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Close to two tonnes of emergency relief is already airborne for Nepal after volunteers gathered in Sydney yesterday to pack a SmartAID shipment for communities affected by devastating floods. Andrina Grynberg and Alethea Gold load the aid Transported free of charge by DHL Express, the shipment includes medical equipment and supplies, portable solar lights, baby care packages and urgently requested body bags.

Antisemitic conspiracy theories blaming Israel, Jews or the Mossad for an attempted hijacking of an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight began circulating online just 67 minutes after the aircraft issued its first distress signal, according to new research. The Combat Antisemitism Movement’s Antisemitism Research Centre identified 2963 posts on X attributing the September 30 incident to Israel, Mossad, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Zionists or Jews during a 12-hour monitoring period.

Eddie (Mr JIFF Movies) Tamir –  JIFF 2026 Maurice Kleinspeaks with Eddie (Mr JIFF Movies) Tamir, JIFF Artistic Director, about Jewish International Film Festival(JIFF) 2026, which hits the big screens 18th October in Melbourne at the Classic and Lido Cinemas,  19th October in Sydney at the Ritz and Roseville cinemas and in Perth 29th October at Palace Raine Square.

Bibi, please don’t help me. The Israeli prime minister’s speech last Thursday championed Israel, Jewish New Yorkers and all the Jewish people. He correctly affirmed the barbarity of Arab aggression and their ongoing threat to Israel’s survival. He stressed how the hypocrisy of Israel’s critics persists and intensifies. It is doubtful that many people took Benjamin Netanyahu seriously when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly.

Josh Burns, Federal Labor MP, has identified a principle that Australian progressives should defend without hesitation: Jewish Australians do not need to endorse a political party’s account of the Middle East to deserve its respect, protection and attention.

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally designated an emergency onboard incident aboard a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight as an attempted terror attack intended to undermine regional stability and the Abraham Accords. Following directives from Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Ministry Director-General Eden Bar Tal briefed Israeli ambassadors worldwide, declaring that terrorism would not damage diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayon at Ben-Gurion International Airport, hours after Hayon helped overpower a co-pilot who allegedly tried to crash Flydubai Flight FZ1073 mid-air.The flight, carrying roughly 170 to 180 people from Dubai to Tel Aviv, suffered a dramatic mid-air emergency Wednesday when the Omani co-pilot stabbed the captain, and the aircraft suddenly plunged.

An Omani co-pilot is suspected of attempting to hijack a Flydubai flight and crash it before the captain intervened, according to an Israeli diplomatic source. The aircraft carrying 174 passengers, including Israelis, landed safely in Saudi Arabia. The Boeing 737 MAX 8, flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv, made an emergency landing in Tabuk, northwestern Saudi Arabia, after a violent confrontation between the pilots. Israeli authorities are now arranging for the Israeli passengers to return home.

An altercation between two pilots aboard a flydubai flight heading to Israel triggered off codes alerting authorities that the Boeing was a target of hijackers. During the fight inside the cockpit, one of the pilots reportedly lost consciousness. The incident led the crew to transmit the international 7500 code, which signals a hijacking or other unlawful interference, triggering a major security response.

The hijacking scare aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv was caused by a physical altercation between the two pilots, according to emerging reports. During the fight inside the cockpit, one of the pilots reportedly lost consciousness. The incident led the crew to transmit the international 7500 code, which signals a hijacking or other unlawful interference, triggering a major security response.