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Bondi survivor warns UN: unchecked antisemitism leads to violence

Bondi terror attack survivor Arsen Ostrovsky has told the United Nations Human Rights Council that his own experience shows...

Israeli investigator challenges UN over response to Hamas sexual violence

An Israeli human rights expert has accused the United Nations of failing victims of sexual violence during the October...

World Jewish Congress Israel’s president slams UN Secretary-General

"The United Nations has lost any shred of legitimacy on the global stage. It has become nothing more than...

Gutteres and UN puts Israel on a black list

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is “disconnected from reality” after his office made the “political” decision to place Israel on...

Israel’s foreign minister sends letter to UN demanding the UN hold Iran responsible for promoting Hezbollah

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar sent a letter to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, in which he outlined...

Netanyahu’s long road to confronting Iran

For decades, Israel’s leader has maintained that survival demands strength. After Oct 7, that doctrine became a policy to...

Australia declines to join statement criticising Israel

The Albanese government has declined to sign up to an international statement expressing concern about Israel demolishing an aid...

Peace education now      

President Trump's Gaza peace plan, adopted by the UN Security Council on November 17, 2025, includes references to a...

After UN vote, Netanyahu says Trump plan can ‘end Hamas rule’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued his first public comments Tuesday on the United Nations Security Council’s adoption of a...

The truth about Zionism

Fifty years ago today, on Nov. 10, 1975, my father, Chaim Herzog, then Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations...

Pillay Peace Prize pick pilloried

The decision to award former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay the 2025 Sydney Peace Prize has drawn fierce...

Surveys show recognition of Palestine would reward extremism, not peace

Palestinian opinion surveys reveal that President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent pledges to disarm Hamas, reform governance, and end anti-peace messaging...

Australia urged to act after Israel genocide finding

Australia is being urged to take action against Israel after its war in Gaza was branded an act of...

Gaza report reignites debate over UN Commission’s credibility

Israel sharply rejected a new United Nations report accusing it of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, calling the...

UN overwhelmingly backs two-state idea, condemns Hamas

The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted to endorse a declaration outlining "tangible, timebound and irreversible steps" towards...

UN Security Council condemns Israeli strikes on Qatar

All United Nations Security Council members, including the United States, have backed the "territorial integrity of Qatar" following an...

Author of disputed Gaza famine report has lengthy history of anti-Israel statements

An author of a controversial report determining a famine has taken hold in parts of Gaza has a history...

‘Disgust’: US diplomat attacks ALP’s Palestine decision

America's ambassador to Israel has taken aim at the federal government's decision to recognise Palestinian statehood at a United...

Plan to seize Gaza City pushed Australia to recognition

The prime minister hopes recognition will help lay the path to peace after revealing Australia's decision was spurred by...

Israel faces growing calls to scrap Gaza offensive plan

International condemnation is growing over Israel's plan for a military takeover of Gaza City ahead of an emergency United...