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Jewish leaders highlight imbalance in Australia NZ Gaza statement

J-Wire Newsdesk — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:17:18 +0000

The Australian and New Zealand foreign and defence ministers have issued a joint statement criticising Israeli actions in Gaza while making no direct reference to Hamas. This decision has prompted concern from Jewish community leaders about what they describe as an increasingly one-sided diplomatic framing of the conflict. In a statement released on Tuesday 17 […]

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Updated British parliamentary report sets out full scale of 7 October attacks

Rob Klein — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:39:30 +0000

A cross-party UK parliamentary commission has released the most detailed account to date of the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel, documenting atrocities across 55 locations and naming nearly 1,200 victims. The report released on March 18 updates an earlier version and finds 1,183 people were killed, more than 4,000 wounded, and 251 were taken hostage […]

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Library loses literary awards after ‘martyr’ blowback

AAP — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 06:43:04 +0000

A library has lost its role managing a state’s literary awards after an Indigenous writer was criticised for her comments about a slain Hamas leader. State Library of Queensland has lost its role administering a state’s biggest literary prize, after a review into the controversial revocation of a prestigious fellowship awarded to an Indigenous author. […]

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Israel’s FM Sa’ar attends first meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace, says peace in Gaza dependent on ending Hamas

TPS-IL — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:23:39 +0000

President Trump’s new International Board of Peace held its first meeting in Washington, D.C. on Thursday. After the meeting, Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar spoke about how Hamas is the biggest obstacle to a lasting peace in Gaza. Sa’ar said that, since Hamas “violently took over Gaza in 2007, it has built the largest terrorist […]

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Hamas spied on World Vision employees to disrupt Gaza aid director’s trial

Pesach Benson — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:21:38 +0000

Internal Hamas documents seized by Israeli soldiers and reviewed by experts reveal that the terror group spied on and interrogated the staff of World Vision to obstruct the trial of the charity’s former Gaza director, Mohammed el-Halabi, according to newly analyzed materials published by NGO-Monitor. The development sharpens concerns that U.S. and Australian funds earmarked […]

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Protesters set to defy ban as Herzog visit declared major event

AAP — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:45:34 +0000

Protesters planning to march against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog have still not reached an agreement with NSW Police, risking mass arrests. Police have been granted extra powers to block movement in the centre of Sydney but are hopeful Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit can remain peaceful. The NSW government has approved […]

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Teen ordered to avoid Israeli president after threats

AAP — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 02:25:43 +0000

A teenager accused of threatening to kill Israel’s president ahead of his contentious visit to Australia has been ordered not to approach or contact the head of state. A teenager has appeared in court after allegedly threatening Israeli President Isaac Herzog ahead of his contentious visit to Australia. Darcy Tinning, 19, was accused of threatening […]

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‘All the abductees have been returned’: Israel confirms return of last hostage, Ran Gvili

Pesach Benson — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 04:01:10 +0000

After 843 days, the remains of the last Israeli missing from Hamas’s October 7 attack have been returned to Israel, the IDF announced on Monday. “After completing the identification process by the National Centre for Forensic Medicine in cooperation with the Israel Police and the Military Rabbinate, IDF representatives informed the family of the abducted […]

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Israeli ‘large scale operation’ to find last hostage

Associated Press — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:28:33 +0000

Israel says its military is conducting a “large-scale operation” to locate the last hostage in the Gaza Strip as the United States and other mediators pressure Israel and Hamas to move into the next phase of their ceasefire. The statement came as Israel’s cabinet met to discuss the possibility of opening the Gaza Strip’s key […]

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Hamas-linked symbols sprayed on smashed Melbourne monuments on Day of Mourning

Rob Klein — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:10:49 +0000

Damaged historic monuments in central Melbourne were defaced with symbols associated with Hamas on Australia’s National Day of Mourning, Thursday 22 January, sparking condemnation from political leaders and the Jewish community and prompting a police investigation. Two monuments in Flagstaff Gardens were targeted overnight, including the Pioneer Monument, erected in 1871, which was pulled down […]

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