The children of Israel know better than any other that the forced expulsion of a people will not end their desire to go home. Why would we imagine the Palestinians feel any less of a spiritual bond with their ancestral home?
Chris Uhlmann
ExclusiveHigher EducationMonash University is investigating an academic’s provocative speech praising the Hamas terrorist group at QUT’s scandal-stricken symposium against racism.
Extremist to mainstreamThe Wall Street JournalResurgent ultranationalist movement latches on to US president’s proposal to relocate Palestinians.
Anat Peled
Trump 2.0WorldThe US president’s order targets International Criminal Court officials and their family members found to have assisted investigations of US citizens or allies, such as Israel.
AFP
relocation moveWorldDefence minister Israel Katz instructs the military to prepare for ‘voluntary’ departures, as US President Donald Trump rules out sending troops to the territory.
AFP
EditorialMandatory sentencing laws introduced by Tony Burke as an amendment to the government’s hate crimes bill have helped to ensure bipartisan support for the changes.
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UPDATEDNewsWireABC managing director David Anderson has told a court he saw “anti-Semitic” posts on the presenter’s social media account.
Anti-Semitic messagesMediaThe outgoing ABC managing director says it was a ‘mistake’ to hire journalist Antoinette Lattouf as a fill-in radio host two months after the Hamas attack on Israel, considering her public ‘partisan’ views on the Middle East conflict.
eventPoliticsThe National Council of Jewish Women president Lynda Ben-Menashe is demanding her money back from a UN Women Australia Women’s Day Luncheon after she learnt who the guest speaker would be.
Parliamentary hearingNationMacquarie University vice-chancellor Bruce Dowton has conceded his university’s anti-Israel academic Randa Abdel-Fattah had made ‘anti-Semitic’ statements, but said there was limited capacity for disciplinary action.
The international community and the Israelis shouldn’t be fooled by the theatre of the absurd on display in Gaza into believing Hamas remains a significant threat to Israel.
MIKE KELLY and ANTHONY BERGIN
UpdatedMediaThe fill-in radio host refused an ABC management request to stop posting on social media during her week-long stint after she was informed of complaints from listeners about her stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Combat SportSean Strickland is on a warpath ahead of his UFC 312 showdown with Dricus du Plessis, even Aussie hero Robert Whittaker copped it.
It’s deeply unpalatable, but still the case that some Australians believe tolerance and respect should not include Jewish people.
Timothy Costelloe
WorldThe Israeli government has expanded its official aims in the Gaza war to include the West Bank, vowing to eradicate militant groups, starting with those in Jenin.
Marcus Walker
israel at warThe Wall Street JournalThe Trump administration asked Congress to approve the arms sale ahead of a White House meeting with the Israeli PM, amid efforts to preserve a fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
Jared Malsin and Nancy A. Youssef
UNFAIR DISMISSALMediaSacked ABC radio host Antoinette Lattouf conceded a social media post claiming ‘Gaza is being annihilated hourly’ was controversial, but said it was a statement of ‘fact’.
UpdatedNewsWireFormer ABC chair Ita Buttrose asked if host Antoinette Lattouf could “come down with the flu or Covid” before she was taken off air, according to emails revealed in court.
UpdatedNewsWireAn ABC fill-in presenter claims she was sacked from two shifts because of pro-Palestinian posts made on social media.
israel at warWorldThe Israeli military says it has killed at least 50 militants during more than two weeks of operations in the occupied West Bank.
AFP
israel at warWorldThe Israeli PM will begin talks on a second phase to the Gaza ceasefire in Washington on Monday, but Israel is set to miss a key deadline to start the next stage of talks with Hamas.
Staff writers and AFP
There should be a national parliamentary apology to Australia’s Jewish population for the rise of anti-Semitism and the dark stain it has left on so many lives.
Greg Hunt
EditorialThere was a renewed display of grotesque inhumanity on Saturday when the barbaric Hamas terrorists released another three hostages.
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InquirerUniversities are not helplessly beset by mutant radical groups espousing anti-Semitism. They themselves subscribe to that anti-Semitism, albeit without the loudspeakers.
Greg Craven
Fourth swapThe Wall Street JournalGaza crowds were more controlled after an unruly transfer days earlier drew an outcry. The wife and children of one of the three men released on Saturday are said to remain captive. Israel released more Palestinian prisoners.
Anat Peled and Summer Said
exchange continuesWorldThe family of Yarden Bibas face ‘extremely complex days’ ahead as they get excited about his return but remain in anguish over the fate of his wife and two young children.
AFP
‘Parade’ showdownThe Wall Street JournalIncreasingly theatrical and threatening events have angered Israel and put a ceasefire deal at risk.
Rory Jones and Summer Said
WorldWorldA freed ex-militant received a hero’s welcome in the occupied West Bank on Thursday night after chaos during a Gaza hostage release briefly delayed the third Israel-Hamas exchange under a ceasefire deal.
Jay Deshmukh and Callum Paton
EditorialAnti-Israel academic Randa Abdel-Fattah says she “looks for ways to bend rules, and refuse and subvert them”, including those that apply to her $870,000 taxpayer-funded research project.
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LettersLettersAustralians do not hate Jewish people or any other nationality, it is not out way. The terror in Australia now is a direct result of the lack of action by the police and the government.