On Sunday 17 December, Victorian school teacher Guan Jie ‘Jason’ Wong said, at a public rally, “Hamas is doing exactly what they have to do.” Mr Wong has previously called on the Victorian Government to allow teachers to advocate for the Palestinian cause at schools. Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler said, “We rely […]

7:30am AEDT, 18 December What’s happening? The IDF found a four-kilometre-long tunnel wide enough to drive through. It has branches, plumbing, electricity and communication lines, with many weapons found inside. Aid is crossing into Gaza direct from Israel, and Hamas and other gunmen are still stealing it, in view of the world. Iran, the same […]

8:30 am AEDT, 17 December What’s happening? Three Israeli hostages were accidentally shot dead by IDF troops. Because there were no Palestinian civilians in the area, soldiers thought they were Hamas combatants. Hamas operatives have been pretending to be civilians. The mother of one of the killed hostages was in Australia several weeks ago in […]

7:30am AEDT, 15 December What’s happening? A major report will be released by our friends at the ECAJ today. As a teaser article in the Australian reveals, reports of serious antisemitism has risen by 738 per cent compared to the same time last year, with death threats and bomb threats among them. (If you can’t […]

8am AEDT, 14 December What’s happening? Ten Israeli soldiers were killed in fierce fighting in northern Gaza yesterday. There are reports that a diplomatic solution to move Hezbollah away from the Israeli border is ‘close’. How this would be policed and enforced is the key question. Israel’s ambassador to the UN held up a poster […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), are deeply concerned by the inconsistency in Australia’s decision to vote in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution calling for a ceasefire shortly after issuing a joint statement together with Canada and New Zealand that called for the removal and […]

7am AEDT, 12 December What’s happening? Israel has announced the deaths of seven more soldiers, with fighting raging in Khan Younis. The Israeli defence minister says the IDF has fully surrounded Jabaliya and Shejaia, in the northern Gaza Strip, with the Hamas battalions there on the brink of collapse. These were key Hamas sites the […]

7am AEDT, 13 December What’s happening? In an extraordinary intervention, US President Joe Biden says Israel has to stop ‘indiscriminate’ bombing, and that the Israeli coalition needs to change. The IDF announced that it has retrieved the bodies of two Israeli hostages. Meanwhile, plans for the 7 October attack and videos of it are uncovered […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia responded to the open letter by people in the creative industries, which made baseless allegations about Israeli actions in Gaza. ZFA President Jeremy Leibler said, “The letter pushes lies and fanciful allegations. It implies solidarity with indigenous people, but ignores Jewish indigeneity to the Land of Israel. It doesn’t mention […]

6:45am AEDT, 11 December What’s happening? Six soldiers were injured by a Hezbollah drone attack in northern Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his two cents to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a 50-minute phone call yesterday. Bibi reportedly told Putin that his relationship with Iran was dangerous, and expressed annoyance about the anti-Israel […]

8am AEDT, 10 December What’s happening? The IDF attempted a rescue mission of a hostage yesterday. The mission apparently failed, though few details have been released. Shortly afterward, Hamas released a video of hostage Sahar Baruch, whom Hamas claimed was killed by the IDF during the rescue attempt. The IDF says that Baruch was murdered […]

6:45am AEDT, 8 December 2023 What’s happening? Hamas has fired rockets at Israel from within a humanitarian safe zone. Five more Israeli soldiers were killed overnight, bringing the IDF toll to 89 since the start of ground operations. Among the dead was Gal Eisenkot, son of the former IDF chief-of-staff, and a minister in the […]