The key to Middle East peace is getting Palestinians to say ‘yes’
February 14, 2019 | Ahron Shapiro
Slavish conformism to conventional wisdom has done practically nothing to resolve the conflict between the Palestinians and Israel, trapping the sides in a stalemate for decades.
Mahathir’s rantings can’t poison Paralympics
February 8, 2019 | Allon Lee
Call off the search. For its display of rare global moral leadership, Time Magazine’s 2019 “Person of the Year” award should unquestionably go to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Equality still a mirage for too many women
February 7, 2019 | Naomi Levin
There were a few double-takes recently when United Arab Emirates Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum took to social media to congratulate the winners of his country’s gender equality award. Why? All the winners were men.
Israel is not Bethlehem’s enemy
January 2, 2019 | Allon Lee
Anton Salman — who prior to becoming Bethlehem’s mayor, was a lawyer — shamelessly exploited genuine interest at Christmas in the traditional birthplace of Jesus (The Australian, December 26) to advance a dangerous and deluded anti-Israel agenda devoid of fact or historical accuracy.
Labor should match Morrison’s stance on Israel
December 27, 2018 | Naomi Levin
Despite agreement on the need for action, the paths being pursued by the two major political parties are quite different… While the Prime Minister’s declarations have not yet achieved bipartisan support, achieving that outcome remains a worthy objective.
Morrison rightly challenges foreign policy inertia on Jerusalem, Iran
December 19, 2018 | Colin Rubenstein
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s speech at the Sydney Institute last Saturday has been met with criticism for reviewing and adjusting long-standing foreign policies, as though inertia were a virtue in itself. Good policymaking demands periodic review and adjustments to reflect changing realities.
On Australia’s Jerusalem Embassy review, don’t take advice from bigoted Mahathir
November 27, 2018 | Colin Rubenstein
Instead of threatening Australia for daring to review a long-standing position, why don’t we see Malaysia and Indonesia – both of whom provide strong rhetorical support to the Palestinian cause – as well as Morrison’s critics, encouraging progress towards a two-state peace, which most profess to support, and which underlies Morrison’s review initiative?
Iran-backed cyber attackers taking aim at Australia
November 23, 2018 | Oved Lobel
While Australia has yet to be targeted by more substantial Iranian cyber-attacks against infrastructure and financial institutions, like the US or Saudi Arabia, it has been the victim of several “independent” hacking groups that operate as fronts for the cybercrime of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and intelligence agencies.
Australia shouldn’t continue to back scheme allowing a terrorist state to develop a nuclear arsenal
November 2, 2018 | Colin Rubenstein
PRIME MINISTER Scott Morrison’s decision to review whether Australia should continue to support the Iran nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), should be welcomed.
Jerusalem move is right for Australia
October 19, 2018 | Colin Rubenstein
Meanwhile, most Arab states are more likely to welcome PM Morrison’s review of our outdated support for the flawed Iran nuclear deal and efforts to confront Iranian aggression more broadly than be angry about a possible Jerusalem embassy move.
Embassy move in Israel would just recognise reality
October 19, 2018 | Ahron Shapiro
Recognising the reality that Israel has had its capital in west Jerusalem since 1950, as the US, Russia, and several other countries have done, in no way precludes a future Palestinian capital in the city’s eastern half.
Why Scott Morrison is right to consider moving the Australian embassy to Jerusalem
October 18, 2018 | Colin Rubenstein
The prime minister’s announcement that Australia will consider moving its embassy to Jerusalem, and also review our stance on the Iran nuclear deal is prudent, wise and in our national interest.
