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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 06: Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, speaks to the media at Government House on December 06, 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand. This is the second edition of the meetings, which are intended to solidify defence and foreign relations between Australia and New Zealand as the region faces renewed tensions with Chinese influence in the Pacific remaining a key concern. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)

Labor kicks Israel to the kerb to save its political skin

Labor’s shift towards hostility to Israel in the wake of the Hamas and Hezbollah assaults can be interpreted only as a reward for such aggression. It is a morally bankrupt position.

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Labor takes refuge in platitudes as conflict escalates

Israel has not sought this war, nor does it bear moral responsibility for the civilian suffering it inevitably will occasion. Instead, culpability lies with Hezbollah, the aggressor. The simple moral logic of this analysis has escaped the Labor government.

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TOPSHOT - This handout picture released by the Israeli army on May 13, 2024 shows Israeli soldiers who are operating in the Gaza Strip, attending a ceremony as part of the national Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Israeli Army / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Misguided politics puts peace further out of reach

Anthony Albanese should think carefully about the consequences of rewarding Hamas before proceeding further down a pathway of isolating Israel.

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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki (R) receives Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (L), in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank on January 17, 2024. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Shameful UN vote a victory for Hamas terror and violence

The fact we found ourselves at odds with the US, the UK, Canada, Germany and many European states, tells you just how severely Australia’s moral compass has been inverted.

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Major General Jim Molan at Defence headquarters in Canberra.

No Labor action to back angry words over Israel

If the PM is dissatisfied with the explanation from Israel about the World Central Kitchen strike, it should send a senior member of the ADF to Israel to seek reassurance.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. JANUARY 23, 2024: Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Home Affairs Minister Clare OÃ¢â¬â¢Neil, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Abigail Bradshaw Head of the Australian Signals Directorate's, Australian Cyber Security Centre hold a press conference in response to Medibank Private cyber attack at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

UNRWA’s Hamas ties expose Labor’s diplomacy debacle

When I finished as Australia’s ambassador to Israel in 2017, one of my parting messages was that we should reassess our support for the UNRWA, given how compromised it was.

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Richard Marles praises Darwin's 5th Battalion after their return from Operation Kudu at the press conference in Robertson Barracks, Darwin. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Peace at any price often leads to an even greater war

It can be hard to argue with the moral sentiments of peace, but if Israel is stripped of its right to self-defence, and Hamas remains in control of Gaza, this will store up greater conflict down the road.

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Penny Wong; scenes of destruction in Gaza.

Penny Wong goes missing in action on the Middle East

If we want to support a more hopeful future for Israelis and Palestinians, and have a say in how this conflict should be resolved, press conferences from Adelaide will not do the trick.

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Participants react near the Sydney Opera House during a Free Palestine rally in Sydney, Monday, October 9, 2023. Israel has pounded the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, killing hundreds of people in retaliation for one of the bloodiest attacks in its history when Islamist group Hamas killed 700 Israelis and abducted dozens more. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Pro-Palestinian protesters call for peace but join with those glorifying violence

We must never allow a situation to pass where one group of Australians is calling for the extermination of another group.

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Jim Chalmers speaks, Senator Murray Watt, Leeanne Enoch, Yes Voice campaign supporters, Sth Bank, on Wednesday 30th August 2023 - Photo Steve Pohlner

Australia must not risk becoming the new Argentina

The Intergenerational Report paints an alarming picture of a nation headed for economic decline. It should be should be a call to arms.

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