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Palestinians mourn the death of Saed Dawabsheh, 32, during his funeral procession in the West Bank village of Duma near Nablus on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015. The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in a July 31 firebomb attack blamed on Jewish extremists has died of wounds sustained in the same incident, his family said Saturday. His 18-month-old toddler perished in the flames, while his 4-year-old brother and parents were seriously hurt. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel arrests nine for arson

Jewish extremists are suspected in the death of a Palestinian man whose infant son also perished in an arson attack.

Foreign Affairs

n43ck801 Caulfield Racecourse call for Audit General inquiry over management of crown land. Federal ALP member Michael Danby and Glen Eira Cr Mary Delahunty teaming up to call for an inquiry

Right hails anti-BDS motion

Bill Shorten’s faction claimed victory after the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign was rejected.

RICK WALLACE and STEFANIE BALOGH

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (L) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas during a meeting on July 16, 2015 in the West Bank city of Ramallah, two days after a nuclear deal was reached with Iran. Hammond met earlier Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has remained as defiant as ever in his opposition to July 14's agreement between Iran and the major powers, describing it as a

Recognise Palestine to aid peace

Steady settlement expansion by Israel thwarts negotiations and makes the conflict more intractable.

George Browning

exclusiveNational Affairs

Labor Senator Joe Bullock delivering his Maiden Speech in the Senate Chamber, Parliament House in Canberra.

Senator angry at Palestine moves

A Labor senator has lashed out over expected moves to recognise a future Palestinian state.

STEFANIE BALOGH

Iran: the mother of all U-turns

Formal rapprochement with Iran following the nuclear deal could be a regional game changer.

Tom Switzer

Cut & Paste

Renewables rorts and identity issues

Not to mention Crikey’s discovery of the moral equivalence between Iran and Israel.

It all comes back to Iran, says Israel

The Israelis say Iran and its ayatollahs have destabilised the region.

This undated handout file photo obtained on July 9, 2015, courtesy of the Mengistu family shows Avraham Mengistu, an Israeli of Ethiopian descent, posing for a photo at an unknown location. Mengistu is one of two Israelis being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip for months since they crossed into the Palestinian territory, Israeli officials said on July 9, 2015, raising fears of another hostage crisis. AFP PHOTO / HO / FAMILY OF MENGISTU == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

‘Millions made human shields’

Israel has warned that up to three million civilians are “human shields’’ for Islamist extremists entrenched on its borders.

A supplied image obtained Sunday, March, 8, 2015 shows CCTV vision of two teenage brothers suspected of trying to fly to the Middle East to fight. Customs officials and a member of the counter-terrorism unit check the belongings of the two brothers. (AAP Image/ Sydney Airport) NO ARCHIVING

Helping kids to resist radical allure

Teachers, police and other frontline workers are learning how to identify those at risk of radicalisation.

Brendan Nicholson

Opinion

Israel welcomes ISIS distraction

It is in Israel’s interests for the Arab world to be in a constant state of chaos and conflict.

Jack the Insider

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday, June 21, 2015. (Dan Balilty/Pool photo via AP)

Netanyahu dismisses UN’s Gaza criticism

A UN report has prompted relatives of four Palestinian boys to demand justice.

==ISRAEL OUT== Israeli security personnel check an Israeli military ambulance which was attacked by Israeli Druze in the Israeli settlement of Neve Ativ, near Majdal Shams on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, as it was on its way to a hospital carrying two injured Syrians for treatment on June 22, 2015. Public radio earlier said that around 200 Druze from Majdal Shams had pelted the ambulance with stones, forcing it to stop, and dragged the wounded Syrians from the vehicle leaving one dead and the other in a serious condition. AFP PHOTO / STR

Druze ‘lynch mob’ kills Syrian

Druze protesters stopped an ambulance and set upon two Syrians wounded in fighting between rebels and Syrian government forces.

UN slams Israelis, Arabs over war

Israel and Palestinian militants who control the Gaza Strip were responsible for human rights violations that could be war crimes.

Former South African /Pres FW de Klerk leaves London's Heathrow Airport for South Africa, 28/10/98. P/

De Klerk rejects Israeli apartheid

South Africa’s last apartheid leader says comparisons to a drive to slap sanctions on Israel are “odious’’.

Smoke rises after an explosion in the fighting between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebels on the outskirts of the Druze village of Khader in Syria, seen from the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Syrian rebels attacked government troops' positions Wednesday near the Golan Heights in what appears to be an attempt by insurgents to capture more areas south of Syria from Assad's forces, activists said. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Druze may draw Israel into war

The collapse of regime resistance in Syria threatens to embroil Israel in the bloody civil war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (Gali Tibbon/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel warns of nuclear Iran pact

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that international powers are conceding too much to Iran in the nuclear talks.

Foreign Affairs

24,500 head of cattle begin their journey from East Arm Wharf on Darwin's outskirts to Indonesia on the Ocean Shearer. 1000 words

Israel slammed for cattle cruelty

Fresh allegations have emerged of Australian cattle being brutally slaughtered in an Israeli abattoir.

STEFANIE BALOGH

Foreign Affairs

Greens Leader Richard Di Natale after appearing on morning radio a Day After the Budget at Parliament House in Canberra.

Di Natale ‘caved in’ to Israel extremists

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has accused Greens leader Richard Di Natale of “caving in” to extremists.

CHRISTIAN KERR

Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, watch an Israeli bulldozer working along a barbed wire fence that separates Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and the Israeli border, on June 03, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB

Gaza fire betrays a fragile peace

Live fire exchanges between Israeli troops and Gaza militants has underlined the fragility of the peace.

EXCLUSIVEHigher Education

Dr Jake Lynch. Pictured at Sydney University. Students for Justice in Palestine hold a forum and discussion on the boycott of Divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel

Uni warns Lynch over melee

Sydney University academic Jake Lynch has escaped serious sanction over his involvement in a melee in March.

EAN HIGGINS

Palestinian Hamas security forces display their military skills during a police academy graduation ceremony in Gaza City, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

FIFA boss kicked into a spot of Blatter

When the Israel soccer team lost to Belgium in a European championship qualifier no one was more pleased than Abdel Halawi.

Companies

Generic photo of an Australian dollar coin .. Aussie one dollar coins, on a twenty dollar note.

Another cannabis group lists on ASX

Israel-based cosmetic cannabis start-up MGC Global has become the latest medical marijuana company to announce a listing on the ASX.

PRASHANT MEHRA

Middle East

Palestinian children sit on a motorcycle taxi called tuk-tuk as a school girl walks in her way back from school at Shati refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Palestinians marked the 67th anniversary of what they call Nakba, or Catastrophe, the term used by Palestinians to describe the uprooting they suffered at the time of Israel's founding on May 15, 1948. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Job with Bibi’s ‘circus’ rejected

Benjamin Netanyahu’s bid to warehouse the foreign portfolio for his chief rival has been flatly rejected.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office, Sunday, May 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)

Bibi cabinet backflip passes court challenge

Israel’s new coalition faces an early test as Benjamin Netanyahu moves to boost ministerial numbers.