The owner of upmarket Bistro St Jacques restaurant in Redfern in inner Sydney has horrified Jewish customers by posting on social media a picture of an Israel soldier in the form of a pig, alongside a comment describing Jews as a “death cult”. Proprietor Nick Stone posted the images on October 7 on his Instagram […]
Read MoreHow Australia’s political parties have split over Israel and Gaza
It’s been a year of division from Labor, the Coalition and the Greens in their response to the 7 October attacks by Hamas and Israel’s retaliation. Here’s a timeline. The past year in Australian politics has been marked by division over how to respond to the 7 October Hamas attacks and Israel’s assault on Gaza […]
Read MoreIsrael is fighting a just and moral war and needs our support
Is Israel waging a just war? Israel’s military attack on Iran will be, ethically and politically, its most straightforward military action. Iran has repeatedly attacked Israel, twice this year firing hundreds of missiles, rockets and drones at Israel, and sponsors relentless terrorism and rocket attacks at Israel by its proxies, Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and […]
Read MoreAbandonment of Israel: Josh Frydenberg and Mark Leibler accuse Labor of historic betrayal
The Albanese government stands accused of abandoning Israel at its darkest hour in a historic betrayal of Jews, the national interest and the ALP’s best traditions, with an anguished intervention by two of the nation’s most prominent Jewish leaders days before the anniversary of the October 7 massacre. In unflinching critiques of Anthony Albanese’s […]
Read MoreUS WARNS ISRAEL TOTAL VICTORY IS IMPOSSIBLE
Washington backs truce Samer Al-Atrush – Hugh Tomlinson The US is growing increasingly frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s demand for “total victory” in the war in Gaza, saying Hamas will never be entirely eliminated. US security officials have warned that Israel would never completely destroy the terrorist group and that Israeli forces have […]
Read MoreIsrael accuses Wong over deaths report
Tensions between Israel and the federal government have intensified following the release of a highprofile report into the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, with Israeli officials accusing Foreign Minister Penny Wong of misrepresenting the findings. Israeli officials were angered by Wong’s response to former Australian Defence Force chief Mark Binskin’s report on Friday, […]
Read MoreGREENS’ DIVISIVE RHETORIC IS FUELLING TERROR RISK, SAYS PM
Anthony Albanese has accused the Greens of fuelling the community divisions that have prompted the government to raise the terrorism threat level from “possible” to “probable”, saying the party’s support for long-running protests outside MPs’ offices is undermining social cohesion. The Prime Minister attacked the hard-left party after the nation’s domestic spy chief warned on […]
Read MoreIRAN TURNS BACK ON CALLS FOR RESTRAINT
ISRAEL ‘ready for war’ Iran has rejected US and Arab efforts to temper its response to the killing in Tehran of Hamas’s top political leader, saying it didn’t care if the response triggered a war. Israel said it was prepared to defend against and respond to any retaliatory strike. “Israel is now in a multi-front […]
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas war: Hezbollah threatens to strike Cyprus as Israeli forces shell tents housing displaced families
Displaced families seeking shelter in tents have been targeted by Israeli forces in the country’s latest attack on Gaza. Israel tanks pushed deeper into western Rafah in south Gaza on Friday firing shells at the tents, with one armoured vehicle blown up by a Hamas-planted improvised explosive device. Multiple injuries have been reported. It comes […]
Read MoreIsrael bombs Gaza as fears grow of wider war
Israel bombed the Gaza Strip where one hospital reported at least 30 dead Friday and as exchanges of fire and threats over the Lebanon border raised fears of an even wider war. After further cross-border fire between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the clashes must not turn Lebanon into […]
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