JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel declared war against Hamas last October, it stood unified at home and enjoyed broad backing from around the world following an unprecedented attack by the Islamic militant group. Six months later, Israel finds itself in a far different place: bogged down in Gaza, divided domestically, isolated internationally and increasingly at […]
Read MoreGaza killings: Australia plans to appoint independent adviser to scrutinise Israeli inquiry
Australia has demanded that Israel preserve all evidence surrounding the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza and it also plans to appoint an independent adviser to scrutinise the official investigation. The Australian government said on Friday that the information provided by Israel on its investigation into the killing of Australian citizen Zomi Frankcom and […]
Read More‘Inexcusable’: Angry Australia condemns aid worker killings, Israel suspends two officers
The Israeli military has dismissed two army officers who were involved in the operation that killed Australian Zomi Frankcom and six fellow aid workers after an investigation found the deadly strikes were a serious violation of its operating procedures. The snap probe has failed to quell the anger of the Albanese government, which is demanding […]
Read MoreTrump calls for Israel to ‘finish up’ Gaza war
WASHINGTON: Two Israeli journalists travelled to Palm Beach, Florida, a little over a week ago, hoping to elicit from Donald Trump a powerful expression of support for their country’s war in the Gaza Strip. Instead, one of them wrote that what they heard from Trump at Mar-a-Lago ‘‘shocked us to the core’’. ‘‘Both US presidential […]
Read MoreAustralia and Israel’s relationship hits new low after aid worker killed in Gaza
Relations between Australia and Israel have hit a new low after an Australian aid worker was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, prompting the federal government to summon Israel’s top diplomat in Australia to explain the tragic incident. Melbourne-born aid worker Zomi Frankcom, 43, was among a team of seven who died while distributing […]
Read MoreWagga Wagga’s Sundays for Peace protesters find hope in weekly call for Gaza ceasefire
Mahmood mingles with the other protesters, holding a sign that says, “Ceasefire now”. Wearing a traditional keffiyeh, he appears subdued. His energy is low given it’s the first week of Ramadan, he says. But Mahmood, whose real name the ABC has agreed not to use, is also tormented by worry for his family in Gaza. […]
Read MoreGaza conflict: snapshot of a population being starved into submission
Israel has banned the UN aid-coordinating agency, Unrwa, from accessing the population of northern Gaza where a major famine is now believed to be imminent. The country has accused UNWRA staff of involvement in the October 7 Hamas attack but has provided no evidence this was the case and the agency denies the allegations. Across […]
Read MoreFleeing bloodshed in Gaza, Palestinians arriving in Australia find they have no place to call home
A tourist visa is the only way in for hundreds of Palestinians seeking refuge, leaving them forced to rely on overwhelmed community organisations Salma* struggles to sleep at night. As she lies on a donated bed in a stranger’s house in south-west Sydney, she is overwhelmed by memories of her siblings and the ill father […]
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas war: Gaza truce plan fails at UN, Israel detains 500 terrorists at hospital
Washington has failed to pass a UN resolution on an “immediate” ceasefire as Israeli forces detained “hundreds” of Hamas fighters during a raid into Gaza’s main hospital. Israel plans to send troops into Gaza’s Rafah even without US support, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday local time, as […]
Read MoreIt is anti-Semitism that is soaring, not Islamophobia
The prevalence of moral equivalence in the debate over the Israel-Hamas war was evident on the ABC Radio National Breakfast program on Wednesday. Presenter Patricia Karvelas interviewed opposition Senate leader Simon Birmingham on a range of issues. Karvelas put this proposition to Birmingham: “Anti-Semitism is on the rise, Islamophobia is on the rise, in […]
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