"Bring Them Back !"
Nirit Eylon from Melbourne tells the listeners about how the Jewish and Israeli communities in Melbourne are all united right now and doing everything they can to help Israel to bring back the hostages.
Nov 06, 2023•13 min
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"And then, I realized that Israel is in a war"
Israelis in Australia sharing their stories about the War in Israel. Sharon Tal is an Israeli living in Melbourne. On the 7th of October she was on her way to Israel to visit friends and family. Being aware of the developing events in Israel and realising it may be too dangerous to continue with her trip, a last minute decision at Bangkok airport made her change the plans.
Nov 06, 2023•10 min
IDF spokesperson says over 2,500 Hamas targets struck since start of war
According to latest updates, more than 1450 People has been killed in Israel and over 5,500 people has been injured due to Israel Hamas War. Prof. Rafi Mann reports.
Nov 06, 2023•9 min
Updates from the War in Israel
(English) Peta Jones Pellach provides an update on the war.
Nov 06, 2023•9 min
The secret of life is to have no fear; It's the only way to function
Danielle Peleg tells us about the right attitude to face evil and bias – have no fear!
Nov 02, 2023•9 min
When Duty Calls !
Niv Gronovitch is a young medical student at the Hebrew University in Israel. He’s the graduate of the prestigious “Alpha program” for gifted students in Israel, many of whom participate in mathematics and science Olympiads. Niv visited Australia during October 2023.
Oct 30, 2023•14 min
Israelis in Sydney Take Initiatives To Help Each Other
Tomer Hasson is an Israeli community activist from Sydney. He tells us about some of the spontaneous initiatives that popped out in the Israeli community, to support, help, and bring together Israelis living in Sydney.
Oct 29, 2023•11 min
The Australian Jewish News
Shane Desiatnik with the latest Australian Jewish News
Oct 28, 2023•12 min
"I Have Seen Great Intolerance Shown in Support of Tolerance"
Zohar Berchik is a therapist, a counsellor and a teacher. from Melbourne. Zohar talks about the unimaginable horrors inflicted by Hamas on the petrified citizens in the south of Israel on the 7th of October this year.
Oct 26, 2023•12 min
A chilling Testimony From The Massacre at Kibbutz Kfar Aza
(English Interview) Keren Lewinsohn lives and works in Melbourne, but most of her family lived in Kibbutz Kfar Aza until the 7th of October. Currently they and all the survivors of the massacre are practically homeless.
Oct 25, 2023•14 min
'For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror’ (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Keren Lewinsohn was born in a beautiful and serene Kibbutz in the south of Israel, Kfar Aza. On the 7th of October 2023, Hamas stormed into the Kibbutz and turned it into hell on earth - slaughtering babies, children, men and women. By sheer miracle Keren’s immediate family survived that horror, but dozens of their friends were brutally murdered.
Oct 23, 2023•12 min
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends (Martin Luther King)
Danielle Peleg lives in Melbourne. She tells us about the recent horrors in Israel, which is still shell shocked from the gruesome attacks carried out by Hamas
Oct 23, 2023•9 min
Hamas Released Two American Israeli Hostages
(20.10.23) A mother and her daughter were released "for humanitarian reasons" in response to Qatari mediation efforts, Hamas armed wing spokesman Abu Ubaida said in a statement on Friday. According to the IDF, there are 222 hostages held by Hamas.
Oct 23, 2023•9 min
Israel In Its Second Week Of The War - Special Report
Prof. Rafi Mann reports from Israel about how many Israelis received the terrible shock on October 7th, and how an entire country may be bracing for a few month of war and the effect it may cause in a long term
Oct 23, 2023•8 min
The latest news in Hebrew
The latest news from Israel in Hebrew, as heard on the SBS Hebrew program on Sunday 22nd of October 2023
Oct 22, 2023•4 min
The Greens Vote Against A Motion Condemning Hamas Attacks Against Israel
In a show of unity in federal Parliament on Monday, MPs of all political persuasions rightly condemned Hamas’s barbarism and supported Israel’s right to defend itself. The four Greens MPs were alone in opposing the motion after their leader Adam Bandt shamefully tried to move an amendment condemning Israeli war crimes and stating “for there to be peace there must be an end to the State of Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian Territories”. Shane Desiatnik reports from the Australian Jew...
Oct 20, 2023•11 min
'Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away'
Caroline Marcus is a senior reporter based in Sky News Australia’s Sydney bureau. She also worked as a reporter in television and newspapers in Australia and Singapore.
Oct 19, 2023•17 min
Melbourne's Jewish Community Comes Together in Solidarity
More than 5,000 people arrived to Caulfield Park in Melbourne on Friday evening to stand in solidarity with Israel as the country suffered through the darkest chapter in its history.
Oct 18, 2023•8 min
משאל העם למתן קול לילידים בפרלמנט הסתיים עם תוצאה שלילית
האוסטרלים דחו הצעה לעגן קול ילידים לפרלמנט בחוקה עם הצבעת לא בכל שש המדינות, כולל בטריטוריה הצפונית
Oct 16, 2023•5 min
The Latest News From Israel (15.10.23)
Peta Jones pellach with the latest report from Israel
Oct 16, 2023•9 min
'Magen David Adom' Australia is Helping Raising Money for Israel
Based in Melbourne Australia, Magen David Adom provides direct relief for poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, disability, destitution or helplessness. MDA takes particular interest in the welfare of the Jewish community in Australia. Emmy Baker is a volunteer at MDA Melbourne and tells us how busy they are raising founds to MDA Israel, as well as to the IDF.
Oct 15, 2023•8 min
United We Stand - Reactions from Israelis around the world to the Israeli response to the Hamas Atrocities
Tal Edery is a young Israeli woman who lives and works in Vancouver, Canada. We talked to Tal in order to learn more about the similarities and differences between the precarious situations of the Canadian and Australian Jewish communities following the inhuman atrocities carried out by Hamas in the South of Israel.
Oct 13, 2023•8 min
"Israelis living in the Diaspora have the responsibility to educate others": Eitan Drori OAM
The Chairman of the Global Israeli Leadership Organisation, Eitan Drori OAM from Melbourne Australia, says: "Israelis living in the diaspora have the responsibility to educate and help this way or another. It is now the time to show our support to the people of Israel"
Oct 13, 2023•13 min
Israelis in Australia Show Their Support to Israel
Dr. Ran Porat is an affiliate research associate in the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University. We discuss the different aspects of the Israeli community of Australia and how the war in Israel may, or may not, affect Israelis living in Australia
Oct 13, 2023•13 min
"We Are All United With Israel"
A Solidarity Community Event at Caulfield Shule in Melbourne, with speeches from politicians and community leaders. Some of the members of parliament included Ben Carroll, John Pesutto, Senator James Paterson and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles
Oct 13, 2023•15 min
Condemning The Hamas Atrocities - Loud and Clear !
Jeremy Leibler is the President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, as well as a partner at Arnold Bloch Leibler. Jeremy strongly condemns the horrific slaughter of children, babies, young and old, carried out by Hamas in the south of Israel. Jeremy warns against the platitude of so-called “moral equivalence”, blandly referring to the victims of both sides instead of unequivocally condemning the atrocities.
Oct 13, 2023•8 min
NSW Premier Chris Minns Apologises to the State's Jewish Community
Pro-Palestinian protestors burned the Israeli flag and chanted "f..k the Jews" as the Sydney Opera House lit up in solidarity with Israel. Shane Desiatnik with the latest Australian Jewish News
Oct 13, 2023•14 min
News update: Israel in a War
A special news update from Israel.
Oct 08, 2023•7 min
Emergency Situation in Israel
Developing story: Israel has declared war on Hamas after one of the deadliest terror attacks on Israeli soil. More than 200 Israelis were killed and more than 1500 wounded. Peta jones pellach with a special report
Oct 07, 2023•9 min
The Yom Kippur War - Does Time Heal?
Yoram Glass was born in Kibbutz Hefziba in 1951. Yoram lost his father at a young age, and suffered from asthma during his childhood. In addition he was a gifted violinist and student. Consequently, Yoram didn’t have to serve in a combat unit. Nevertheless, Yoram volunteered to serve in the armoured corpses and became a tank commander. Yoram was killed in the Golan Heights on the second day of the Yom Kippur War, 7 October, 1973.
Oct 06, 2023•15 min
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