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.
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.
