Posts Tagged: australia
Australia: A Lucky Country for Jews
I have just returned from Down Under, Australia, the country that nurtured me prior to my aliyah. It remains one of the most delightful countries...
Group Blasts UN Council Resolution Condemning Israel Social, Economic Policy Toward Palestinians
Israel was the only country in the world to be condemned at the United Nations Economic and Social Council at its annual meeting, U.N. Watch...
Australian Police Raid of Neo-Nazi Groups Sends ‘Shudder’ Through Queensland Jewish Community
The discoveries this week of a bevy of Nazi paraphernalia by Australian police across Queensland sent a “shudder" through the local Jewish community, the president of...
Australian Police Discover Bevy of Nazi Memorabilia Across Queensland
Australian police have noted an increase in the amount of Nazi memorabilia seized by law enforcement officers in the state of Queensland, the Brisbane Times...
Australian Jewish Group Knocks Human Rights Watch Report on Palestinian Child Labor
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council blasted on Tuesday a report by Human Right Watch, which accused Israeli farms in the West Bank of exploiting...
Australia Spokesman for Islamist Group Calls Jews ‘Most Evil Creatures of Allah’, Declares ‘They Will Pay With Blood’ (VIDEO)
A spokesman in Australia for the extreme Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir threatened to make Jews "pay with blood" in a sermon posted online earlier this...
Australia Bans Funding of Some Muslim Organizations
The Australian parliament passed legislation last week prohibiting foreign funding for Islamic organizations in an attempt at curbing the spread of Islamist radicalism, Newsweek reports. The law specifically...
Hostile Media Coverage of Israel Fueled Anti-Semitic Outbursts in Australia, Jewish Group Reports
Five teenage drunkards storming a school bus of Jewish children while screaming "Palestine" and "Heil Hitler;" a vicious mob attack on a group of Jews,...
Australian Attorney-General Shoots Down Comparison Between IDF and Islamic State Terrorists (VIDEO)
George Brandis, Australia's Attorney-General, has roundly rejected the comparison between Australian Jews volunteering for the Israeli Defense Forces and Australian Muslims joining Middle Eastern terrorist...
Advocacy Group Draws Support for Israel From Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Yemen, Qatar, Iran
Israel advocacy group StandWithUs on Wednesday said that when it asked social media followers to send a picture of their passports in support of Israel, readers...
Australian Museum Returns First Nazi-Looted Art Piece to Heirs of Original Jewish Owner
The National Gallery of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia, agreed to return a portrait in their collection to the heirs of its original Jewish owner, marking the...
Bizarre: British Royal Visit to Australia Fire Victims Interrupted by Pair ‘Pretending to Be Jewish’
The visit of British royal new parents William and Kate, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to meet victims of last year's brush fire in...
Australian Anti-Semitic Attack Leads to Emergency Meeting
JNS.org - The World Chairman of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) plans to convene an emergency meeting between the organization's international representatives...
Australian Anti-Semitic Attack Victims Thank Public for Support
JNS.org - Members of a Jewish family attacked in an anti-Semitic assault at a popular beach town near Sydney, Australia Saturday have issued...
