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Terror attack at Tishbi Junction near Yokneam: victim identified

Sveta Listratov — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:20:53 +0000

An 85-year-old man, Moshe Horn from Kibbutz HaZore’a, was killed in a terrorist attack at the Tishbi Junction near Yokneam on Monday morning. The terrorist, 25-year-old Kerem Jabarin from Ma’ale Iron, carried out a car-ramming and shooting spree before being neutralized by Border Guard soldiers. According to the police reports, Jabarin drove up to the location, […]

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Egypt makes new proposal to restore Gaza truce: reports

Reuters — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:04:48 +0000

Egypt has presented a new ceasefire proposal in the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to media reports. Egypt has floated a new proposal aimed at restoring a Gaza Strip ceasefire deal, security sources say, as Palestinian health authorities said Israeli strikes had killed at least 65 people in the enclave […]

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When will the world hold Hamas accountable?

Greg Bouwer — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:54:03 +0000

On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched an unprovoked and brutal attack on Israel that will forever be etched in history for its cruelty. The horrors of that day, as chronicled in the recently released UK report, were not merely the latest chapter in the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This was a genocidal assault — one designed […]

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Accused neo-Nazi clashes with magistrate

AAP — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:36:17 +0000

An alleged neo-Nazi has failed to appear in court, while a second man accused of displaying a Nazi symbol has demanded that his charges be withdrawn. A man accused of displaying a Nazi symbol on his shirt has told a court the charge should be dropped “because no crime has been committed”. Graham Connolly, 41, […]

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From Australia’s Jewish past

Ruth Lilian — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:05:40 +0000

Joseph Kronheimer – one of Victoria’s earliest successful businessmen and philanthropists Joseph was the third child of Moses Hajum Kronheimer and his first wife, Margolis, and was born in Schopfloch in souther Germany on 6 July 1826. He left his hometown in 1856 for Melbourne. However, it appears that when news of the extraordinary discoveries […]

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Al Jazeera reporter on Hamas payroll killed in Israeli airstrike

Pesach Benson — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:07:40 +0000

Al Jazeera reporter Hossam Shabat, who was also a Hamas sniper, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, the Qatari network reported on Monday. There has been no official statement from Israel. Meanwhile, Gaza reports said, Mohammed Mansour, who worked for Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Falstin Al-Yom channel was killed in a separate airstrike. Shabat was one […]

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Cost of war: Israel faces 100,000 disabled veterans by 2030

Ehud Amiton - TPS — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 07:04:29 +0000

Israel reported a sharp increase in the number of wounded security personnel on Sunday morning, ahead of its first international rehabilitation conference on Tuesday. According to data released by the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Division, more than 78,000 wounded individuals are currently receiving care, including 16,000 who have been admitted since Hamas’s attack on October […]

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First orthodox women’s writers weekend in Australia

J-Wire News Service — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:52:02 +0000

The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia will host its inaugural writers’ retreat, offering aspiring women writers the chance to connect with like-minded individuals and foster their creative and spiritual growth. The writers’ retreat will be hosted in Viuctoria’s Yarra Valley and be held from Friday, May 23, to Sunday, May 25. “This is the first […]

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Feintooner

Feintooner — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:28:53 +0000

This week’s cartoon: Proximate Proxies- A- No-Go

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Guys & Dolls

Murray Dahm — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:23:25 +0000

Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour reviewed by Murray Dahm This is a great show, but it’s not opera. Frank Loesser’s Guys & Dolls (he wrote both the music and lyrics – the book (the plot and dialogue) by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows) is based on several short stories by New York writer Damon Runyon. […]

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