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WEBUN vote says Israel must end occupation within a year, Australia abstains, New Zealand for. Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 7:25 am. The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a Palestinian-drafted resolution that demands Israel end “its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” within 12 months.
Australia gives $10m in humanitarian aid for Gaza – J-Wire
WEB11 hours ago · Australia will provide $10 million in aid for Gaza as a near year-long war has largely levelled the strip and resulted in a humanitarian crisis. Palestinian children are vaccinated against polio, at a United Nations healthcare center in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on Sept. 1, 2024. To facilitate vaccinations, Israel is allowing a ...
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WEBSeptember 8, 2024 by J-Wire. Three Israelis workers at the Allenby Border crossing with Jordan were shot and killed when a truck driver approaching the terminal from Jordan at the terminal opened fire. The attack prompted Israeli authorities to temporarily close all land crossings with Jordan.
AUJS condemns universities amid senate inquiry on antisemitism
WEB11 hours ago · The Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) has launched a scathing attack on the University of Sydney and the Australian National University (ANU) following Senate hearings into the proposed Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024. Noah Leven and Zac Morris at …
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WEB2 days ago · Aug-26 2:20pm SBS World Movies: Fill the Void. Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of an Orthodox Hassidic family from... Aug-25 6:40pm SBS World Movies: Driving Miss Daisy. An old Jewish woman and her African American chauffeur in the American South have... Aug-25 3pm SBS-Viceland: Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over.
Australia’s Jewish population at an all-time high – J-Wire
WEBJun 28, 2022 · Peter Wertheim, co-CEO of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry said: “It shows 99,956 Jews in Australia, an all-time record, and a dramatic increase on the 2016 figure (91,000+) which we always maintained was an under-count skewed by flaws in the 2016 census.”. The census results: 55,860 Jews were born in Australia out of the total of ...
Forecasting changes in Australia’s Jewish community – J-Wire
WEBAug 9, 2024 · The data reveals a modest 1.2% increase in the Jewish population from 2011 to 2021, a stark contrast to the 19% growth seen in the general population during the same period and to the strong growth experienced by the Jewish community since the 1980s. “The Jewish population likely peaked around 2016 at …
Australia safe for Jews - J-Wire
WEBDec 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. Richard Marles. 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.
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WEBSeptember 2, 2024 by Menachem Rosensaft. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and all the other members of Israel’s security cabinet except for Defence Minister Yoav Gallant have Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s blood and the blood of the other murdered hostages — Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lubnov, Carmel Gat, and Almog Sarusi — whose bodies ...
White Bird to launch JIFF – J-Wire
WEB1 day ago · To transform his life, Julian’s grandmother (Helen Mirren) finally reveals to Julian her own story of courage — as a young Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied France, a boy shelters her from mortal danger. They find first love in a stunning, magical world of their own creation, while the boy’s mother (Gillian Anderson) risks everything to keep ...
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