Ex-mandarin likens Hamas to Mandela
The ANU has hosted an anti-Israel speech by former senior bureaucrat John Menadue in which he compared Hamas to Nelson Mandela.
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Iran port blast ‘was work of Israeli agents’
While Iranian authorities have yet to apportion blame for the explosion which killed 40 people, the incident comes amid years of a shadow war with Israel.
Police called following dispute over anti-Israel sign
Tensions escalated at a Melbourne voting booth during an alleged altercation between Labor and Muslim Votes Matter volunteers.
What doesn’t Louise Adler get about the rise in anti-Semitism?
Like so many self-loathing Jews who have felt the need to express their dislike of Israel post October 7, Adler inhabits an extraordinarily dystopian universe, one in which a sense of morality has not only been turned on its head but has all but disappeared.
‘My preferences don’t count’: PM on Greens votes deal
The Prime Minister has dismissed suggestions Labor should have put the Greens’ last on how-to-vote cards because of the party’s involvement in anti-Israel and anti-Semitic protests.
Israel army warns of ‘larger’ Gaza assault as strikes kill 55
Gaza rescue teams and medics said Israeli air strikes killed at least 55 people on Thursday, as the military threatened an even larger offensive if hostages were not freed soon.
When it comes to anti-Semitism, your conscience cannot be a matter for the party, Mr Dreyfus
The Attorney-General, a prominent Jewish-Australian, once seemed he had no sense of humour – until he backed a Greens candidate who abhors the very existence of Israel.
Israel snubs Pope’s funeral: no ministers set to attend
Jerusalem is sending only its ambassador to the Vatican to Pope Francis’s funeral – the lowest level of representation possible.
Anti-Israel Green goes from blockading PM’s office to winning his preference
Anthony Albanese has claimed he is not responsible for his own how-to-vote cards as it emerged Hannah Thomas, the anti-Israel candidate preferenced by the PM, was part of a blockade of his Grayndler office.
Some GP patients will still pay gap fee: Health Minister
Mark Butler admits some people will continue to be charged a gap fee under a re-elected Labor government, despite Anthony Albanese saying they only need their Medicare card for doctors’ visits
Israel deletes condolence message for Pope Francis
The diplomatic backlash comes as Australia’s Father Joseph Hamilton says Francis’ great testament was the message that ‘in a throwaway society, elderly people have value’.
Preferences of degenerate Greens buffering Labor
While dismissing the minor party, the PM is accepting its support.
PM preferences Israel-hating radical in his own seat
Anthony Albanese and almost all of the Labor frontbench have given their second preferences to the anti-Israel Greens despite multiple accusations of anti-Semitism against them.
Dreyfus and sorry tale of Greens
The ALP-Greens preference issue highlights the difference between the two major parties on Israel. But it beggars belief that, of all people, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has decided to preference the rabidly anti-Israel Greens in his seat.
Unholy alliance: More Labor MPs strike preference deals with anti-Israel Greens
Labor candidates across the country have struck vote-swapping deals with anti-Israel Greens some of who claim ‘Zionism is on the side of Nazis’ and that Hamas attacks must be viewed in context.
Muslim Vote candidate to push for dismantling of Israel
Ziad Basyouny, the first independent from the Muslim community to run against a Labor incumbent, is calling for one ‘democratic’ state of Palestinians and Israelis.
Battle for Kooyong to focus on Israel
Thousands of extra Jewish voters in Kooyong have complicated teal MP Monique Ryan’s bid to retain the seat.
Israel ‘was poised to strike Iran before US talks’
The strike, which would have entailed a sustained bombing campaign, would be aimed at setting back Tehran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon by at least a year.
A depleted Hamas is so low on cash that it can’t pay its fighters
Israel’s actions are creating hardship across Hamas’s ranks in Gaza’s cash economy, and signal a deepening organisational dysfunction in the militant group.
Israel says 30pc of Gaza turned into buffer zone
Israel has announced that it had converted 30 per cent of Gaza’s territory into a buffer zone as it pressed its unrelenting military offensive, vowing to maintain its blockade on humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged territory.
Hamas accuses IDF of ‘trying to kill’ last Israeli-American hostage
Hamas says it lost touch with the group holding Edan Alexander, whose release takes centre stage in Israel’s latest proposal for a renewed ceasefire.
IDF takes over a third of Gaza as Hamas considers new deal
Israel has declared security zones in swathes of the north and south while pushing out their populations as part of a new strategy to ratchet up pressure on Hamas.
Greens in bed with anti-Israel protesters
A University of Sydney pro-Palestine encampment leader has been selected by the Greens to run for the Senate.
Greens don’t deserve a free ride back into parliament
Labor MP Josh Burns was spot-on when he recently said voters should deny preferences to the Greens. It’s about time Labor joined the Coalition in taking a stand.
Albanese heaps praise on WA resources’ support of national economy
Anthony Albanese says Western Australia’s resources sector is a wealth creator for the economy during a visit to a Pilbara iron-ore port and Rio Tinto’s $10bn in taxes and royalties a year help pay for health and education. Peter Dutton has also been in WA today promoting his plan to cut motorists’ costs.
Hostage release deal ‘a matter of days’: White House
Donald Trump and his Middle East envoy say progress is being made on the hostage talks as the president pressures Israel to wrap up its current military campaign in the coming weeks.
Israel to sack pilots who signed Gaza war petition
Reserve pilots who publicly called for securing the release of hostages, even at the cost of ending the Gaza war, will be dismissed from the Israeli air force.
Israel ‘will lead military against Iran’ if talks fail: Trump
Speaking ahead of this weekend’s talks on Tehran’s nuclear program between US and Iran officials, Mr Trump said military action was ‘absolutely’ possible if the negotiations fail.
Publisher’s fail on Israel’s existence
A chance discovery at a Wenona School grandparents’ day has revealed that a popular children’s dictionary claims Israel’s status as a country is ‘disputed’
US warns of ‘grave consequences’ if Iran fails on nuclear talks
The White House has reiterated its threats again Iran if the country doesn’t move forward on nuclear talks while Israel warns ‘the military option’ would become ‘inevitable’ if talks failed.
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