Israeli Settlements Near Bethlehem

Report: Approvals for West Bank settlement expansion ‘stuck’

November 4, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro

Over the past year, AIJAC research has shown that new construction in…

Syrians celebrate the demise of Hassan Nasrallah (Image: X/ Hamdi Rifai)

The Syrian town that Hezbollah almost starved to death

October 16, 2024 | Alana Schetzer

Israel’s assassination of some of the most senior leaders of the Hezbollah terror group, including its chief Hassan Nasrallah, was mourned by millions of Shi’ite Muslims and quietly celebrated by even larger numbers of Sunni Arabs. But for one group of people in a small mountain town in Syria, the elimination of Hezbollah’s senior leadership was especially sweet.

October 7 Commemoration, Jewish Care Melbourne 7.10.2024

October 7 commemoration in Melbourne

October 8, 2024

An IDF bulldozer checks for explosive charges beneath roads approaching the Nur Shams camp near Tulkarem (Screenshot)

IDF, Shin Bet launch major operation in northern West Bank

August 28, 2024

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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.

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The Australian Government refuses to see UNRWA’s terrorism

October 31, 2024 | Justin Amler

What these Foreign Ministers have failed to understand is that UNRWA is not really an international aid agency, but an internationally-funded Palestinian entity (99% of UNRWA staff are Palestinian) complicit in terrorism, which masquerades as an international aid organisation, and an ineffectual one at that. The evidence is damning.

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A world of two realities

October 30, 2024 | Justin Amler

It has become increasingly clear the world views this conflict through two vastly different lenses. In one view is a reality in which Israel is fighting for its survival against relentless threats, by antagonists who openly say they will never agree to any coexistence with the Jewish state. But there is an alternate perception in which Israel is cast as the aggressor.

Protesters are now clear that their demands have nothing to do with Israel’s presence in the West Bank, but its existence in any part of the land (Image: Richard Milnes/ Alamy Live News)

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.

The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) need clear orders from a new Lebanese president if they are to enforce UN resolutions and thus enable a ceasefire (Image: Shutterstock)

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.

The Fiasco: Gazans capture an Israeli tank on October 7 (Image: Anas Mohammed/ Shutterstock

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.

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Media Microscope: A day that will live in infamy

Oct 21, 2024

The Hamas tunnel network is one of many factors making Gaza an “incredibly complex strategic environment” with no military parallel (Image: Atef Safadi/ EPA/ AAP)

Interview: Getting Gaza wrong

Oct 21, 2024

Belgian writer Herman Brusselmans: So angry at the Gaza war that he wants to stick a knife in the throat of every Jew he comes across (Screenshot)

Europa Europa: “Never Again” has become conditional

Oct 21, 2024

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Deconstruction Zone: Questions I can’t answer

Oct 21, 2024

The Lebanese: Largely anti-Hezbollah, yet also often antisemitic (Image: Paul Saad/ Shutterstock)

What do the Lebanese think?

Oct 21, 2024

PM Anthony Albanese introduced a lengthy motion in response to the anniversary of October 7 (Screenshot)

Unhappy Anniversary in Canberra

Oct 21, 2024

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Noted and Quoted – November 2024

Oct 21, 2024

Thai army on patrol: Military power alone may not be enough to quell the Malay Muslim rebellion in the south (Image: Valentino Snap/ Shutterstock)

Asia Watch: Same old problem

Oct 21, 2024

Prayer ceremony for Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) on the Tel Aviv Promenade (Image: Shutterstock)

The Last Word: Lessons of a year of war

Oct 16, 2024