The unfolding Middle East war looms as a key factor in the US election contest, with the Jewish state listening ‘less and less to America’, as Donald Trump urges Israel to hit Iran’s nuclear sites.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said an Israeli air strike on a Gaza school killed at least 28 people on Thursday, while the Israeli military reported it struck a Hamas command centre.
Kamala Harris accused Donald Trump of prioritising Vladimir Putin over US citizens dying of Covid but slipped up over her differences with Joe Biden in a media blitz of friendly interviews.
Two of the nation’s leading Jewish groups have sought public commitments from Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton for the major parties to preference each other over the Greens at the next election.
On the anniversary of the October 7 massacre of Israelis by Hamas, Donald Trump has urged all Jews to back him in November, arguing he’s ‘done more than any other president’ for Israel.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have marked the one year anniversary of the October 7 attack on Israel as a day of ‘mourning’ and endorsed the right of the Jewish state to defend itself.
Labor is refusing to expel Iran’s top diplomat in Australia despite the ambassador praising Hassan Nasrallah’s ‘martyrdom’, as Penny Wong fails to say which of Israel’s military actions should be considered acceptable self-defence.
Australia has broken ranks with the US in refusing to recognise the ‘necessity’ of dismantling Hezbollah’s strike capabilities against Israel, after the Jewish state launched a ground operation in Lebanon.
Influential Islamic organisations have thrown their support behind the government’s special envoy to combat Islamophobia, saying it would address hatred, while urging for protections against protesters and action against ‘anti-Palestinian sentiment’.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has declared a timeline should be set for the international declaration of a Palestinian state and is pushing the UN Security Council to play a more significant role in advancing a two-state solution.
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