Israeli flags in Hostages and Missing Square, Tel Aviv, marking a mourning day dedicated to the first return of casualties from Gaza (Image: Shutterstock)
A month of hostage horrors
Australian Jewish News - 27 February 2025  ...
Gaza today is a “demolition site”, President Trump has argued (Image: Shutterstock)
Essay: “Gaza shall be forsaken”
Nobody wants it – but Donald Trump  ...
With Gaza almost unliveable, the fate of its residents is wide open (Image: Anas Mohammed/ Shutterstock)
Scribblings: The PA’s solution for Gazans
It would probably not surprise readers that the...
Hamas is determined to continue controlling Gaza by acting in the same murderous way toward locals that it employed before October 7, 2023 (Image: Anas Mohammed/ Shutterstock)
Hamas’ war on “collaborators”
Hamas is always at war – sometimes with...
Hamas propaganda is portraying Israel's military operation as not achieving its objectives
Hamas’ “victory” narrative 
The announcement of the ceasefire in the Gaza...
US President Trump with the Emir of Qatar, Tamin bin Hamad Al Thani, during his first term in 2019 (Image: Whitehouse.gov/ Flickr)
Qatar, Trump and Gaza
For years, and long before October 7, Gaza...
Trump’s Gaza plans captured the imagination of many Israelis because it constitutes a recognition that past approaches to the Palestinian issue must change fundamentally (Image: Whitehouse.gov/ Flickr)
Shifting the diplomatic landscape
Implications of Trump’s Gaza proposal   US President...
Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi during his handover by Al-Qassam Brigades to the Red Cross, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on February 8, 2025 (Image: Anas Mohammed/ Shutterstock)
Behind the News – March 2025
ROCKET AND TERROR REPORT Since the Gaza ceasefire...
Hamas’ elaborately-staged hostage handover ceremonies have raised questions about how the terror group has maintained its continuing political power (Image: Anas Mohammed/ Shutterstock)
Hamas’ comeback plans
Living off the Aid Bonanza   The ceremony...
Shiri Bibas and her children at the time of their capture, 7 October 2023 (screenshot)
A Sickening Display of Evil
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Jonathan Conricus in conversation with Joel Burnie
Jonathan Conricus is a senior fellow at the...
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The missing pieces of the Thai hostages story
On January 30, the world’s eyes were focused...