Our multicultural ideals must be upheld by our leaders
March 18, 2025 | Colin Rubenstein
It is an unfortunate reality that the nation’s antisemitism crisis will be one of the salient issues of the election campaign. It’s an issue that matters not only to Jewish voters but to many other Australians who care about law and order, as well as rehabilitating what had been our multicultural success story. Nobody wishes this wasn’t the case more than Australia’s Jewish community.
Palestine peace can’t be built this way
March 17, 2025 | Bren Carlill
The Hamas-Israel ceasefire impasse reveals the Catch-22 at the heart of the war: Israel wants its hostages back and Hamas removed from Gaza, but Hamas – which sees the hostages as its main asset – won’t release them if that means losing its dominance in the Strip. Resolving this dilemma is the only way to see Gaza rebuilt for the benefit of its inhabitants.
Actually, crime links make Jew-hatred worse
March 17, 2025 | Joel Burnie
Naturally, a political debate has erupted, with some claiming that concerns over antisemitism have been exaggerated proved that these attacks were “not motivated by antisemitism”. But this is just a politically convenient distraction, ignoring the fact that criminals have exploited a very real and pervasive climate of hate.
Pressured and wooed by the US, Iran appears to be opting for the bomb
March 14, 2025 | Ran Porat
Washington’s two-vector approach – wooing and threatening Iran at the same time – could end up solidifying both the regime’s grip on power and its intentions to advance its nuclear weapons project.
A month of hostage horrors
February 27, 2025 | Tammy Reznik
Hamas’ unspeakable long-range strategy, and carefully curated plans, have evolved before our eyes. From the drip-feed of videos on social media, to faking deaths of hostages such as the now-freed hostage Daniella Gilboa, to the bizarre dystopian release ceremonies that have become a sad weekly Shabbat fixture that many of us can only watch with one eye open.
A Sickening Display of Evil
February 25, 2025 | Justin Amler
The images of a desperate and terrified Shiri Bibas, surrounded by savages, clutching her two small children as she was being dragged into Gaza, ripped from their sanctuary into a living nightmare, will forever be seared into our collective consciousness, an unspeakable act of inhumanity that is simply beyond words.
Call out the causes of antisemitism
February 20, 2025 | Bren Carlill
We moved pretty quickly from graffiti, to arson, to a caravan filled with explosives, to nurses threatening to kill Israelis. Antisemitism has exploded in Australia, but many outside the Jewish community remain confused as to why.
Trumpquake: The international community’s weak response to Gaza
February 19, 2025 | Justin Amler
Whether his proposals for relocating Palestinians and turning Gaza into a “Riviera” of the Middle East are realistic is almost beside the point. His statements have once again highlighted the hypocrisy and triple standards applied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Keep conflict out of hospital wards
February 18, 2025 | Ahron Shapiro
The murderous hatred expressed in the video towards Israelis stands in stark contrast to the situation inside Israel itself, where hospitals remain unsinkable islands of coexistence even amid the roughest seas of political tension.
Time for Egypt to be held to account
February 13, 2025 | Oved Lobel
US President Donald Trump seems to think Egypt can play a role in housing Palestinians while Gaza is rebuilt, or that it could otherwise contribute to Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. He needs to think again; that is, unless Egypt’s past impunity is ended.
Hate in Hospitals a sign of a greater sickness
February 13, 2025 | Joel Burnie
It is important that these culprits are prosecuted to the full extent possible, not just because they deserve punishment, but because a strong signal needs to be sent that this conduct is totally unacceptable. This signal was lacking in late 2023 when demonstrators chanted openly threatening slogans against Jews, some imams gave openly antisemitic sermons
There is method to Trump’s Gaza takeover madness
February 7, 2025 | Bren Carlill
Trump’s ‘Gaza plan’ – which took Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu by surprise as well – is almost certainly designed to scare Palestinians and third parties into being less maximalist in their demands, and to start coming to the table with creative solutions.
