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8 April

Four IDF soldiers were killed in Khan Yunis when they were ambushed emerging from a tunnel shaft under a recently destroyed building. The body of murdered hostage Elad Katzir has been retrieved from Gaza and returned to Israel for burial. Elad had been seen alive in two propaganda videos from Islamic Jihad in December and January. After being closed since […]

4 April

The accidental killing of Australian humanitarian worker Lalzawmi ‘Zomi’ Frankcom, along with six of her colleagues, in Gaza earlier this week is a tragedy. Israel has acknowledged responsibility for the attack, and is fully investigating what happened. The IDF statement about the incident, as well as the ZFA’s statement on the same, is below. While […]

1 April

The Pope called for an immediate ceasefire and the release of all hostages in his Easter address. Passionate protests across Israel call for an early election to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Bibi is standing firm that a reelection is what Hamas wants. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant states that the Gaza campaign is destroying Hamas as more leaders are being killed. Hezbollah leaders […]

28 March

IDF ground forces are fighting intense battles within the Shifa hospital. The Hamas offices within the hospital are a source of valuable intelligence that assists the IDF in their Gaza campaign, and may reveal the location of hostages. We recognise the exceptional courage of the soldiers active in this highly dangerous work. In the West Bank, Israeli police […]

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ZFA statement on Iranian attack on Israel

The Zionist Federation of Australia condemns in the harshest possible terms the Iranian attacks on Israel. ZFA President Jeremy Leibler said, “We stand by Israel as it comes under attack by the Iranian terrorist regime. Iran is seeking to terrorise Israel but Israelis will not be cowed. We welcome the clear international condemnation of these […]

ZFA statement on Senator Wong’s speech hinting at Palestinian recognition

The Zionist Federation of Australia was deeply disappointed at elements of Senator Wong’s speech to the National Security College on 9 April. ZFA President Jeremy Leibler said, “Any talk of recognition of Palestinian statehood in such close proximity to the 7 October attacks is entirely premature and will be seen as a reward for those attacks.” […]

ZFA statement about the tragic death of Lalzawmi Frankcom

The Zionist Federation of Australia mourns the death of Australian humanitarian worker Lalzawmi Frankcom.    ZFA President Jeremy Leibler said, “Ms Frankcom was part of the vital humanitarian resupply efforts by World Central Kitchen. Her death is a tragedy.”   Mr Leibler continued, “Israel has acknowledged that her convoy was hit by Israeli fire and […]

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The Zionist Federation of Australia expresses outrage over the reprehensible defacement of a monument in Melbourne, erected in honour of Israeli hostages.

ZFA CEO Alon Cassuto stated, "It is deeply disturbing that photos depicting children and other hostages held by a terrorist organisation were deliberately vandalised by individuals endorsing Hamas's reprehensible actions."

Alon Cassuto elaborated, "Our community set up this monument to constantly remind everyone of the ongoing suffering endured by our brothers and sisters in Israel—held captive by the Iran-supported terrorists of Hamas for six months. This display of immense cruelty towards hostages, including infants and women, was met with vandalism within just two days, marked by graffiti advocating for 'free Palestine.'"

He further added, "This incident is not isolated but part of a distressing pattern of vandalism targeting peaceful memorials created by our community. Such actions sabotage the prospects of peace between Israelis and Palestinians."

Concluding his remarks, Mr. Cassuto declared, "We refuse to be intimidated by such criminal acts. We are rallying today at 1:30pm to restore the vandalised posters. Our commitment remains unwavering in supporting Israel and its people's rights."
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The Zionist Federation of Australia expresses outrage over the reprehensible defacement of a monument in Melbourne, erected in honour of Israeli hostages. 

ZFA CEO Alon Cassuto stated, It is deeply disturbing that photos depicting children and other hostages held by a terrorist organisation were deliberately vandalised by individuals endorsing Hamass reprehensible actions.

Alon Cassuto elaborated, Our community set up this monument to constantly remind everyone of the ongoing suffering endured by our brothers and sisters in Israel—held captive by the Iran-supported terrorists of Hamas for six months. This display of immense cruelty towards hostages, including infants and women, was met with vandalism within just two days, marked by graffiti advocating for free Palestine.

He further added, This incident is not isolated but part of a distressing pattern of vandalism targeting peaceful memorials created by our community. Such actions sabotage the prospects of peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Concluding his remarks, Mr. Cassuto declared, We refuse to be intimidated by such criminal acts. We are rallying today at 1:30pm to restore the vandalised posters. Our commitment remains unwavering in supporting Israel and its peoples rights.

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Those people should go out and get a job and stop living on honest taxpayers money

The gratification these terrorist supporters are getting is beyond words. A terror attack last night and with 2000 rioting Muslims on streets. Then stabbing last Saturday with assailant having a hyphenated Muslim surname attached to his name, which they dropped, don’t believe it’s mental illness at all but the cover-up from Albanese. He refuses to acknowledge what is going on before our eyes in this country. While we all watch and know what is exactly going on. Don’t allow these Muslims to undermine our culture they only want to get rid of Israel and the west snd support doctrines of hate and violence. The event is Gaza and regional ME was a planned strategic organised over 20 years, bringing in bags of cement money funds build weapons supply under everyone’s noses. We have here this government aiding and abetting sending millions to PA & Hamas, hence supporting terrorism. Wake up Australia!

White House National Security Communications Spokesperson John Kirby: “I’ve seen reporting that the Iranians meant to fail. That this spectacular and embarrassing failure was all by design.

I’ve also seen Iran say that they provided early warning to help Israel prepare its defenses and limit any potential damage. All of this is categorically false. To coin a phrase from the President, it is malarkey...

Given the scale of this attack, Iran’s intent was clearly to cause significant destruction and casualties.…the aim was to get as many of [the drones and missiles] through Israel’s defenses as possible.”
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Heres a small history of israeli attacks on iran, and iran never sent a missile until now: (And I hope you will just as strongly condemn what israel has done on this list) Assassinations of Iranian scientists January 2010: A physics professor at Tehran University, Masoud Ali-Mohammadi, was killed through a remote-controlled bomb planted in his motorcycle. Iranian state media claimed that the US and Israel were behind the attack. The Iranian government described Ali-Mohammadi as a nuclear scientist. November 2010: A professor at the nuclear engineering faculty at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Majid Shahriari, was killed in a car explosion on his way to work. His wife was also wounded. The president of Iran at the time, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, blamed the United States and Israel for the attacks. January 2012: Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a chemical engineering graduate, was killed by a bomb placed on his car by a motorcyclist in Tehran. Iran blamed Israel and the US for the attack and said Ahmadi Roshan was a nuclear scientist who supervised a department at Iran’s primary uranium enrichment facility, in the city of Natanz. November 2020:Prominent nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in a roadside attack outside Tehran. Western and Israeli intelligence had long suspected that Fakhrizadeh was the father of an Iranian nuclear weapons programme. He was sanctioned by the United Nations in 2007 and the US in 2008. May 2022: Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was shot five times outside of his home in Tehran. Majid Mirahmadi, a member of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, alleged the assassination was “definitely the work of Israel”. Israel’s cyberattacks on Iran June 2010:The Stuxnet virus was found in computers at the nuclear plant in Iran’s Bushehr city, and it spread from there to other facilities. As many as 30,000 computers across at least 14 facilities were impacted by September 2010. At least 1,000 out of 9,000 centrifuges in Iran’s Natanz enrichment facility were destroyed, according to an estimate by the Institute for Science and International Security. Upon investigation, Iran blamed Israel and the US for the virus attack. April 2011: A virus called Stars was discovered by the Iranian cyberdefence agency which said the malware was designed to infiltrate and damage Iran’s nuclear facilities. The virus mimicked official government files and inflicted “minor damage” on computer systems, according to Gholamreza Jalali, the head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization. Iran blamed Israel and the US. November 2011: Iran said it discovered a new virus called Duqu, based on Stuxnet. Experts said Duqu was intended to gather data for future cyberattacks. The Iranian government announced it was checking computers at main nuclear sites. The Duqu spyware was widely believed by experts to have been linked to Israel. April 2012: Iran blamed the US and Israel for malware called Wiper, which erased the hard drives of computers owned by the Ministry of Petroleum and the National Iranian Oil Company. May 2012: Iran announced that a virus called Flame had tried to steal government data from government computers. The Washington Post reported that Israel and the US had used it to collect intelligence. Then-Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon did not confirm the nation’s involvement but acknowledged that Israel would use all means to “harm the Iranian nuclear system”. October 2018: The Iranian government said that it had blocked an invasion by a new generation of Stuxnet, blaming Israel for the attack. October 2021: A cyberattack hit the system that allows Iranians to use government-issued cards to purchase fuel at a subsidised rate, affecting all 4,300 petrol stations in Iran. Consumers had to either pay the regular price, more than double the subsidised one, or wait for stations to reconnect to the central distribution system. Iran blamed Israel and the US. May 2020: A cyberattack impacted computers that control maritime traffic at Shahid Rajaee port on Iran’s southern coast in the Gulf, creating a hold-up of ships that waited to dock. The Washington Post quoted US officials as saying that Israel was behind the attack, though Israel did not claim responsibility. Israel’s drone strikes and raids on Iran January 2018: Mossad agents raided a secure Tehran facility, stealing classified nuclear archives. In April 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel discovered 100,000 “secret files that prove” Iran lied about never having a nuclear weapons programme. February 2022: Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett admitted in an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal in December 2023, that Israel carried out an attack on an unmanned aerial vehicle, and assassinated a senior IRGC commander in February of the previous year. May 2022: Explosives-laden quadcopter suicide drones hit the Parchin military complex southeast of Tehran, killing an engineer and damaging a building where drones had been developed by the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces. IRGC Commander Hossein Salami pledged retaliation against unspecified “enemies”. January 2023: Several suicide drones struck a military facility in central Isfahan, but they were thwarted and caused no damage. While Iran did not immediately place blame for the attacks, Iran’s UN envoy, Amir Saeid Iravani, wrote a letter to the UN chief saying that “primary investigation suggested Israel was responsible”. February 2024: A natural gas pipeline in Iran was attacked. Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji alleged that the “explosion of the gas pipeline was an Israeli plot”.

Just a show to gain sympathy for Israel again after the world is hating them they are working together

Did the Biden administration sanction/greenlight the Iranian ("limited") attack on Israel (America's ally) as is now being reported? Note that geographically closer Hezbollah (Iran #1 proxy) did not fire on Israel ... advanced missiles which would have landed without lead/wait time and caused great devastation. This would have provoked Israel to wipe Hezbollah off the map and go after major Iranian nuclear, oil refineries and military sites, etc. End result is that Iran actually fired a greater number and more powerful weaponry at Israel than America anticipated based on conversations/agreements with Iran (true or false?). Theory is out there because evidently Turkey notified one of their allies who then informed America.

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