This Month
Israel warns troops off social media after Brazil seeks soldier over Gaza
The incident is the latest example of the legal fallout from Israel’s offensive in Gaza, which has killed more than 45,800 people, according to Palestinian officials.
- James Shotter and Heba Saleh
Biden plans $13b arms sale to Israel
The new weapons are a last-minute show of support for the US president’s close ally after more than a year of war in Gaza.
- Felicia Schwartz
US steps up strikes on Houthis as tensions with Israel flare
The strikes mark the latest salvo in a year-long US-led campaign aimed at halting attacks by the militant group.
- Missy Ryan
December 2024
- Opinion
- Middle East conflict
The most anti-Israel country in Europe risks harming itself
Ireland has drawn a false equivalence with Northern Ireland and Palestine, and its hard-fought reputation as the world’s tiniest superpower is threatened.
- Finn McRedmond
Israeli curbs on Gaza water supplies are ‘acts of genocide’
Human Rights Watch alleges attacks on infrastructure and repair workers contribute to thousands of deaths
- James Shotter
- Opinion
- Middle East conflict
Right’s cancel culture distorts diplomacy
The government is under fierce attack for its UN voting patterns on Gaza, but it is voting in keeping with global norms.
- James Curran
‘Not the Australia we know’: Jews’ plea to PM during synagogue visit
Anthony Albanese was greeted by chaotic scenes when he finally visited Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue, badly damaged in a terrorist arson attack on Friday.
- Andrew Tillett
Netanyahu set to take the stand in long-running corruption trial
The Israeli prime minister is accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of cigars and champagne from a billionaire Hollywood producer.
- Tia Goldenberg
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Labor lacking business nous
Readers’ letters on Treasurer Jim Chalmers, the state of the economy, Labor’s stance on Israel, the Melbourne arson attack and payroll tax.
Netanyahu blames Albanese for Melbourne synagogue attack
The Israeli prime minister said that “it is impossible to separate this reprehensible act from the extreme anti-Israeli position of the Labor government”.
- Phillip Coorey and Andrew Tillett
Jewish leaders plead with PM: crack down on antisemitism now
An arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue is a “crime of hate”, Anthony Albanese says.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Australia to break with Israel in looming UN votes
Australian diplomats are weighing supporting several resolutions in an attempt to help revive the stalled two-state solution peace deal.
- Andrew Tillett
- Analysis
- Trump's White House
How Trump can earn a place in history that he did not expect
There is enormous opportunity and appetite for a game-changing deal in the Middle East – and we know the president-elect loves a deal.
- Thomas L. Friedman
November 2024
Netanyahu says conditions have improved for possible Gaza hostage deal
The Israeli prime minister spoke positively, without providing any specific details, about efforts to secure the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip.
- Reuters
Labor pushes 36 bills; RBA reforms loom; Don’t be a Black Friday fool
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Netanyahu eyes ‘total victory’ after ceasefire deal
After successfully crippling Hezbollah, Israel’s prime minister finally agreed a ceasefire in Lebanon and will now turn his full attention back to Gaza.
- Neri Zilber and James Shotter
‘Possible immunity’: France suggests no Netanyahu arrest
The foreign ministry argued that an ICC rule on immunity may apply to the Israeli prime minister if he travelled to France, despite the court’s arrest warrant.
- Aurelien Breeden
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Netanyahu vindicated after ignoring demands not to invade Lebanon
Foreign Minister Penny Wong was among those urging restraint two months ago. But Israel has achieved a resounding victory against Hezbollah.
- Andrew Tillett
- Updated
- Middle East tensions
Israel ceasefire starts with Hezbollah as hopes rise
Israeli and Lebanese leaders have accepted a US-brokered ceasefire deal, President Joe Biden says, raising hopes of an end to the year-long hostilities.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Middle East conflict
Netanyahu arrest warrant is a dangerous problem for the West
Donald Trump is likely to try to destroy the International Criminal Court over the pursuit for Israel’s leaders, but this is not in anybody’s interests.
- Updated
- Gideon Rachman