident took place inside a… Read More ›

Analysis: Why Viktor Bout’s return to Russia is so important for Vladimir Putin

Analysis: Why Viktor Bout’s return to Russia is so important for Vladimir Putin

It is the most uneven of swaps at the most unlikely of times, but perhaps the intense pressure of this moment is why the exchange… Read More ›

UN says Israel must give up nuclear weapons in lopsided vote

UN says Israel must give up nuclear weapons in lopsided vote

Ukraine was absent from the vote after supporting the initial text.   The United Nations General Assembly affirmed that Israel must give up its nuclear… Read More ›

Israel will pay for far-right’s realization of the annexation dream

Israel will pay for far-right’s realization of the annexation dream

Opinion: Smotrich and Ben-Gvir’s policies will likely throw legitimacy of Israel’s rule in the West Bank into further dispute, threatening international cooperation, which is a… Read More ›

Incoming immigration minister says Law of Return ‘needs to be fixed’

Incoming immigration minister says Law of Return ‘needs to be fixed’

Religious Zionism’s Ofir Sofer doesn’t elaborate on plans, asks for ‘grace period’ to study issue before attempting changes, including to controversial ‘grandparent clause’   A… Read More ›

Great Neck, NY, Signs ‘Sister Pact’ With Israeli Towns

Great Neck, NY, Signs ‘Sister Pact’ With Israeli Towns

  NEW YORK (JTA) – A declaration of friendship and cooperation was signed in Israel this week at a festive ceremony between the mayor of… Read More ›

Trump team finds two documents with classified markings in a Florida storage unit

Trump team finds two documents with classified markings in a Florida storage unit

  Two documents with classified markings were found in a Florida storage unit during a search by a team hired by former President Donald Trump’s… Read More ›

Climate protesters hurl paint at Milan’s La Scala opera house

Climate protesters hurl paint at Milan’s La Scala opera house

Activists have staged high-profile protests across Europe in recent months, sometimes targeting museums and famous art.   Climate-change activists in Italy on Wednesday threw paint… Read More ›

U.S. Jews fear collision with expected Israeli government

U.S. Jews fear collision with expected Israeli government

Given American Jews’ predominantly liberal political views, these misgivings could have a ripple effect in Washington and further widen what has become a partisan divide… Read More ›

Germany busts far-right terror cell said planning coup with violent Reichstag attack

Germany busts far-right terror cell said planning coup with violent Reichstag attack

Authorities say 25 arrested; special forces army barracks said searched; group said to have been in contact with Russian officials; former AfD lawmaker and ex-soldiers… Read More ›

Elon Musk Fires Twitter’s General Counsel Over Supression Of Hunter Biden Scandal

Elon Musk Fires Twitter’s General Counsel Over Supression Of Hunter Biden Scandal

SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk has sacked Twitter’s General Counsel James Baker, due to his role in Twitter supressing the Hunter Biden laptop scandal. Musk… Read More ›

Analysis: As China moves away from zero-Covid, health experts warn of dark days ahead

Analysis: As China moves away from zero-Covid, health experts warn of dark days ahead

Hong Kong — China’s zero-Covid policy, which stalled the world’s second-largest economy and sparked a wave of unprecedented protests, is now being dismantled as Beijing on Wednesday released sweeping… Read More ›