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The AI-generated video of “Trump Gaza” may be a fantasy, but the president’s platform approves.

When we look at Gaza, we see a human catastrophe. Trump sees The White Lotus

Even Trump’s supporters are recoiling at the video posted on his Truth Social platform.

  • Bill Wyman

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Dutton made the series of unfounded claims about Gazan visa holders at a Sky News summit on antisemitism on Thursday, following reports the government planned to grant 12,500 people citizenship in a series of 25 ceremonies that the Home Affairs Department will hold across Australia by March 4.

Rowdy hearing shut down as Wong says opposition weaponising antisemitism

Wong’s comments echoed those of her colleague, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, who earlier this month described as “grotesque” the political debate on antisemitism.

  • Paul Sakkal and Olivia Ireland
Kathy Shand has resigned from the writers festival.

Festival head quits as Middle East debate continues to split art world

The Sydney Writers’ Festival program is due to be announced in weeks but its chair Kathy Shand, who is Jewish, has sent her resignation to board members.

  • Paul Sakkal and Linda Morris
US President Donald Trump during a news conference with Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trump wants to turn Gaza into the Gold Coast. His motive is blindingly transparent

Donald Trump, the property tycoon, tells us Gaza is “a demolition site”. You can almost picture him negotiating with the agent for a better price.

  • Michael Koziol
Trump greets Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House.

‘We will own it’: Trump wants the US to take over Gaza and redevelop it

The comments, made as he met with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, came after Trump earlier suggested displaced Palestinians be “permanently” resettled outside the war-torn territory.

  • Michael Koziol
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Trump just dressed up ethnic cleansing as a real estate opportunity, and blew up ‘America First’

Here’s the dire place we find ourselves three weeks into the second Trump administration.

  • Matthew Knott
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Cricket commentator Peter Lalor.

‘Standing up for the people of Gaza is not antisemitic’: Usman backs dumped cricket journalist

Cricket reporter Peter Lalor has received support from the Australian opener Usman Khawaja after the journalist was told he could not cover cricket for SEN any more due to his social media support of Palestinians.

  • Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent
Israeli female soldier hostages wave before being handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza City.

Second hostage swap is a bitter pill for Netanyahu’s failed ambitions

For Israel’s prime minister, the safe release of four soldiers is only further proof that his ambitions for the Middle East have not been fully realised.

  • Amin Saikal
To ensure lasting peace, both sides must make every effort not to dehumanise each other.

One word lies at the heart of Israelis’ and Palestinians’ inability to find peace

I have managed thousands of hours of Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. There is one factor that has so far made peace impossible.

  • Ittay Flescher
Gazan doctor Mohammad M.E Alastal has welcomed a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

‘There is euphoria’: In Gaza a rare moment of peace after 15 months of war

As the sun set over Gaza, doctor Mohammad Alastal was looking forward to something he hadn’t enjoyed in over a year: a night free of the sound of bombs.

  • Matthew Knott

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