There is no civil conversation to be had on the idea of a one-state solution. It’s astounding that a senior executive at one of Australia’s elite universities, given all that has taken place there, thinks there is.
There is deep sorrow still on this anniversary of October 7 among Jews of the left like me, deep sorrow and pain. And there is a sense of betrayal.
I know that journalists do not like public self-examination; they much prefer to do the scrutinising rather than be the subject of scrutiny. But on any reckoning, this is a story, a great one in my opinion.
Protesters have misappropriated the Jewish death camps to accuse Jews of being Nazis and Israel of committing genocide in a cynical ploy designed to bolster their narrative.
Something precious was lost in the transformation of journalism from a trade to an elite profession.
An adulterous relationship in middle age changes over time, but can love born of infidelity go the distance? Howard Jacobson gives it his best shot.
My Holocaust survivor brother-in-law faced the ultimate horror repeating before he died.
The Israeli war against Hamas has shown in a very dramatic way how journalism has changed in recent times – and how many journalists have come to see their role as warriors for social justice. We have been here before.
A contagion in journalism has been developing for some time – it goes back to 2021 – but it has flowered since the October 7 massacre by Hamas terrorists.
The phones of thousands of Australians buzzed with a terrible news alert. Almost immediately, social media was full of a terrible blood libel, the most ancient anti-Semitic trope.
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