The Israeli army will “not take its foot off the pedal” until Hezbollah has been disarmed, the new defence minister has said in an apparent expansion of the country’s war aims in Lebanon. Speaking to soldiers on the northern border, Israel Katz, who replaced the sacked Yoav Gallant last week, ruled out a ceasefire despite […]
Read MoreHamas urges Donald Trump to pressure Israel to agree to a ceasefire
In short: A senior Hamas official says its mediators would accept “any proposal submitted to it” that would lead to a ceasefire and Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Donald Trump repeatedly said during his presidential campaign that he would bring peace to the Middle East. Iran has also backed Lebanon’s stance in ongoing […]
Read MoreNetanyahu appoints hardline supporter of Gaza war as US ambassador
Yechiel Leiter, a rightwing publicist and government aide, is also a longtime backer of settlements in the West Bank Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a hardline supporter of the war in Gaza and longtime backer of settlements in the West Bank as his ambassador to the US as Israel prepares for the incoming administration of […]
Read MoreEuropean leaders ‘outraged’ over Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
European leaders ‘outraged’ over Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon The leaders of France, Italy and Spain have released a joint statement condemning the recent targeting of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon by the Israeli military. These attacks were “unjustifiable” and constitute a “serious violation of the obligations of Israel” under humanitarian international law, […]
Read MoreUS-made munition used in Israeli strike on central Beirut, shrapnel shows
A US-made munition was used in a strike on central Beirut that killed 22 people and wounded 117, according to an analysis of shrapnel found by the Guardian at the scene of the attack. The strike on Thursday night hit an apartment complex in the densely populated neighbourhood of Basta, levelling the apartment building and […]
Read MorePreference system no help to ‘divisive’ Muslim candidates
What’s missing from some of the discussions about the likely electoral impact of a Muslim party or a Muslim Vote political movement turns on a full understanding of preferential voting in the Australian federal voting system. The Australian electoral system is unusual in two circumstances. First, voting is compulsory – even if Australians vote out […]
Read MoreHOW NEW YORK TIMES SPRUNG AN ANTI-SEMITIC LEAK
Early this year, the contents of a WhatsApp group for Jewish creative professionals and academics, set up in Australia after the October 7 attacks in Israel, leaked and fell into the hands of pro-Palestinian activists. The activists posted snippets on social media, along with the names, photos and social media page links of many of […]
Read MoreBaillieu library graffitied with Palestinian militants’ name
Vandals who attacked the University of Melbourne’s main library tagged it with the name of a militant Palestinian group that has claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on the West Bank, in what terrorism experts and Jewish community leaders say is a worrying step-up in protest activity. Balaclava-clad activists this month broke into the Baillieu Library […]
Read More‘Give us the tools’: Netanyahu claims the US is withholding arms from Israel
‘Give us the tools’: Netanyahu claims the US is withholding arms from Israel The Age/Alisa Odenheimer/19.6.2024 New York: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the US must keep supplying weapons for its war against Hamas, accusing President Joe Biden of withholding arms as the country is “fighting for its life”. In an English-language video statement […]
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas war: Freed hostage says terror group tortured him as Hamas leader defends October 7
A Hamas leader has explained why they had no choice but to unleash a reign of terror on October 7 as a freed Israeli hostage speaks of his torture. Emily Macdonald New Hamas torture methods revealed by rescued hostage’s family The family of rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov, 27, have revealed new details of Hamas […]
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