The United Nations said Monday that Israel’s decision to cut off electricity to Gaza was “very concerning”, warning that civilians in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory would face dire consequences.
An accelerating advance by Russian and North Korean forces is threatening Ukraine’s toehold in Kursk, the slice of Russian territory that Ukrainian officials had hoped would give them leverage in any peace talks.
Israel has halted its supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip as part of efforts to coerce Hamas into releasing Israeli hostages and giving up its arms.
Donald Trump not only has to deter an aggressive China but also needs to ensure Israel’s existence is not jeopardised by Iran. Rich Europe can deal with Russia with American back-up.
Israel will send a delegation to Qatar ‘in an effort to advance the negotiations’ around the ceasefire in Gaza, while Hamas reported ‘positive signals’ in talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
Australian advocacy group Muslim Votes Matter has backed high-profile Greens candidate Samantha Ratnam in one of its target seats for the upcoming federal election, as it protests against the government’s response to the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Move over, Israelophobia, there’s a new bigotry in town. Ukraineophobia is the prejudice du jour of right-wing hotheads on the internet.
The Greens hosted Randa Abdel-Fattah as the keynote speaker at an international women’s day event, as the party’s deputy leader said the nation had to stop using words such as inclusivity and social cohesion.
Donald Trump and his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff have threatened a return to war in the Gaza Strip if Hamas doesn’t release its remaining hostages. Israel is already plotting out how that would happen.
While disdain for US President Trump finally motivates European leaders to address the scourge of Putin, these same leaders have criticised Israel for defending itself just as Ukraine is trying to do. It shouldn’t be one or the other, it should be both.
There is proof of life of many of the two dozen men still in Hamas captivity, while Israel says 35 hostages are dead including a soldier killed in 2014.
Amid reports that Washington suspected Israel leaked the news of the direct talks with Hamas to sabotage the talks, Donald Trump insisted: ‘We have to negotiate’.
New IDF chief Eyal Zamir says his country’s mission to defeat Hamas remains unfinished as he took office.
The White House said the Arab plan for Gaza ‘doesn’t address reality’ and reaffirmed its commitment to Donald Trump’s plan to take over the enclave and relocate all of its two million residents.
Benjamin Netanyahu has told parliament Israel is preparing for the next stage of the war amid reports Jerusalem has drafted a ‘Hell Plan’ to ramp up pressure on Hamas.
The EU has condemned what it called Hamas’s refusal to accept an extension of the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire agreement.
Israel announced on Sunday that it was suspending the entry of supplies into Gaza, and threatened “consequences” for Hamas if it did not accept a proposal for a temporary extension of the truce in the Palestinian territory.
Israel said it endorsed a proposal to temporarily extend the truce in Gaza as a bridging measure after the first phase of its ceasefire with Hamas drew to a close.
Dr Abdel-Fattah’s expressed views indicate how anti-Semitism – often masquerading as opposition to Israel – is embedded in our universities. And antipathy to political culture is its evil twin.
Labor shrinks itself to the occasion with a grubby tactic that plays to the Israel-haters.
An Australian Research Council probe into anti-Israel activist Randa Abdel-Fattah has stalled.
Countries from Argentina to the US responded in solidarity to the deaths of Israel’s little Bibas boys. Here in Australia? Not a word in response from Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong to this heinous act.
CCTV footage of a part of a crime spree in which a car was torched and buildings were vandalised with anti-Israel graffiti has been revealed in court.
The first Israeli military commission into the Oct 7 attacks found military officials were blindsided by the Hamas-led assault after badly misinterpreting the militant group’s intentions and vastly underestimating its capabilities – even hours before the attack.
Israel’s Bibas family called on all Israeli officials on Wednesday to take responsibility for the deaths of their loved ones in captivity in Gaza, saying they could have been saved.
The push, aimed at ensuring Israel’s security, risks further fragmenting Syria
Penny Wong has never hidden her distaste for the way Israel is waging war in its battle for survival. She also has been upfront in her hopes for a reformed Palestinian Authority and the role it could play in finding a solution to the Middle East imbroglio.
Controversial anti-Israel academic Randa Abdel-Fattah has had her $870,000 taxpayer-funded research grant suspended.
Mediators race to secure truce to remain on path to peace and end the Israel-Hamas war.
Penny Wong used her attendance at a UN General Assembly meeting to push for a timeline for a Palestinian state, as well as ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, at the height of Israel’s moves to crush Hezbollah.
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