‘Time’s up for talk’: Joel Burnie discusses Antisemitism Envoy’s report on Sky News
July 11, 2025 |
Joel Burnie: “My hope is, and the hope of all Jewish Australians, that the Government gets to work to implement as many of these recommendations as soon as possible.”
Melbourne’s night of shame
July 10, 2025 | Justin Amler
We need them to understand that when rampant demonstrators attack our institutions and our community with word and deed, chanting “all Zionists are terrorists,” we take it very personally because they are not calling for dialogue – they are calling for death.
The flames of hatred are burning here. Australia needs to decide what kind of country it wants to be: one where families can share a Shabbat meal in peace, or one where Jews wait anxiously for the next attack.
Politicians’ reactions ring hollow in echo chambers of outrage
July 8, 2025 | Bren Carlill
And on whom do they inflict their violence? Why, the Jews, of course. If, according to these people, the very existence of Israel is morally beyond the pale, then it remains that anyone who supports Israel’s existence is likewise reprehensible and must be punished. “Zionists” are the targets, but it just so happens that most Zionists out there are Jews, and almost all Jews are Zionists. And, certainly, the protesters don’t usually bother to discriminate. Which is why synagogues are burnt. Which is why Jewish schools are graffitied and students are taunted. Which is why Jewish artists are de-platformed.
Nine reasons premature recognition would be bad for Palestine
May 28, 2025 | Bren Carlill
France and Saudi Arabia are co-hosting a UN conference this month about creating a Palestinian state. Before or during the conference, France will likely recognise Palestine as a state, and is urging other countries to join it. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong keeps indicating she is considering similar recognition.
Biblio File: Israel and the pathologies of the West
May 28, 2025 | Peter Berkowitz
In On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization, Douglas Murray excoriates the Western hypocrisy, mendacity and malignancy that fuel enthusiasm for Hamas’ butchery of Jewish civilians and antipathy toward Israel’s exercise of its right to self-defence.
Scribblings: Interpreting Hamas’ casualty numbers
May 28, 2025 | Tzvi Fleischer
The Hamas statistics show that combat-age men are far more likely to be killed, compared to their proportion of the population, than women, children or the elderly. Hamas data doesn’t differentiate between combatants and civilians, but the only sensible explanation for these numbers is that Israel is doing its best to target combatants.
