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Current News. Herzog renews call for independent Oct 7 commission of inquiry. Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 8:37 am. Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday renewed calls for a state commission of inquiry into the events surrounding Hamas’s October 7 attacks.
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Current News ‘Her heart could not withstand the suffering’: released hostage dies. Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 7:52 am. Kibbutz Nir Oz resident Hana Katzir a 77-year-old hostage released from captivity...
End of year speculation – J-Wire
12 hours ago · The civil year of 2024 is drawing to a close. For the non-Jewish world, it is usually a time of festive hoopla accompanied by an excess of liquid refreshments, overzealous party celebrations and fireworks. Politicians and media editors, among others, will add in their unsolicited prognostications as to what can be expected in the coming […]
Australia safe for Jews - J-Wire
Dec 5, 2023 · Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says Australia remains a safe place for Jewish people despite Israel issuing travel warnings for its citizens looking to visit. Israel has upgraded travel warnings to multiple countries, including Australia, following a rise in anti-Semitism stemming from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. …
Marwan Barghouti tops Palestinian polls for PA leadership as …
1 day ago · The survey, conducted by the Ramallah-based Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD), is the first since Hamas’s Gaza strongman and mastermind of the October 7 attacks Yahya Sinwar was killed in a chance encounter with soldiers in Rafah in October.. As recently reported by The Press of Service of Israel, Barghouti’s family and lawyers have been in Qatar engaging in negotiations over ...
australia Archives – J-Wire
After months of refusing to state publicly who paid for an anti-Israel United Nations official’s politically-centred visit to Australia and New Zealand, the U.N. Human Rights Office told JNS on Friday that the global body paid for the trip in November.
Please explain, Minister – J-Wire
Dec 13, 2024 · There has been a noticeable increase in wait times for visas to be issued to Israelis, from a few days previously to over a month recently. In a statement, the ZFA says: “There is a strong belief within the community that this has led to what can only be described as a form of shadow bans or additional barriers in visa processing that has previously not been problematic before October 7 2023 ...
Forecasting changes in Australia’s Jewish community – J-Wire
Aug 9, 2024 · The 2021 Census, conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), offers a detailed snapshot of the Jewish community, which was estimated to be 116,967 people in 2021, or 0.46% of the national population.
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“When you enter the land that your God is giving you as a heritage, and you possess it and settle in it, you shall take the first fruit of the soil, which you harvest from the land that your God giving you, and put them in a basket and go to the place that God chooses and to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, “I acknowledge this day before your God that I have entered the ...
Sydney Jewish Community stands with Israel on October 7 …
Oct 9, 2024 · More than 12,000 members of the Jewish community and friends gathered in Sydney for a solemn vigil commemorating the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023, massacre. Held in Dover Heights, the event drew prominent Australian political figures, including Mark Butler, a senior Labor minister, and Leader of the Opposition, Peter Dutton. Butler made a […]