IDF Helped Foil Islamic State Terror Attack on Australian Flight

‘Unit 8200 provided exclusive intelligence that led to the thwarting of an airliner bombing by Islamic State at the end of 2017,’ the IDF stated.
Officials Now Believe Melbourne Car Ramming May Have Been Terrorism

After initially discounting any connection to terrorism, officials investigating a car ramming that took place in Melbourne on Thursday are now considering that the Afghani driver who plowed into a crowd, injuring 14, may have been motivated by Islamist motivations.
Speaking Yiddish and Hebrew, Australian PM Turnbull Stresses His Jewish Ties

Upon his arrival, Turnbull said, “It is a long schlep, but let me say the welcome here…it feels like family, I do feel that we are part of the same mishpacha.”
100 Years Later, Australians Recreate Historic Calvalry Charge for Beersheba

The battle for Beersheba was a key part of the British-led campaign to knock the Ottoman Empire, Germany’s ally, out of World War I.
In Unusual Letter Kim Jong Un Announces N. Korea “Fully Nuclear”

In a peculiar letter to the Australian Foreign Minister, North Korean despot Kim Jong Un stated that his country is ““fully-fledged nuclear power”.
Australia, New Zealand Premiers to Visit in Late October

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English will visit Israel at the end of October.
Common Sense on Campus

Let us hope that this will be the first of many more recognition that it is improper, not least in a university setting, for one side to silence the other, especially by deceitful means.
Turkish Education: Jihad In, Evolution Out

Turkey has now become the first and only NATO member state that teaches “jihad” in its schools.
Australian Synagogue Blocked Out of Fear of Terror Attack

At a judgment on Wednesday, the Land and Environment Court in Sydney blocked the construction of a new synagogue near Bondi Beach. The reason given: Jewish organizations are targets for terror, and they don’t want that in their town.
Tourism to Israel Skyrockets in Start of 2017; More Countries Add Direct Flights

According to the Tourism Ministry, there was a 25 percent increase over the first two months of 2017 compared to January-February 2016.