Author: Jmedia Manager

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A Canaanite temple that may have influenced the design of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem has been uncovered during excavations at a city destroyed more than 3000 years ago. It dates from 1200BC and was found in what was Lachish, then under Egyptian rule. The temple contains a sanctuary, or “holy of holies”, close to which…

Terror alert raised for Australian Jewish community ahead of visit by Israel president Reuven Rivlin

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The terror alert has been heightened for the Australian Jewish community during the visit by Israeli president Reuven Rivlin. A confidential bulletin by the Melbourne-based Community Security Group has increased the threat to one notch below critical, amid fears of a possible attack. The warning comes as Mr Rivlin is due to arrive in Sydney…

Israel army admits ultra-Orthodox draft figures inflated

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The Israeli military has said it found “serious, systemic failures” in its own reporting that inflated figures on the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox Jews, a hot-button issue in a country where most Jewish men are subject to mandatory conscription. The military launched an investigation after an expose by Israel’s public broadcaster Kan in early December found…

Police move on failed business of Netanyahu challenger Benny Gantz

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Israeli prosecutors have announced the opening of a criminal investigation into the failed start-up of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s challenger, shaking up the final days of what has been a bitter and tumultuous election campaign. The announcement did not say whether Benny Gantz was a suspect, but it came less than two weeks before the…

Israel’s president is a powerful supporter of peace and unity

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While Israel’s head of state, President Reuven Rivlin, is less familiar to Australians than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his arrival in Australia is symbolic of the strong relations between the two countries. Rivlin is the first Israeli President to visit Australia in more than a decade. And he is a fascinating man in many ways.…

Glimmers of hope on path to infinity

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Two men, Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin, travel towards a monastery near Bethlehem, in the Judean hills. There they will speak of the loss of their daughters: 13-year-old Smadar, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber, and 10-year-old Abir, shot in the back of the head with a rubber bullet fired by a member of the…

Netanyahu challenger’s failed company faces criminal probe

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in Print, Sydney Morning Herald

Jerusalem: Israeli prosecutors say they are opening a criminal investigation into the failed start-up of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s challenger, shaking up what has already been a tumultuous election campaign. In a statement released on Thursday night, Israel’s Justice Ministry said Israeli police will conduct the investigation into “Fifth Dimension.” The statement did not say whether…

Protection of alleged rapist strains Israel-Australia relationship

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in Brisbane Times, Print

Israeli politician Elazar Stern says his country’s handling of the case of Malka Leifer, the former Melbourne school principal attempting to avoid extradition to Australia from Israel to face 74 child sexual abuse charges, has damaged the relationship between the two nations. In an interview with The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald in Sydney this week Mr Stern…

Talking Point: Palestinian leaders to blame for failure of two-state solution bids

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in Other Print, Print

It is not unusual for anyone with a dogmatically one-sided view of an issue to blame the media for the lack of support. That is what Greg Barns has done in his latest anti-Israel diatribe (Talking Point, February 17). According to Barns, the only reason Australians don’t share his take on the Israel-Palestinian conflict is…

Australia and Israel should be partners in Asia

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