Fears of Hezbollah conflict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismantled the war cabinet set up to bring a unified approach to the fight against Hamas, as a top US envoy travelled to the region to push diplomatic efforts aimed at heading off a wider conflict with Hezbollah on the Lebanese border. During a late […]
Read MoreWe’re all owed equal protection under the law, but we’ve excluded Jews
The cornerstones of a free society are democracy and the rule of law. The corollaries are peace, order and good government as enshrined in section 51 of the Australian Constitution, and equality before the law. As the High Court has stated, equal justice “requires, so far as the law permits, that like cases be treated […]
Read MoreUniversities told to stamp out anti-Semitism
Police have downplayed the smashing of a window at a university rally as a “peaceful protest’’, despite federal Education Minister Jason Clare demanding universities stamp out anti-Semitism and prioritise student safety. At the University of Queensland, vice-chancellor Deborah Terry told staff on Friday that the university was sending police CCTV footage of an unknown protester […]
Read MoreAustralia backs UN resolution to grant Palestine full member status
Australia has backed a United Nations General Assembly resolution that would grant Palestine full member status, breaking with the US in a move that is likely to infuriate the Jewish community. In a sign of Israel’s growing isolation internationally as the war in Gaza approaches its eighth month, the UN General Assembly voted by 143 […]
Read More‘Universities should never be places of fear’: Jennifer Westacott stands tall against anti-Semitism
Western Sydney University chancellor Jennifer Westacott has broken with fellow chancellors and explicitly condemned anti-Semitism during Gaza protests on Australian campuses. Ms Westacott, a former Business Council of Australia chief executive, writes in The Weekend Australian that it is time for “collective leadership” to call out “growing division and anti-Semitism”. Her plea comes after weeks […]
Read MoreA tin of sardines falls from the sky
Besieged on all sides, slowly starving, Palestinians in northern Gaza can sometimes rely only on aid dropped from a plane. But surely there is a better way than this. It’s nearly impossible to witness this destruction from above because of Israeli military controls. But the ABC was granted rare access onboard a Royal Air Force […]
Read MoreStudent left on historic path of intolerance, hate
In December 1969, I wrote an article for Quadrant magazine titled “The derived nature of the Australian new left”. What was the new left over half a century ago would present as the green left today. My point was that the extreme left in Australia was proudly anti- American. Yet, on university campuses, new […]
Read MoreMiddle East on edge after Israel vows ‘response’ to Iran attack
Israel and Iran traded threats on Tuesday after Tehran’s first-ever direct attack on its arch-foe sharply heightened regional tensions as the Gaza war ground on with no truce in sight. Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Iran would not get off “scot-free” after Tehran and its allies launched a barrage of over 300 […]
Read MoreAustralia must not lose the war within over religion, ideology and politics
Early on Tuesday morning, Mottel Gestetner awoke to distressing news. Sometime during the night, a mural at a prominent Melbourne intersection carrying a “Bring Them Home Now” message for Israelis held hostage by Hamas had been crudely painted over. Gestetner wasn’t offended by the fresh “Free Palestine” message daubed in black, white and red paint. […]
Read MoreUN rape report confirms the worst of Hamas
The blighted United Nations rarely, if ever, so much as acknowledges – much less takes any action over – atrocities committed against Israel. That is why the sickening report it has just published on the appalling sexual violence, including even necrophilia, committed by Hamas’s “heroic” terrorists when they launched their October 7 pogrom – and, […]
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