Over-reliance on technology to provide “early warning” and belief in deterrence led to the IDF being taken by surprise on October 7 (Image: Anas Mohammed/ Shutterstock)
A strategic game changer
Top Israeli experts weigh in on how Israel’s...
Israeli forces have been forced to return to the increasingly lawless cities of the northern West Bank because they have become a haven for Iranian-armed and funded terror gangs (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Preventing the West Bank from becoming Gaza
The operation begun on August 27 by the...
The devastation wrought by October 7 and its aftermath must not be allowed to destroy our optimism (Image: Jose Hernandez/ Shutterstock)
The Last Word: Beyond this year of shattered hope
It has been a year of shattered pieces,...
Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong at the United Nations, New York (image: United Nations/screenshot)
Deplorable vote undermines our national interests
An edited version of this article appeared in...
The strategically important Philadelphi border corridor between Gaza and Egypt (Image: Eli Dror/X)
Philadelphi Story
How a tiny strip of land has become...
Groups like Human Rights Watch are being granted a “watchdog” role without ever having to prove they are fit to bark (Image: Shutterstock)
Essay: When Rights groups go Wrong
The corruption of the human rights establishment  ...
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Media Microscope: John’s alternate universe
The ABC’s Global Affairs Editor John Lyons is...
Commemorations of October 7 are an unbearable prospect for some Israelis (Image: Shutterstock)
Deconstruction Zone: One year is still too soon
Just thinking about the looming October 7 memorials...
Pro-Palestinian protesters outside the New Zealand parliament in Wellington (Image: Reddit)
AIR New Zealand: What October 7 exposed
It’s been one year since the horrors of...
Hezbollah operatives caught by surprise by their exploding pagers while shopping (Image: Screenshot/X)
Pager explosions hint at strategy shift
At 2:36 am on September 17, the Israeli...
Former AP correspondent Matti Friedman offers insights into journalistic bias (Image: Wikipedia)
Scribblings: What ails journalism?
The overwhelming majority of Australian Jews would agree...
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators seeking the return of hostages from Gaza protested in Tel Aviv on September 7, 2024 (Image: Charlotte Lawson)
The hostages, the protesters and the PM
TEL AVIV, Israel—Citizens took to the streets of...