FPM Media Report Wednesday 16 July 2025 Why Israel is conducting strikes in Syria as sectarian violence rages https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-16/why-israel-is-conducting-air-strikes-in-syria/105536098 Just over six months since the downfall of Syria’s long-time leader, Bashar al-Assad, the country’s fragile post-war order is on the brink. The country is deeply divided as it tries to emerge from decades of dictatorship […]

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says he believes antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal did not know husband’s trust donated to Advance ABC | Paul Johnson | 14 July 2025 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-14/tony-burke-antisemitism-envoy-jillian-segal-advance/105531310 Australia’s antisemitism envoy says she had “no involvement” in a donation made by a trust linked to her husband that went to lobby group Advance. Home […]

A city grappling with weekly protests and antisemitism The Age | Sophie Aubrey & Kieran Rooney | 13 July 2025 https://edition.theage.com.au/shortcode/THE965/edition/39938d2d-35f6-7eeb-ecfb-4b56a2d4027e?page=443a4d3b-798f-c87e-b5a7-6e582cc22386& For a year and a half, many of Fiona Cochrane’s Sundays have looked much the same. She boards a train, often with her children and grandchildren, and joins hundreds – sometimes thousands – of […]

Police told not to confront CBD protesters The Age | Cameron Houston, Chip Le Grand & Rachel Eddie | 8 July 2025 https://edition.theage.com.au/shortcode/THE965/edition/f6304a53-35d9-31c1-612d-878ecbe46a91?page=35c2cda0-3bec-b99a-82ab-3f6f4f578f5f& Victoria’s new chief commissioner has ordered a review into police handling of a violent attack on an Israeli restaurant in Melbourne after it emerged officers were earlier given orders not to interact […]

Palestine Israel Media Report 10 July 2025 1/ Israel’s plan for ‘humanitarian city’ on ruins of Rafah paves way for Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ (The Age, SMH, 10/7/2025) 2/ Letters (The Age, 10/7/2025) 3/ ‘Not our job’ to police keffiyehs in classrooms, says NSW Education Department (The Australian, 10/7/2025) 4/ Netanyahu and Trump talk hostages as Gaza war grinds on (Canberra Times, 10/7/2025) 5/ Nothing […]

Palestine Israel Media Report Friday 11 July 2025

Man charged over Melbourne synagogue fire amid calls for parliament to reconvene to pass new protest laws ABC | 6 July 2025 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-06/synagogue-fire-charges-protest-laws-victorian-parliament/105498480 A man has been charged after the door of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation synagogue was set alight while people were inside on Friday night. The NSW man has been charged with […]

FPM Media Report Wednesday July 2 2025 At least 30 dead in Israeli strike on internet cafe in Gaza popular with journalists https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-01/israel-attacks-gaza-cafe-internet-killing-journalist/105480502 By Maddy Morwood with wires In short: An internet cafe in Gaza frequented by journalists was targeted by the Israeli military, killing at least 30 people including Palestinian photojournalist Ismail Abu Hatab. […]

Israeli bombardment in Gaza kills 58 people in one day ABC / Reuters | 1 July 2025 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-01/israeli-bombardment-in-gaza-kills-58-people-in-one-day/105479464 A beachfront cafe and schools were among targets struck on Monday as Israel stepped up its latest campaign in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has signalled it would be intensifying operations in the Palestinian enclave after […]

Israeli strikes kill at least 72 people in Gaza as prospects for ceasefire in war improve ABC / AP | 29 June 2025 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-29/israel-strikes-gaza-displacement-tents-ceasefire-talks-improve/105473676 More than 70 people, including children, have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to Palestian health officials. There have been sporadic indirect talks between Israel and Hamas since Israel […]