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‘The first bombs will definitely drop’: Full text of US military group chat scandal revealed

The Atlantic released the operational details sent by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to the breached Signal group after the Trump administration insisted the information wasn’t classified.

  • Michael Koziol

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The Israeli Defence Forces resumed airstrikes in Gaza after the first phase of the ceasefire reached its end.

Gazans are trapped in a forever war designed around Netanyahu’s impossible aims

Nobody should be shocked by the ceasefire breakdown between Israel and Hamas. Those with power see no incentive to end this war.

  • Waleed Aly
Protesters demand the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday.

‘My building of hope has collapsed’: Hostage families devastated by strikes on Gaza

Israel’s surprise assault on Tuesday brought the deadliest day in Gaza since the start of the war. Now relatives of hostages fear they might not come home at all.

  • Sam Mednick and Waafa Shurafa
Assala Sayara at the launch of The Muslim Vote in November.

Sydney Muslim Vote backer attends Hamas anniversary rally

The prominent activist is seen participating in chants weeks after she spoke at the launch of The Muslim Vote, a movement targeting western Sydney Labor MPs.

  • Paul Sakkal
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
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
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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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