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.
The long and winding war
June 5, 2007 | Bren Carlill
FORTY years ago, three Arab states provoked war with Israel, determined, in the words of the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, to throw the Jews into the sea.
The 40-year war
June 5, 2007 | Bren Carlill
TODAY marks 40 years since the start of the Six Day War. We are told constantly that Israeli “occupation” of the West Bank is the reason there is no Arab-Israeli peace.
Cute mouse with killer message
May 15, 2007 | Bren Carlill
WORLDWIDE headlines were generated last week when a Hamas TV station featured a giant mouse – similar to Disney’s Mickey – encouraging children to martyr themselves.
Unless there’s change, Israel will act
May 13, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
The recent Winograd Committee preliminary report, assessing Israel’s performance in last year’s Hezbollah-Israel conflict, was highly critical of the relevant political and military leaders.
Israel was right to hit back at Hezbollah provocation
May 9, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
A lot of myths surround the release of the Winograd commission report into the Olmert Government’s conduct of last year’s war on Islamists.
Peace remote as Arab League Summit ‘postures’
April 10, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
Arab League summits have become rather marginal affairs in recent years, but hopes were high for the March 28-29 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for two reasons.
Hold firm over Hamas
March 16, 2007 | Bren Carlill
THE Palestinian factions have finally agreed to implement the Mecca Accord, which they signed in February. A unity government will be formed within days… Time to stop the boycott, right? Wrong.
Australian Jewry’s Israel question
March 9, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
THE publicity surrounding the issuing of the “Independent Australian Jewish Voices” statement appears out of all proportion to the petition’s significance.
Moderates must not become apologists for radical Islam
February 26, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
THE Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) cancelled our planned participation in the program of Israeli professor Raphael Israeli after his controversial remarks about Muslim immigration and communities. Characterising Muslim communities as a threat or danger per se is a sentiment we reject and with which we do not wish to be associated.
