Lowering the heat on terrorists would be a fatal mistake
September 24, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
A few weeks ago, former High Court Chief Justice Gerard Brennan told a Law Council of Australia conference that our counter-terrorism laws had made “substantial incursions on individual freedom and the values of the common law” but that such incursions “may be essential to combat the risk of terror.
Doing our bit to stop nukes post-APEC
September 13, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
Russia and China are the key to a new UN Security Council resolution to pressure Iran to stop its illegal enrichment of uranium. Because of our recent deal to sell uranium to those countries, Australia was in a particularly strong position to ask them to play a more positive role than they have so far.
Negotiation alone won’t fix the Middle East
August 29, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
Futile talks can provide propaganda victories for rogue actors and help them portray their methods as successful.
Still time to stop Middle East arms war
August 21, 2007 | Bren Carlill
Israelis are petrified of Iran going nuclear, but why should that bother the rest of us? The fact is, a nuclear Iran would be harmful for everyone.
Energy is defiant Iran’s weakpoint
August 6, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
LAST WEEK, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, visiting the Middle East, correctly said that the Iranian regime constitutes the “biggest threat” to the region.
Children’s TV Hijacked
July 17, 2007 | Allon Lee
FIRST there was Farfour – the mouse with the killer attitude. Now meet his cousin, Nahoul, a children’s character with a real sting in his tail.
Year of living dangerously
July 16, 2007 | Bren Carlill
A YEAR ago this week, the Hezbollah-Israel conflict captured the attention and fears of the world after an unprovoked Hezbollah rocketed Israeli cities, crossed the border, captured two soldiers and killed eight others.
No mercy in this religious war
July 11, 2007 | Bren Carlill
IT is a year since Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel from Lebanon and crossed the international border before ambushing Israeli troops.
Abbas must confront terror groups
June 25, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
THE blood-soaked Hamas victory in Gaza and break with the Fatah-controlled West Bank profoundly divides the Palestinian political landscape and further complicates Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects.
Gaza’s savagery no surprise
June 21, 2007 | Bren Carlill
GAZA descends into an orgy of bloodletting as Hamas takes it over militarily and people around the world scratch their heads in confusion.
Six Days and Forty Years
June 8, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
Forty years ago this week, Israel scored a stunning six-day military victory against its Arab neighbours. Today, too many remember this event primarily as the start of Israel’s “occupation” of Arab land, which is seen as the “root cause” of all subsequent Middle Eastern problems.
Jews portrayed as guilty – again
June 6, 2007 | Allon Lee
Forget setting aspirational targets for cutting greenhouse gases. And stop pointing the finger at China and America as the main stumbling blocks for a climate change treaty. Because, according to a prominent British MP, it’s actually cold-hearted Israel that’s to blame for global warming.
