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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-01-28 at 13:08
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Morrison Urges Inquiry Into Australian Antisemitism
IAI Eyes Public Offering While Keeping Control
124 Million Antisemitic Posts Worldwide
The time is now 8:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.
At eight o’clock in the morning, here is the latest update on developments shaping the region and the wider world.
Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison warned that Australia could drift toward the United Kingdom’s recent extremism and radicalization dynamics if leaders fail to confront a surge of antisemitism that has grown since the October seventh attacks. He said, in Jerusalem, that Australia had “left the door open” to antisemitism it did not adequately challenge and urged a comprehensive national inquiry to identify the causes and to bring all areas of society to account. Morrison argued that the protests against Israel swiftly spread on Australian streets, noting that the timeline and intensity suggested the issue was less about reactions to Israeli actions and more about an opportunity to attack Israel from the start. He pressed religious and community leaders to take greater responsibility for communities under their influence, while stressing that security for Israel remains a central concern for Australia and for allied governments. Morrison’s comments came at the Generation Truth antisemitism conference in Jerusalem, where he also emphasized that multicultural societies must balance immigration with shared national values and responsibility, a theme he cast as essential to preventing future violence.
In Israel, the state’s defense industry is facing a strategic shift as Israel Aerospace Industries signals a move toward a minority public offering while remaining under government ownership. The company’s chief executive officer described IAI as a multi‑domain engine operating from space through the battlefield, delivering capabilities across air, land, sea and cyber. He said that up to forty nine percent of shares could be placed with public investors, with the government maintaining control and supervision. The interview highlighted IAI’s role during recent conflicts where missile defense systems, notably Arrow, were deployed to protect the population, and stressed that exports are tightly regulated by the Ministry of Defense. Germany’s Arrow defense deal was cited as an example of balancing urgent domestic needs with obligations to overseas customers. The executive outlined a future focused on autonomous platforms, artificial intelligence driven decision support, and layered defenses, in which humans retain ultimate authority even as machines perform significant portions of operations. He stressed reliability and on‑time fulfillment of contracts as a core business principle and emphasized that Israel’s defense industry is closely tied to, and dependent on, allied interoperability and policy alignment.
Turning to the broader challenge of antisemitism, The Times of Israel reported that twenty Jews were murdered worldwide in two thousand twenty five, with more than eight hundred fifteen severe antisemitic incidents documented. The ministry responsible for diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism said antisemitic activity surged following Hamas’s attack on October seventh, noting a marked rise in antisemitic rhetoric and actions both online and in public demonstrations. The report also documented roughly one hundred twenty four million antisemitic posts on social media and more than four thousand anti‑Israel demonstrations, with the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and Canada among the countries recording the highest incident numbers. In Europe, a UNESCO survey found that seventy eight percent of more than two thousand teachers encountered at least one antisemitic incident, with concerns ranging from Nazi gestures to explicit antisemitic remarks in classrooms. The m
Morrison Urges Inquiry Into Australian Antisemitism
IAI Eyes Public Offering While Keeping Control
124 Million Antisemitic Posts Worldwide
The time is now 8:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.
At eight o’clock in the morning, here is the latest update on developments shaping the region and the wider world.
Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison warned that Australia could drift toward the United Kingdom’s recent extremism and radicalization dynamics if leaders fail to confront a surge of antisemitism that has grown since the October seventh attacks. He said, in Jerusalem, that Australia had “left the door open” to antisemitism it did not adequately challenge and urged a comprehensive national inquiry to identify the causes and to bring all areas of society to account. Morrison argued that the protests against Israel swiftly spread on Australian streets, noting that the timeline and intensity suggested the issue was less about reactions to Israeli actions and more about an opportunity to attack Israel from the start. He pressed religious and community leaders to take greater responsibility for communities under their influence, while stressing that security for Israel remains a central concern for Australia and for allied governments. Morrison’s comments came at the Generation Truth antisemitism conference in Jerusalem, where he also emphasized that multicultural societies must balance immigration with shared national values and responsibility, a theme he cast as essential to preventing future violence.
In Israel, the state’s defense industry is facing a strategic shift as Israel Aerospace Industries signals a move toward a minority public offering while remaining under government ownership. The company’s chief executive officer described IAI as a multi‑domain engine operating from space through the battlefield, delivering capabilities across air, land, sea and cyber. He said that up to forty nine percent of shares could be placed with public investors, with the government maintaining control and supervision. The interview highlighted IAI’s role during recent conflicts where missile defense systems, notably Arrow, were deployed to protect the population, and stressed that exports are tightly regulated by the Ministry of Defense. Germany’s Arrow defense deal was cited as an example of balancing urgent domestic needs with obligations to overseas customers. The executive outlined a future focused on autonomous platforms, artificial intelligence driven decision support, and layered defenses, in which humans retain ultimate authority even as machines perform significant portions of operations. He stressed reliability and on‑time fulfillment of contracts as a core business principle and emphasized that Israel’s defense industry is closely tied to, and dependent on, allied interoperability and policy alignment.
Turning to the broader challenge of antisemitism, The Times of Israel reported that twenty Jews were murdered worldwide in two thousand twenty five, with more than eight hundred fifteen severe antisemitic incidents documented. The ministry responsible for diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism said antisemitic activity surged following Hamas’s attack on October seventh, noting a marked rise in antisemitic rhetoric and actions both online and in public demonstrations. The report also documented roughly one hundred twenty four million antisemitic posts on social media and more than four thousand anti‑Israel demonstrations, with the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and Canada among the countries recording the highest incident numbers. In Europe, a UNESCO survey found that seventy eight percent of more than two thousand teachers encountered at least one antisemitic incident, with concerns ranging from Nazi gestures to explicit antisemitic remarks in classrooms. The m