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Climate crisis
It’s worse than any war or pandemic, so why are our leaders ignoring it?
Tell me I’m not dreaming: 2025 could be the year of bipartisan action on catastrophic climate change.
- by Malcolm Knox
Latest
WHO chief caught up in Israeli airstrike ‘lesson’ on Yemen
“The Houthis will also learn what Hamas, Hezbollah, the Assad regime have learned. This lesson will be understood across the Middle East,” the Israeli PM said.
- by Daniel Hardaker and Jotam Confino
Opinion
Greater Good
From Perth to Manhattan to Sudan, this is the year that changed my life
I haven’t felt that way about many, if any, of the 34 years I lived before this one. But I am certain what I experienced in 2024 will stay with me forever.
- by Tess Ingram
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Telling Israel the killing must stop in Gaza is not antisemitic
Israel had every right respond to Hamas, but some of its supporters ignore a critical constraint under international law.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Australia’s damning of Israel is poisonous. I say that as an ex-Labor minister
Israel has the right under international law to use military force to defend its very existence. The Albanese government’s response is despicable.
- by Mike Kelly
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
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
Editorial
Antisemitism
Sydney antisemitic attacks call for united front against inherent evil
The latest crime designed to strike fear into Australia’s Jewish community must be dealt with by unity, not division.
- The Herald's View
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Antisemitism
Greens staffer reprimanded for suggesting synagogue arson may have been ‘false flag’
A prominent staffer for Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi “regrets” saying the attack, which authorities have said is probably terrorism, could have been perpetrated by Zionists.
- by Paul Sakkal
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
Updated
World politics
Syrian government falls to fast-moving rebels, ending 50 years of iron rule by Assad family
The government of Bashar al-Assad appears to have fallen in a stunning end to the family’s 54-year rule.
- by Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam
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