Scott Morrison

May 16, 2019, 12:00 am

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten have made their final pitches to readers of The Australian Jewish News ahead of Saturday's federal election.

The AJN’s Yossi Aron early voting at
a previous federal election.
Photo: Peter Haskin

April 25, 2019, 12:00 am

Vote from next Monday

PRE-POLLING for the federal election opens on Monday, April 29, with the Australian Electoral Commission to release a list of voting locations later this week.

By Gareth Narunsky

From left: Waverley Liberal councillor Sally Betts, Liberal candidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma, and NSW Jewish Board of Deputies acting president Isabelle Shapiro at the Bondi promenade where swastikas were daubed last week.

April 25, 2019, 12:00 am

Coalition’s CCTV pledge

THE Coalition will invest $143,000 in enhanced CCTV at Bondi Beach to fight back against a recent spate of antisemitic graffiti if re-elected next month.

By Evan Zlatkis

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

April 19, 2019, 12:00 am

Committed to West Jerusalem as capital

COMMUNAL leaders have welcomed the opening of a new Australian Trade and Defence Office in Jerusalem as a sign of Australia's continued commitment to recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Israeli deputy chief of mission Ron Gerstenfeld (left) and Australian assistant
treasurer Stuart Robert sign the deal. Photo: Twitter

April 8, 2019, 12:00 am

Australia, Israel sign ‘long-awaited’ tax treaty

A NEW tax treaty signed late last month between Australia and Israel will "definitely improve cross-border investment and trade opportunities", the head of banking and finance at one of Israel's most prominent law firms says.

By Gareth Narunsky

March 29, 2019, 12:00 am

Australia backs Israel at the UN

SCOTT Morrison's government has received kudos from the Jewish community for its stand against a spate of anti-Israel resolutions by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

By Peter Kohn

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Peter Haskin

March 22, 2019, 12:00 am

Morrison stands by Jerusalem plans

PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has issued an emphatic warning about the gulf between the Coalition government's policies on Israel and those of the ALP.

By Peter Kohn

March 18, 2019, 3:32 pm

$55m funding boost for religious security

February 21, 2019, 12:01 am

‘A rare show of unity’

THE Morrison government "will not turn a blind eye to an antisemitic agenda masquerading as defence of human rights in the UN", Prime Minister Scott Morrison said this week.

By Gareth Narunsky

January 11, 2019, 11:00 am

Morrison’s imperfect but praiseworthy Jerusalem move

ON the occasion of Israel's 70th birthday, Gil Troy called on the international Zionist community to reclaim Zionism, even if it "doesn't poll well".

By Noa Bloch

People at the rally performed Nazi salutes. Photo: Screengrab, ABC News

January 10, 2019, 12:01 am

‘Confine these views to the dustbin of history’

JEWISH leaders have joined a legion of Australians condemning an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne on Saturday attended by Queensland senator Fraser Anning, at which neo-Nazi salutes were made and Nazi paraphernalia was displayed.

By Peter Kohn

ECAJ co-CEO Peter Wertheim.
Photo: Noel Kessel

December 23, 2018, 12:01 am

ECAJ ‘cautiously welcomes’ findings

THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has "cautiously welcomed" the long-awaited release of the Religious Freedom Review and the federal government's response.

By Gareth Narunsky

Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting. Photo: Abir Sultan/AP

December 21, 2018, 3:11 pm

Israel unenthused by West Jerusalem recognition

Israel has reacted to Australia's big announcement with a cold shoulder. Benjamin Netanyahu was silent on Australia's decision at his weekly cabinet meeting last week.

By Nathan Jeffay

December 21, 2018, 2:48 pm

The world is afflicted by Jerusalem syndrome

'JERUSALEM syndrome' is a diagnosis commonly applied to explain the behaviour of certain unique 'characters' who are sometimes seen roaming the streets of the city.

By Danny Hochberg

Penny Wong addressing the Labor Party National Conference on Tuesday. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

December 20, 2018, 6:49 pm

Lines drawn in the sand

SEVENTY years of Australian bipartisan agreement on Israel are over. On Tuesday, four days after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Australia now recognises West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the Australian Labor Party – which says it will reverse that recognition in government – passed a resolution to recognise Palestine as a state.

By Gareth Narunsky

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