Benjamin Netanyahu
No apologies: Wong gives her side of the story of the call with Israel
Israel’s foreign minister has accused Penny Wong of abandoning Israel in its most difficult year during a phone conversation that turned sour.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Latest
Inside the fiery meeting that would define the government’s relationship with Israel
Fallout from the war in Gaza has created a deepening rift in relations between Australia and Israel. The hostilities are political and personal.
- by Matthew Knott
Private schools are major financial players. Why aren’t they paying council rates?
Top fee-paying schools in North Sydney are significant users of local infrastructure. The time for them to be exempted from council rates has long gone.
Australia backs UN vote for ‘unconditional ceasefire’ amid Netanyahu fury
The vote comes as the Australia-Israel relationship frays following Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu’s public condemnation of the Albanese government.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Courts
Netanyahu assails media as he testifies for first time in his corruption trial
The Israeli prime minister took the witness stand for the first time in his long-running corruption trial, saying he was being hounded for his hawkish security policies.
- by Maayan Lubell
Opinion
Syrian conflict
Syria’s new leaders say they’re a moderate force. Australia has labelled them terrorists
While the fall of the Assad regime is momentous for the Middle East, it’s doubtful Syrians will be entering a time of prolonged peace.
- by Amin Saikal
Opinion
Middle East tensions
Netanyahu’s rebuke of Albanese is weak and unprovable but serves his purposes
Israel’s prime minister sees himself as the ultimate defender of Israel against an international left that he portrays as hostile and complicit in antisemitism.
- by Dan Perry
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Antisemitism
‘I fear the next attack will be worse’: former Labor minister’s warning on antisemitism
PM Anthony Albanese said he personally believed the firebombing of a Melbourne synagogue was a terrorist attack, as he hit back at claims he had failed to tackle antisemitism.
- by Matthew Knott
‘Antisemitism’ accusation says a lot about Netanyahu
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s reported assertion that “anti-Israel sentiment is antisemitism” is an unacceptable attempt at moral diversion.
Analysis
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The friendship between Australia and Israel is on life support. There is a lot of blame to go around
Some self-reflection would not go astray from Israel’s leaders and advocates about why the nation has become so isolated on the international stage.
- by Matthew Knott
Netanyahu claims Melbourne synagogue attack linked to Labor’s ‘anti-Israel sentiment’
The Israeli leader cited Canberra’s decision to vote for a UN resolution demanding the end of Israel’s “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”.
- by Rob Harris, Ashleigh McMillan and Brittany Busch
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