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Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, following Israel’s decision to allow thousands of them to go back for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025.

Coalition vows to reopen talks with Israel on a free trade deal

Amid a deterioration in relations between the Albanese government and Israel the Coalition wants to boost trade and investment ties with a fellow democracy.

  • Andrew Tillett
World leaders and survivors mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp.

110,000 shoes, 3800 suitcases, 2 tonnes of hair: the pain of Auschwitz

On the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation, a dwindling band of survivors was asked to keep the flame of memory burning in these dark times.

  • Hans van Leeuwen

This Month

Today is the 80th anniversary of the holocaust

Eighty years later, ‘never again’ falls short

Holocaust memorial day is more than an annual commemoration. It is an urgent reminder of what happens when the world turns its back on the quest to murder Jews.

  • Stephen Pollard
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus.

Stop ‘grotesque’ politicising of antisemitism: Dreyfus at Auschwitz

In Poland for a Holocaust remembrance service, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus took aim at those he says are politicising attacks on the Jewish community.

  • Hans van Leeuwen
Opposition home affairs spokesperson James Paterson.

A son of lefties, James Paterson takes it up to the PM on antisemitism

The ambitious Liberal senator has emerged as one of the Coalition’s most effective and hard-working shadow ministers.

  • Andrew Tillett
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Professor Genevieve Bell told a parliamentary inquiry that seemingly antisemitic gestures “had not happened”.

Acts of hate or innocent gestures? What happened at the ANU student meeting

There are conflicting versions of events whether students at an ANU student union meeting performed acts of hate or innocent gestures.

  • Julie Hare
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‘Dark forces’ at work: Lowy; How to make Australia great again; The sexy new arena sport

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Sir Frank Lowy at his house in Tel Aviv.

International ‘dark forces’ at work in antisemitic attacks, Lowy warns

The Westfield founder says it’s hard to find another explanation for the suddenness and scale of the recent spate of incidents in Australia.

  • Hans van Leeuwen
Allegra Spender at Pina Cafe: “I didn’t expect to get so much joy from being the local member and seeing the world through other people’s eyes.”

Meet the McKinsey analyst turned teal powerbroker

Allegra Spender, who could hold the balance of power after the next federal election, grew up in privilege but prides herself on being able to talk to anyone.

  • Tom McIlroy
Woollahra, in Sydney’s east, was targeted recently by antisemitic vandals spraying graffiti.

Antisemitism surge reflects ‘systemic racism’: Palestinian lobby

Australia’s peak Palestinian body condemns recent antisemitic attacks but says media and politicians also need to share blame for fuelling community tensions.

  • Andrew Tillett
Professor Genevieve Bell told a hearing into antisemitism that she empathised with a student who publicly supported Hamas.

‘Not a high bar to set’: MPs call on Bell to explain ANU Nazi gestures

ANU vice chancellor Genevieve Bell’s performance at a hearing on antisemitism has many questioning why she provided such bewildering answers.

  • Julie Hare
Donald Trump is back in the White House.

Trump will only make China great

Readers’ letters on Donald Trump’s White House return, the ESG revolt, taxpayer-funded lunches, DEI initiatives, antisemitic attacks, and the return of Joe Aston.

No other Australian children require armed guards at preschool.

Is the writing on the wall for Australia’s Jewish community?

The next election will be the most consequential in the history of Australia’s Jews. My community can’t endure another three years of this hatred.

  • Robert Gregory
A man has been charged over an alleged attempt to burn a Sydney synagogue earlier in January.

Heat on ‘criminals for hire’ over antisemitic attacks

There is no evidence terror groups and rogue nations are behind some recent antisemitic attacks, investigators believe.

  • Andrew Tillett
The moment a Maroubra childcare is engulfed in flames after an antisemitic attack.

Police investigate foreign agitators over antisemitic attacks

State and federal police commissioners will hold crisis talks on Wednesday, amid concerns young people are being radicalised online to target Australian Jews.

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  • Andrew Tillett and Tom McIlroy
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Michael Gerondis, 66, says the attacks were an Australian problem, not just a Jewish one which meant people needed to become more vigilant.

In Sydney’s east, residents are taking security into their own hands

Former police inspector Michael Gerondis has installed security cameras at his home and community groups are monitoring schools and centres around the clock.

  • Campbell Kwan
Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meet police after the antisemitic attack in Maroubra on Tuesday morning.

PM follows on antisemitism when he should be leading

Anthony Albanese’s calling of a national cabinet to discuss antisemitism had an air of inevitability to it, even if the prime minister hadn’t noticed.

  • Andrew Tillett
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Premier of New South Wales Chris Minns, Acting Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism Tara Moriarty,Acting Police Commissioner Peter Thurtell and Acting Deputy Commissioner Peter McKenna will provide an update on the antisemitic vandalism that occurred overnight in Maroubra at the NSW Police Executive Office in Sydney on January 21, 2024. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

PM calls national cabinet on antisemitism after criticism

Anthony Albanese will urgently convene the meeting with leaders this afternoon; Chris Minns promises to catch “bastards” responsible for childcare centre attack. How the day unfolded.

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  • Lucy Slade
Members of the Jewish community walk past the Dover Heights home.

Mandatory jail plan for anti-Jewish hate sets up political fight

Jewish groups have backed the federal Opposition’s promise of tougher laws for displaying Nazi symbols and the flags of banned terror groups.

  • Andrew Tillett
Anthony Albanese alongside NSW Premier Chris Minns on Sunday.

No guarantee Gaza ceasefire deal will end antisemitic attacks: Labor

NSW Premier Chris Minns said he could not promise an end to the attacks, but he would do what is necessary to crack down on offenders.

  • Ronald Mizen and Andrew Tillett

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