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.
Some merit, but many obstacles in Donald Trump’s Gaza plan
February 6, 2025 | Colin Rubenstein
Controversy was assured from the start when US President Donald Trump announced his unconventional plans for the future of Gaza in various press conferences with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.
UNRWA must lose funding before any peace can be found in Gaza
February 6, 2025 | Jamie Hyams
According to Israeli intelligence, 1,200 UNRWA employees in Gaza – 10% of its workforce – are Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) operatives, including school principals.
Ceasefire needed on Australian streets
February 5, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende
As the news broke of a massive terror attack threat on the Sydney Jewish community, with a synagogue the likely target, I began to feel real fear in a way I have never felt before.
Gaza will need real aid, not Hamas in disguise
February 5, 2025 | Tzvi Fleischer
A key issue is that UNRWA does not consider either Hamas or PIJ to be terrorist organisations, as they’re not on the UN’s terrorism list. It thus refuses to vet its staff for terrorist links, and sees no problem in openly cooperating with Hamas.
Monsters and Heroes: An Australian perspective
February 4, 2025 | Justin Amler
It’s impossible not to be moved by a myriad of emotions as we watched young women and an old man go from the dark abyss of evil, hatred and despair into the euphoria of lightness, good and the loving embrace of their family and friends.
To succeed, the Gaza ceasefire must lead to hope and stability
January 31, 2025 | Ran Porat
The text of the ceasefire agreement is a masterclass of internal contradictions, vagueness, and word choices that enable both sides to claim they did not compromise on their key demands
A peaceful Gaza is possible
January 28, 2025 | Bren Carlill
It goes without saying that imposing conditions in Gaza is complicated. Hamas’s ideology is deeply entrenched; Hamas was in charge of school curriculum for 16 years, in a territory where the median age is 18. Erasing this influence will demand a sustained effort to reshape Gaza’s political, social and economic systems – something for which the international community has, historically, shown zero appetite.
A ceasefire is not enough for a strategic victory in the Middle East
January 28, 2025 | Colin Rubenstein
Israelis are overjoyed to see some hostages released after 15 months of captivity under the Hamas deal. However, they also overwhelmingly recognise that the second phase of the agreement, which is supposed to create arrangements for a permanent end to the war and whose details are still to be negotiated, must not preserve the status quo.
