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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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Smoke rises following an explosion in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on Thursday.

Netanyahu sends Mossad director to Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar

In a sign of progress, the presence of the Mossad chief means high-level Israeli officials who would need to sign off on any agreement are now involved in the ceasefire negotiations.

  • Natalie Melzer and Wafaa Shurafa

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Fatma Abu Awad and her daughter Malak pray in a graveyard where their relatives who were killed by an Israeli airstrike are buried, in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Thursday.

Gaza war death toll 41% higher than estimated, Lancet study finds

The peer-reviewed statistical analysis was conducted by academics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Yale University and other institutions.

  • Maggie Fick
President-elect Donald Trump

How Australia, and the world, can respond to an unpredictable future

There are limited and difficult choices ahead for those who believe in a multilateral world order.

  • The Age's View
Newly elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is sworn in.

Lebanon finally has a new president. It ends a two-year vacuum but his challenge is huge

Hezbollah, relations with Israel, and a five-year economic crisis are just some of the problems for the country which was heavily targeted by Israel’s bombing last year.

  • Mohamad El Chamaa and Suzan Haidamous
Israeli released hostage Bilal Al-Ziyadne, left, reuniting with his family at Soroka Medical Centre in Beer Sheva, Israel, in December 2023.

Bedouin hostage found dead in Gaza tunnel, next to possible remains of son

Two of Youssef Ziyadne’s children, teenagers Bilal and Aisha, were released in an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners in November 2023.

  • Ephrat Livni
Izzat Abdulhadi’s major regret: his tenure ended without Australia recognising Palestinian statehood, despite momentum steadily building for such a move for years within Labor.

The Israeli ambassador calls him ‘wonderful’. But Palestine’s top envoy is heading home

The de facto Palestinian ambassador’s tenure is ending after almost two decades, with one big dream yet to become reality.

  • Matthew Knott
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Izzat Abdulhadi, head of the general delegation of Palestine to Australia.

‘Very thankful’: Top Palestinian envoy praises Australia for breaking with Israel

Izzat Abdulhadi has praised Labor for daring to repeatedly anger Israel and break with the United States in its stance on the Middle East.

  • Matthew Knott
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wrote to the Remuneration Tribunal about Director of Public Prosecutions Raelene Sharp’s pay.

Albanese minister to fly to Israel to mend fractured relationship

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus’ mission to resuscitate the Australian government’s relationship with Israel follows months of deterioration.

  • Matthew Knott
Ambassador of Israel to Australia, Amir Maimon

‘How can I do better?’ Israeli ambassador’s candid confession

The ambassador knows he must do more to tell Israel’s side of the Middle East story and stop a once-close bilateral relationship from spinning out of control.

  • Matthew Knott
Israeli ambasador Amir Maimon said Israel was trying to “uproot the cancer” of Hamas.

‘Don’t point fingers at us’: Israeli ambassador’s message to Australians

In a rare interview, the Israeli ambassador said he believed many Australians fail to grasp the seriousness of the security threats his nation faces.

  • Matthew Knott

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