For American diplomacy in the Middle East, the extraordinary attack in Lebanon that simultaneously detonated hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members could not have come at a less auspicious moment – and may still spark an escalation that the US had been seeking desperately to avoid. A day before the coordinated sabotage, Amos Hochstein, […]

Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism Jillian Segal says universities are “in denial” about the anti-Semitic treatment of Jewish students, including at the Australian National University. Ms Segal said there had been “a truly alarming increase in anti-Semitic incidents and discourse at Australian universities”, which had failed to take “appropriate action to denounce and suppress it”. […]

For American diplomacy in the Middle East, the extraordinary attack in Lebanon that simultaneously detonated hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members could not have come at a less auspicious moment – and may still spark an escalation that the US had been seeking desperately to avoid. A day before the coordinated sabotage, Amos Hochstein, […]

Israel’s internal security agency says it foiled an attempt by Hezbollah to kill a former senior Israeli security official as the militant group accused Israel of being behind hundreds of pagers that exploded almost simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria. The Shin Bet agency said in a statement that it had found an […]

By pandering to the radical far-left faction of the ALP, the Albanese government has now painted itself into a corner over its support for recognition of a virtual state of Palestine in the United Nations. It is now expected to act materially by supporting a hostile, biased and irrational resolution against Israel. What did it […]

Unless it wants to repudiate the decades of sensible bipartisanship that have underpinned our relations with Israel, the Albanese government should have no difficulty backing US opposition to the Palestinian Authority’s fatuous UN resolution demanding Israel withdraw from Gaza and the West Bank. Absurdly, as Ben Packham reported on Tuesday, the eightpage draft, due to […]

Hamas’s top leader Yahya Sinwar could well be dead today if not for a low-tech communications system honed in prison that shields him from Israel’s intelligence-gathering dragnet. Sinwar has largely shunned phone calls, text messages and other electronic communications that Israel can track and that have led to the demise of other militants. Instead, he […]

The federal government is working to water down a forceful United Nations resolution at the end of the week calling for an arms embargo on Israel and demanding the Jewish state withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza within a year. The United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to vote on Thursday (Friday AEST) on […]

Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded nearly simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria. Officials pointed the finger at Israel in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack. Lebanon’s health minister said at least 11 people died and 2750 were wounded. Beirut: Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near-simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of […]

Lebanese health sources say at least nine people have been killed and about 2,800 others injured by a wave of pager explosions across the country. The devices are used by the militant group Hezbollah for communication. Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the attack and says it will get “its fair punishment”. At least nine people […]