Even Trump fans decry ‘poor taste’ AI-generated Gaza resort video
The video ‘Gaza 2025 What’s Next?’ opens with people on a rubble-strewn street emerging from a tunnel onto a beach with palm trees and yachts.
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Australia’s multicultural project is falling apart
How many of the Australians currently demonstrating against democratic Israel and in favour of a Hamas-run Palestine could sincerely say their allegiance really is to this country?
Hamas agrees to proceed with releasing four dead hostages on Thursday
Egyptian officials say militants won’t hold ceremony like those that angered Israel.
Bibas family tragedy cannot be forgotten
The treatment of the Bibas family reflects the true nature of Hamas. I dread watching the funeral today. Just like all of Israel, there will not be one dry eye as we say goodbye to Shiri, Kfir and Ariel.
Invite for barrister who took on Israel
A barrister who represented Palestine in a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice has been invited to the Sydney Writers Festival.
‘Hypothetical’: Huge Israel question dodged
The Coalition has pushed for an answer to a key question around the Israeli Prime Minister that has been hanging over the Albanese government for months.
Mossad conspiracy theory can be added to the lies about Jews and October 7 and 9/11
As the head of ASIO Mike Burgess said last week, anti-Semitism is a form of hate that defies logic.
PM reaffirms support for Adass Israel community
Anthony Albanese fulfilled his promise to Melbourne’s Adass Israel community to visit their school on Monday, reaffirming the government’s commitment to rebuild their synagogue after it was destroyed in a firebombing attack.
Sydney Writers Festival chief quits over line-up of anti-Israel poets, writers on program
Esteemed Australian businesswoman Kathy Shand has resigned as chair of the high-profile festival telling the board she wanted a variety of opinions on the Middle East conflict, and not a one-sided, anti-Israel show.
‘Arab world should be outraged by Hamas’
The father of a Bedouin Muslim returned to Israel after nearly a decade in Gaza captivity has urged ‘the Arab world’ to speak out against abuses by Hamas.
Israel ready to resume war, PM warns after prisoner releases suspended
Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened the resumption of war over Hamas’s ‘humiliation ceremonies’ handing over hostages, as Israel deploys tanks in the occupied West Bank for the first time in 20 years.
Israel taunts Hezbollah by flying military jets over Nasrallah funeral
As new Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem spoke about how Nasrallah’s cause can never be defeated, Israel taunted its enemy. The ground shook as Israeli fighter jets flew low during the funeral in Beirut and video of the September killing of Nasrallah was released.
Boundless cruelty of Hamas
The civilised world must never forget or forgive the barbaric inhumanity of Hamas’s weekend release of hostages.
Muslim leader links Mossad to surge in domestic anti-Semitic violence
A prominent sheik has claimed there was a ‘real possibility’ that Australia’s violent wave of anti-Semitism had ‘likely been manufactured’ by Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad.
Anti-Israel comedian hosts Greens’ campaign launch
The Greens have cancelled a free community lunch in Prahran, days after hiring an anti-Israel comedian to host its new candidate in Melbourne’s largest Jewish electorate.
Israel delays freeing Palestinian prisoners over ‘humiliating’ hostage release ceremonies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the ceasefire deal freeing Palestinian prisoners will be delayed until Hamas ends ceremonies it holds while handing over Israeli hostages.
Kibbutz confirms death of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas
An Israeli kibbutz confirmed the death of Shiri Bibas, as Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to make Hamas pay for a ‘mix-up’ that resulted in the wrong remains being returned.
The genteel martyrdom of Israel haters
How Hamas’s sadly successful PR strategy of ferociously attacking Israel and then claiming victim status when Israel responds is being replicated by its unwitting supporters in the West.
Bus terror plot raises new, harder questions for Israel
Part of the problem is the lack of a credible Palestinian leader, including among the moribund Palestinian Authority. The malign influence of Iran intensifies the difficulties of finding a way ahead.
MCA backs itself into corner over unwelcome guest speakers
Another day, another dreadful call by an arts institution, this time Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, which has got itself in a tangle over a bash booked by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi for International Women’s Day.
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