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The UN continues to ignore Israeli victims of terrorism

August 28, 2024 | Justin Amler

In the entrance hall to the United Nations in New York, there’s an exhibition reminding those visitors of the victims of terrorist attacks from around the world. But among the many exhibits of attacks, including those in New York, Boston and in Kenya, there’s one glaringly obvious group that is missing.

The aftermath of the violent settler attack upon the West Bank town of Jit (Image: X/ Twitter)

Jewish community condemnation of settler violence is not new

August 27, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro

A report in the Australian (Aug. 27) about a resolution passed by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry condemning attacks by extremist elements of the settler movement against West Bank Palestinians and their property labelled this decision a “significant step” and quoted members of the Muslim community calling the resolution “unprecedented.”

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Iran steps up election interference in the US

August 23, 2024

At rallies across the world, it’s not unusual to see the former Iranian flag being waved proudly alongside Israeli flags (Image: X/ Twitter)

The many Iranians who support Israel and Israelis

July 25, 2024

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Nine months after Oct. 7: Where Israel stands now

Palestinian Red Crescent workers from Al-Najjar Hospital in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip (Image: Shutterstock)

Hamas’ impossible casualty figures

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Living with a bomb bag: A mother’s perspective on Jewish life after 7 October and the death of six young Israelis

September 9, 2024 | Tammy Reznik

So my daughter’s birthday wasn’t a night of drinks and revelry. Rather she, along with millions of Israelis, spent that weekend anxiously awaiting Iran’s promised “reprisal” attack, and I spent it some 13,000 kilometres away, in a sleepless daze, glued to the “red alert” app which tracks rocket attacks

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The UN continues to ignore Israeli victims of terrorism

September 5, 2024 | Justin Amler

The United Nations is unable to see Israelis as victims of terrorism and Palestinians as perpetrators of these attacks. For them, the October 7 attacks never seemed to have occurred – only Israel’s response to them.

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Heartbreak has turned to rage in Israel: Can Benjamin Netanyahu survive the biggest challenge to his rule?

September 3, 2024 | Ran Porat

The demonstrations mark a new low in the relationship between large segments of the Israeli public and their elected government, which now seems beyond repair. So, how will Netanyahu respond?

A handout photo from the Iranian Army office shows missiles launching during a military drill in Nasr Abad area, Isfahan province, central Iran, 28 October 2023. (Image: EPA/ Iranian Army Office)

Iran’s “Ring of Fire” around Israel

August 14, 2024 | Oded Yaron

Hezbollah is estimated to have 150,000 missiles and rockets of varying ranges, and many of those munitions are located in close proximity to Israel’s borders. A full utilisation of these capabilities will challenge Israel’s ability to provide early warning to citizens, and also intercept projectiles effectively.

Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar (Image: Shutterstock)

Hamas now a one-man show

August 14, 2024 | Avi Issacharoff

Hamas has indicated its path forward in appointing Yahya Sinwar to replace slain politburo head Ismail Haniyeh. It is a one-man show with one vision.

Jewish partisan leader Abba Kovner, centre, with his unit known as “The Avengers” (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

The Last Word: Vengeance, retribution and justice

August 14, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

Jewish wisdom has long pondered the value and limits of revenge and retribution. In the Bible, God both approves and disapproves of it.

Former head of Hamas' Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in 2019 (Image: Abed Rahim Khatib/ Shutterstock)

Deconstruction Zone: If Haniyeh can be killed, so can Hamas

Aug 14, 2024

Wikipedia claims to be protected by radical transparency – but its model has actually left the website open to repeated manipulation by malign actors looking to re-write history (Image: Shutterstock)

Essay: Wikipedia’s Jewish Problem

Aug 14, 2024

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Media Microscope: Hits and misses

Aug 14, 2024

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: “Wolf in sheep’s clothing?” (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Does Iran’s new “reformist” president make any difference?

Aug 14, 2024

Dutton visits Kibbutz Be’eri, where more than 100 people were murdered on October 7

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton makes landmark trip to Israel

Aug 14, 2024

Konrad Kalejs, whose deportation from the US to Australia sparked a national debate about Nazi war criminals (Image: AAP)

Biblio File: A mass emigration of criminals

Aug 14, 2024

Following their 2007 seizure of power, Hamas fighters set out to terrorise the population through acts of brutality (Image: Shutterstock)

Inside Hamas-stan

Aug 14, 2024

An image that ruffled feathers in Indonesia (Image: Zainul Maarif/ Instagram)

Asia Watch: “Inappropriate” relations

Aug 14, 2024

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Noted and Quoted – August 2024

Aug 14, 2024