Malaysia’s recalcitrant antisemitism
November 8, 2024 | Allon Lee
No one in Malaysian politics ever suffered reputational damage for expressing antisemitic or extreme anti-Israel opinions. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Gaza polio clinic blast coverage a classic case of ABC bias
November 7, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro
The welfare of children in a war zone is a sensitive and emotionally loaded subject, which is why the care journalists must use to report accurately and responsibly on stories that involve them is that much greater. Yet the ABC failed to meet the appropriate standards as outlined in its charter regarding a story revolving around this topic last weekend
Global community incensed by Israel’s banning of UNRWA should consider its ugly history
November 8, 2024 | Justin Amler
UNRWA is an organisation that is designed not to help people rebuild their lives and thrive, but to hinder them from doing so in the name of politicised goals.
Letter: Wong got it wrong
November 7, 2024 | Jamie Hyams
Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s November 6 opinion piece on the Middle East is very disappointing. The casualty figures come directly from Hamas, so at the very least are dubious, while it’s simply untrue 2 million people – Gaza’s entire population – are facing starvation.
Understanding the “Ring of Fire”
November 6, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
On October 26, Israel carried out its long-expected reprisal for Iran’s October 1 launch of some 200 ballistic missiles against Israel – the largest single ballistic missile attack by one nation against another in history. Israel’s response involved three waves of Israeli jets reportedly first hitting air defence facilities, and then drone and ballistic missile manufacturing and launch sites.
End of “The Occupation”
October 21, 2024 | Dave Rich
We can count the hate crimes and look in horror at the shameless return of medieval anti-Jewish tropes, but perhaps more significant is the shift in the language of the anti-Israel movement from occupation to colonialism, and the associated change in its focus from reversing Israel’s conquests in 1967 to erasing its foundation in 1948.
Securing a better post-war future for Lebanon
October 21, 2024 | Hanin Ghaddar
By failing to protect its top political and military figures, safeguard its core Shi’ite constituency, or secure its promised victory for the Iran-led “axis of resistance”, [Hezbollah] surrendered its claimed right to bear arms under the increasingly dubious pretence of protecting the country.
Biblio File: The failures, the heroes and the blood: The literature of October 7
October 21, 2024 | Calev Ben-Dor
We should not be overly surprised that as the anniversary of the Hamas massacre on October 7 was drawing closer, hundreds of thousands of words had been written to mark the event – 80 Hebrew-language books published in Israel so far – to help us better understand that day.
