Wong’s Middle East proposals would make things worse
October 9, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
It is appropriate for foreign ministers to float initiatives and ideas to resolve international problems, but they should first be very sure they are improving the situation rather than exacerbating it.
Hamas’ 7 October attack, one year on: How it’s changed the Middle East
October 7, 2024 | Ran Porat
That day, 7 October, was a seismic event in the history of the Middle East. A year later, what are the aftershocks of this event? What are its implications for the Palestinian issue, and for the balance of power in the region between the pro-Western bloc and the “axis of resistance”?
When our Miracle Day turned Black
October 7, 2024 | Tammy Reznik
Until the ‘Black Sabbath’ of 2023, October 7 was our family’s day of miracles… It was also our son’s 21st birthday.
‘Genocide’ the modern-day blood libel to demonise Jews
October 5, 2024 | Mark Leibler
The anniversary of the October 7 massacres compels me to reflect on the toughest 12 months of my long, happy and deeply fulfilling life as a Jewish Australian. A year in which I turned 80, and saw and felt things I never imagined I would.
Making “Never Again” a reality
October 5, 2024 | Justin Amler
October 7, 2023, is a date that will be forever seared into the memory of the Jewish world – a day in which our worst nightmares came true, and our greatest fears were realised.
The doctrine that feeds a perpetual strategy of war
October 4, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
In the aftermath of Iran’s second massive missile attack on Israel on October 1 – which followed the systematic elimination and dismantling of Hezbollah’s military command including the terror group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah – it’s crucial to understand the nature of the war we’re dealing with and where it’s going.
The long-feared Middle East war is here. This is how Israel might now hit back at Iran
October 3, 2024 | Ran Porat
A regional war is no longer imminent – it is here. The conflict that began in Gaza nearly a year ago has expanded across the Middle East, with Israel fighting countries and groups far from its borders. It also has global implications.
UN resolution is a recipe for continuous conflict
October 3, 2024 | Justin Amler
Predictably, the UN failed the test. The resolution passed with 124 countries supporting it, 43 abstaining and just 14 opposing it. This should come as no surprise – any organisation dominated by non-democracies, as the United Nations is, cannot be expected to make decisions based on liberal, democratic principles.
Hezbollah demonstrations are a threat to Australian society
October 2, 2024 | Justin Amler
Over the past weekend, dozens of protestors in Melbourne and Sydney, waved Hezbollah flags and displayed photographs of assassinated Hezbollah terror chief, Hassan Nasrallah.
Hezbollah, not Israel, is the enemy of the Lebanese people
October 1, 2024 | Oved Lobel
Hezbollah, not Israel, is the enemy of Lebanon and Lebanese sovereignty and is grossly violating multiple elements of international law, not least by its indiscriminate, unprovoked attacks on Israelis that sparked the conflict.
Want to stop an Israel-Hezbollah war? Look to Teheran
September 30, 2024 | Bren Carlill
Restoring calm across the Israel-Lebanon border requires the international community to accept something about which it has long been in denial: Iran is fighting a cold war with the West. Hezbollah-Israel fighting is merely proxy warfare.
A Kafkaesque time for the Jewish people
September 27, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende
Antisemitism should matter to all Australians… The failure of religious leaders, politicians and people of good conscience to loudly condemn the desecration of a synagogue space or the violent invective against Jews – from city councils to protest rallies, from schools to shopping centres – is dangerous. For while it may begin with the Jews, it certainly won’t end with them.
