With eyes on re-election, Netanyahu’s fights with world leaders aim to distract from many political problems
August 21, 2025 | Ran Porat
As the longest-serving Israeli prime minister (17 years), Benjamin Netanyahu is famous for his political wizardry and survival skills. But he is also a highly controversial figure with questionable moral standards and legacy. His latest term in office, beginning in late 2022, has been particularly challenging…
Melbourne may have fallen to antisemitism – but Australia’s unity can be rebuilt
August 19, 2025 | Rabbi Ralph Genende
It was just a month ago. The second week of July was a shattering week for Melbourne’s Jews. An attack on yet another synagogue; a burnt door with a congregation sharing a Shabbat meal intimidated. An outrageous affront on diners at the Israeli-owned restaurant, Miznon, as they sat down in the spirit of the Sabbath to sing songs and eat traditional foods.
The world continues to tell Israel what to do – is it fair?
August 17, 2025 | Justin Amler
The world has never been shy in telling Israel what to do — in ways it would never dare tell other countries. It demands impossible standards no nation has ever met.
Praise from Hamas co-founder is bad. Palestinian Authority is also a flaw of recognition
August 14, 2025 | Oved Lobel
While there are countless reasons to criticise the government’s decision to recognise Palestine, perhaps nothing better encapsulates its seriously flawed and futile approach than saying its position is predicated on PA commitments.
Twenty years after Disengagement
August 14, 2025 | Bren Carlill
Disengagement was a failure, but that doesn’t mean it was the wrong thing to do. Twenty years after Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, the move still creates disagreement.
Dangerous reward for terror, antisemitism
August 12, 2025 | Colin Rubenstein
The UK and Canada are the latest Western governments to join the profoundly counterproductive trend to unilaterally recognise, or threaten to recognise, a Palestinian state are regrettably now joined by Australia.
Don’t reward Hamas: Why it would be wrong to recognise Palestine now
August 11, 2025 | Colin Rubenstein
The UK and Canada are the latest Western governments to join the profoundly counterproductive trend to unilaterally recognise, or threaten to recognise, a Palestinian state in response to the tragic situation in Gaza. Regrettably, Australia seems on the cusp of doing so too.
Appeasement has a price – and the hostages are paying it
August 11, 2025 | Justin Amler
Hamas and its terrorist affiliates released these latest videos not just to document their horror, but to taunt grieving families and torture a nation still in trauma – a nation locked in a war that seems to stretch on endlessly. It’s a sickening calculation: the greater Israel’s pain, the higher their joy.
Gullible West’s Palestinian statehood threats are peak idiocy
August 5, 2025 | Jamie Hyams
It appears many Western leaders have now achieved peak idiocy regarding Israel – as they have shown by actions that will almost inevitably result in the exact opposite outcome to what they say they want, exhibiting amazing gullibility, and abandoning logic.
How the West was lost
August 4, 2025 | Justin Amler
This past week has demonstrated how the Western world, which often speaks about defending freedom, liberty and democracy, can be so easily duped by terrorists in pick-up trucks. We saw a statement by 28 countries, including Australia, that was so detached from reality that it blamed Israel for the terrible consequences of the current war in Gaza, rather than Hamas who started the war in the first place…
Among Israelis, the view of the situation in Gaza is complex — rooted in a trust deficit
August 1, 2025 | Ran Porat
The international media has a responsibility to show what is happening in this war-ravaged area and to present the plight of the Palestinian people. However, the same media is often remiss when it comes to reporting on the situation in Israel. It fails to adequately convey the Israeli psyche: how Israelis perceive the war, its objectives and the people on the other side.
Hamas and its enablers
August 1, 2025 | Justin Amler
To Hamas, every civilian death is a strategic victory. Why? Because it knows – and tragically, it is right – that images of Gazan casualties will be weaponized to turn public opinion against Israel and smear its name on the world stage. And it’s working.
