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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan with Jewish community leaders outside the Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea after the arson attack.

In Jacinta Allan, Melbourne Jews have discovered a friend

The premier’s decision to toast Israel’s independence when condemnation of the war in Gaza is reaching a crescendo is unlikely to win her votes outside her party room or support from within.

  • Chip Le Grand

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Former Labor minister Gareth Evans.

‘The time is right’: Labor luminary calls for Netanyahu sanctions, Palestine statehood

Gareth Evans, Labor’s longest-serving foreign minister, rejected claims that recognising a Palestinian state would reward Hamas’ terrorism.

  • Matthew Knott
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

‘People are starving’: Albanese attacks Israel over ‘outrageous’ Gaza food restrictions

The prime minister said Australia would continue to criticise the Netanyahu government when necessary – but is under fire both at home and abroad to match his words with action.

  • Matthew Knott
Hundreds of demonstrators gather on Cambridge Common during a rally at the historic park in Cambridge, Mass Massachussetts on Saturday calling on Harvard University to resist what organisers described as attempts by President Donald Trump to influence the institution.

‘No takeover’: Harvard refuses to surrender independence after Trump threat

Trump’s demands include ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs, changing admissions and hiring, and curbing the “power” of certain students, faculty members.

  • Janet Lorin and Brooke Sutherland
In this image taken from security footage, Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, is detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on a street in Sommerville, Massachusetts.

‘Looked like a kidnapping’: Student’s arrest in Trump crackdown caught on camera

The 30-year-old doctoral student was walking to meet friends for dinner when a man grabbed her on the footpath.

  • Jake Offenhartz, Kathy Mccormack and Michael Casey
Peter Dutton

Dutton wrongly says Labor is fast-tracking citizenship for Gazans to win votes

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton made a series of unfounded claims in an interview on Thursday. Home Affairs says nobody who has fled the war-torn strip since 2023 is eligible for citizenship.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Peter Beinart, author of Being Jewish After The Destruction of Gaza.

This book is so powerful, it’s hard to resist the urge to cry

Jewish scholar Peter Beinart imagines a world where Jews who support Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and Jews who are utterly opposed make accommodations with each other.

  • Jenna Price
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

‘No running commentary’: Albanese sidesteps Trump’s Gaza plan

Peppered with questions about Trump’s radical proposal for the US to take ownership of Gaza, Albanese did not directly respond to the president’s remarks on Wednesday.

  • Matthew Knott
The Invasion Day rally outside Parliament House

Tens of thousands join Invasion Day rally as Melbourne marks Australia Day

January 26 means different things to different people. Some protested the day, while others just wanted to enjoy the sunshine.

  • Madeleine Heffernan, Lachlan Abbott and Marta Pascual Juanola
In this image taken from an Associated Press video, Israeli female soldier hostages wave at a Palestinian crowd before being handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday.

Hamas releases four Israeli soldiers in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners

Live television footage showed the moment four female Israeli soldiers were paraded in front of a crowd in Gaza City before being handed over to the Red Cross.

  • Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy

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