While the savagery of Hamas required a strong Israeli reaction, that doesn’t absolve Israel morally or politically for the responsibility it now has for the two million people in Gaza, and their basic human needs.
Unjustified condemnation of Israel shows Anthony Albanese among the captives of biased reporting.
In contrast to Bob Carr’s hysterics, the PM is showing leadership.
Israel’s No. 2 diplomat in Australia says there is no starvation in Gaza and images of emaciated children in the Palestinian enclave are part of a ‘false campaign’ by Hamas.
Anti-Israel activists have laid bare the extent of their vandalism in new footage posted to social media that reveals a wave of attacks on properties owned by Toll.
The former NSW premier compared Israel’s actions in Gaza to war crimes committed by the Nazis and Joseph Stalin, and urged stronger action from the PM.
The former NSW premier compared Israel’s actions in Gaza to war crimes committed by the Nazis and Joseph Stalin, and urged stronger action from the PM.
Labor Friends of Israel co-convener Nick Dyrenfurth has accused Bob Carr of ‘deliberately stoking community tensions’ after the former NSW premier compared Israel’s behaviour with war crimes committed by Stalin, Mao and Hitler.
Israel is bending over backwards to reach a ceasefire deal. We should be doing all we can to collectively pressure Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government is considering ‘alternative options’ to ceasefire talks with Hamas.
Two Australians were reportedly on board an aid boat to challenge the blockade of Gaza when it was allegedly intercepted by Israeli troops.
Anthony Albanese said support for Palestinian statehood was contingent on a ‘structure’ in which Hamas had no part, while also slamming the ‘indefensible’ civilian death toll in Gaza in a moral condemnation of Israel later echoed by Penny Wong.
Israel has emerged from a string of stunning military successes with nearly unchecked power in the Middle East. Now Washington is struggling to adjust.
While the French President’s pledge won’t force Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to act against its will, it again raises questions about the endgame in Gaza.
Israel blames Hamas for looting, but aid agencies say Israeli checks eat distribution time and lorries are mobbed by increasingly desperate and hungry crowds.
Having triggered the war with Israel, Hamas still hands out morality lessons on how to be a good international citizen. But Israel will further alienate its remaining friends if it continues to allow 2.1 million Gazans to starve.
Donald Trump says Hamas did not want a peace deal as the US and Israel considers ‘alternative options’ to rescue hostages.
The Druze live in pockets across the Middle East, and Israeli members of the community want Netanyahu to do more to help their kin in Syria.
Anthony Albanese, who is under growing pressure from within the Labor Party to recognise Palestine, has accused Israel of killing civilians just hours after France revealed it would formally recognise Palestine by September.
Donald Trump’s Middle East peace envoy, Steve Witkoff, has recalled the US negotiating team from the Doha talks, saying Hamas showed a ‘lack of desire to reach a ceasefire’.
French President Emmanuel Macron says his country will formally recognise a Palestinian state, the most powerful European nation to announce such a move.
Anthony Albanese has called for Israel to immediately stop its aid blockade in Gaza, stating its actions “cannot be defended or ignored”.
Anthony Albanese has called for Israel to immediately stop its aid blockade in Gaza, stating its actions “cannot be defended or ignored”.
US envoy Steve Witkoff accused Hamas of not ‘acting in good faith’ while Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was still seeking ceasefire despite recalling negotiators.
It’s buyer’s remorse for the social media age. Mark Textor, the co-founder of lobbying firm CT Group, can’t seem to stop himself typing before scrubbing the offensive posts soon after.
The Trump administration’s Steve Witkoff was meanwhile set to meet with a senior Israeli official about ceasefire talks, a sign that lower-level negotiations that have dragged on for weeks could be approaching a breakthrough.
The Greatest Race Debate all but ignored dangers of anti-Semitism.
Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi has been disciplined by the Senate for brandishing a sign demanding that Labor sanction Israel.
A Greens Senator has been given a scathing rebuke for her protest actions during the opening of parliament in which she called for Australia to sanction Israel.
Hamas is insisting that the UN and Palestinian Red Crescent control all the aid running into the enclave, mediators said
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