Victorious Australian  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (Screenshot)

Australia’s Labor Party must fix Israel ties, fight antisemitism

May 8, 2025 | Ahron Shapiro

Following less-than-stellar support for Israel by the Albanese government since the atrocities of October 7, Jewish discontent with the current government has been growing, not just over Israel but also soaring antisemitism.

Anti-Hamas protests in Gaza (Image: Reddit)

How many civilians are really being killed in Gaza?

May 8, 2025 | Oved Lobel

The exact civilian-to-combatant ratio, as well as the total number of direct deaths from the war, is simply unknown right now, and may remain so indefinitely. That said, we can be reasonably confident that the Israeli narrative regarding its casualty estimates and general conduct, particularly the fact that it doesn’t indiscriminately target civilians, is consistent with the available data – including from Hamas.

Neo-Nazis dressed as Hassidic Jews targeted voters in Melbourne (Image: Screenshot/ X)

Australia’s Jewish community faces an election — and an unprecedented threat

May 2, 2025 | Justin Amler

On May 3, 2025, Australians will head to the polls in one of the most pivotal elections in recent memory — especially for Australian Jews.

The destruction wrought on Melbourne's Adass Israel Synagogue in the arson terror attack on December 6 (Image: X)

Aussie leaders and laws turn against antisemitism

May 2, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

More than 30 years ago, my wife and I left South Africa to escape the cruel injustice and racism of apartheid. We came to Australia delighting in its openness to diversity, its freedom and acceptance of difference, its dazzling multicultural palettes, and its respect for its first peoples… Nothing prepared us for the pandemic of antisemitism unleashed in Australia by the events of 7 October.

Anti-Hamas protests in Gaza (Image: Reddit)

Gaza protests: A turning point or a moment of desperation?

April 2, 2025 | Justin Amler

Gazans are protesting not out of a moral change of heart, but out of sheer desperation. Perhaps some are realizing the harsh truth: when you initiate a war with the explicit goal of eradicating another nation and you fail, consequences follow.

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Trump needs to hit Iran where it hurts: Tehran, not Yemen

March 30, 2025 | Oved Lobel

[If]… despite the administration’s tough rhetoric, the US ineffectively bombs the Houthis for several days or weeks with no ground component, no increased interdiction campaign, and no strikes against the Iranian regime, is likely to dramatically embolden already-emboldened Western adversaries.

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Why Israel had to resume its attacks on Hamas

March 24, 2025 | Justin Amler

The Israeli attacks on Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets on Tuesday should not come as any great surprise. If anything, the only surprise should be that it took this long.

Francesca Albanese, UN Special rapporteur on  human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories (Image: Shutterstock)

The UN’s double standards on aid

March 20, 2025 | Justin Amler

Despite Hamas’ well-documented atrocities, the UN continues to act as its de facto advocate. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese continued her stream of wild accusations against Israel by saying that cutting off electricity to the terror enclave of Gaza amounts to a “Genocide Alert”.

Sydney, 2025 (Image: X)

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. 

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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.

Antisemitism outside the Sydney Opera House in the wake of October 7 (screenshot)

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.

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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.

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