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Australia’s Defence Minister Linda Reynolds held a productive telephone conversation with her Israeli counterpart Benny Gantz, a move described as another important step towards enhancing defence and security ties between the two nations with a similar set of shared common values and desire to contribute to maintaining global peace and security.

Mark Regev, the former Melbourne Mt Scopus College and University graduate and current spokesman for the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, held a webinar with Australian Jews, in which he expressed his excitement over the recent agreements with the Arab Gulf States of UAE and Bahrain and predicted a bright future for Israeli-Arab relations and for Israel’s further burgeoning development, after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A $2.5m Federal Government grant for the expansion of the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Education Centre, was warmly greeted by the Adelaide Jewish community, politicians, educators and especially the 88-year-old Adelaide Holocaust survivor from Budapest and renown sculptor Andrew Steiner OAM.

Anns: Tribute to the recently passed away Ruth Leiser e”h, the former long-time SBS Radio Sydney Yiddish producer and presenter and Holocaust child survivor, whose Jewish neshoma-soul, her love of Yiddish language and culture and Israel, shone through her much loved programs.

Domestic violence is escalating during COVID-19 as a, new research reveals that almost one in 10 Australian women in a relationship have experienced domestic violence during the coronavirus crisis. Nomi Beran, a counsellor and a case manager at Jewish care has some tips to identify and support victims. She also says that unfortunately, the statistic is the same within the Jewish community. (English)

Did you know that 8 States can decide the US election results? Find out essential facts about the election... 

Trump or Biden will be the oldest candidate to be elected president. Trump, 74, is seeking to change the dynamics of a race that national opinion polls and some state polls show he is losing to Biden, who is 77.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption [[ICAC]] is investigating a range of allegations against Former Wagga Wagga M-P Daryl Maguire, the ex-partner of Premier Gladys Berejiklian, including that he misused his public office to broker property deals in western Sydney that would financially benefit him.

 The 61-year-old has already admitted to ICAC that he accepted thousands of dollars in cash at his parliamentary office to advance the interests of a corporate entity linked to him. Ms Berejiklian reinforced her message that she had done nothing wrong. A special update today.

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Facebook is banning Holocaust denial and distortion of facts posts on their social media platforms... Hebrew Report.

Don't miss SBS Israel Report in Hebrew with Prof, Rafi Mann reporting the latest from Jerusalem 18.10.2020

The latest news in English with SBS Jerusalem Report with Peta Jones Pellach 18.10.2020

Australian Jewish leaders greeted the Australian Government’s budgetary decision to halve the $20m contribution it makes to the UNWRA Palestinian Refugee agency...find out more from Shane Desiatnik senior journalist at the AJN