As Abbas eyes UN statehood bid, Ben-Gvir demands immediate measures to overthrow PA

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday vowed to push Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take “immediate” action aimed at “toppling the Palestinian Authority” in response to a report that PA President Mahmoud Abbas is weighing a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood in September. Read more

Greens court controversy with ‘Sanction Israel’ arm patch

The NZ Green Party is facing renewed criticism from New Zealand’s Jewish community after proudly promoting an image of one of its MPs dressed head-to-toe in black, wearing a “Sanction Israel” patch prominently on his upper arm. Read more

PM brushes off push for Israel sanctions as a ‘slogan’

Australia has downplayed US criticism of international efforts to recognise Palestine, as Anthony Albanese criticises Israel’s plan to expand its Gaza offensive. Read more

Report: IDF bans Chinese cars from bases to prevent data leaks

The Israel Defence Forces has banned all China-made vehicles on its bases out of concern for information security, Israel’s Army Radio reported on Tuesday. Read more

Israel sets conditions for ending Gaza War, plans for civilian governance

After an all-night discussion, Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a proposal to expand the war on Hamas, including reoccupying the Gaza Strip, and adopting five principles for ending the war, the Prime Minister’s Office announced early Friday morning. Read more

Former ambassador to Israel warns against delaying recognition of Palestine

Failing to recognise a Palestinian state would reward the Israeli government for its “campaign of genocidal violence”, a former Australian ambassador to Israel has warned, as the Albanese government weighs its next diplomatic steps.

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Another protest, another city, another cause

Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza and their supporters marched through Tel Aviv to the Defence Ministry compound in protest for their release on Wednesday. Read more

Balance key as government reviews antisemitism report

Australia must find a balance between protecting people against racial vilification and shielding institutions, the race discrimination commissioner says. Read more

AJDS calls for sanctions against Israel

The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) has once again moved against the mainstream Jewish community in Australia. Read more

UN confirms 88% of aid trucks in Gaza looted before reaching destination

The United Nations published data on Tuesday showing that 88.7% of aid trucks collected by the international organisation in the Gaza Strip in recent months were intercepted before reaching their destination. Read more

Is combating media bias Netanyahu’s mission impossible?

The contrast was glaring. A week after The New York Times put a horrifying yet completely misleading picture of a Palestinian Arab child in Gaza on its front page to illustrate a story that lent weight to the false claim that Israel was deliberately starving people in Gaza, it had an opportunity to put an equally awful photo in the same spot. Read more

Australia, France leaders discuss crisis in Gaza

The leaders of Australia and France have made plans to meet at a United Nations gathering, where Palestinian statehood and the crisis in Gaza will be major issues. Read more

After the bridge: where do we go from here?

Normally, by midweek, I’m sitting down to write—an op-ed, a column, a reflection to be published here in Australia or shared across the globe. It’s something I do routinely, not out of obligation, but because there is always something urgent to say—something that needs to be said. Read more

Australian broadcaster Erin Molan protests for hostages in Sydney

On August 3, nearly 22 months after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, tens of thousands of Australians converged on Sydney’s iconic Harbor Bridge in what they called a “March for Humanity” in support of the Palestinians in Gaza. Read more

Hostage’s brother tells UN Security Council its silence about ‘monstrous cruelty is complicity’

A multi-panelled monitor was set up in the round of the United Nations Security Council chamber in Manhattan, affording Ilay David the chance to address the body at eye level. Read more

Australia co-ordinating on recognition of Palestine

Australia is one step closer to recognising Palestinian statehood and is coordinating with other nations on the issue, as the foreign minister warns there might soon be “no Palestine left”. Read more

A two-state solution? Maybe the best way to ‘ensure’ another slaughter

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New mechanism established for expansion of aid distribution in Gaza

Following Israel’s government’s decision to expand the scope of humanitarian aid being sent into Gaza, and after staff work was formulated within the defence establishment, a mechanism was approved by COGAT to resume the entry of goods through the private sector into Gaza in a gradual and controlled manner. Read more

The rally causes Australia to commits more food, medical aid for Gaza and comments from Jewish leaders

Australia has pledged an extra $20 million in humanitarian assistance for women and children in war-torn Gaza after more than 100,000 turned out in protest across the country to spotlight suffering in the besieged enclave. Read more

UN self-destructing in pursuit of dead two-state solution

The New York Declaration (Declaration) issued at the conclusion of the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, held in New York City under the joint chairmanship of Saudi Arabia and France on 27-29 July, marks the beginning of the self-destruction of the United Nations. Read more

Hamas doesn’t want a deal: Netanyahu

Israel is considering military action to rescue the remaining hostages in Gaza, according to reports in Israeli media. Read more

August 3, Sydney

This was Australia, Sunday 3rd August 2025, not Berlin 1935. Read more

Huckabee: Israel not committing genocide or starvation in Gaza

Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Sunday firmly rejected allegations that Israel is committing genocide or deliberately starving Gaza. Read more

Ben-Gvir calls for sovereignty over Gaza

Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday morning, where he called for sovereignty over the Gaza Strip. Read more

Digging his own grave: A tweet from President Herzog

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog’s reaction after Hamas released a video of two Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas. Read more

Israeli officials downplay impact of new US tariffs

Israeli officials downplayed the impact of a new 15% U.S. tariff on Israeli imports on Friday morning, calling it relatively modest compared to harsher measures imposed on other nations. Read more

Rabbis reject Israeli army service, arrests for draft refusal likely in September

The Israeli Defence Forces completed the distribution of 54,000 first-order draft summonses to Orthodox men, the army said on Wednesday night, signalling the start of a new enforcement phase that will further strain Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Read more

Stories of starvation spurs statehood push for Palestine

Australia recognising Palestinian statehood is only a matter of time, the Australian treasurer says, as an expert warns starvation has reached a tipping point in Gaza. Read more

The war Hamas wants; the war Israel is fighting

While humanitarian aid drops from the sky, hundreds of trucks carrying the same supplies sit idle at the Gaza border. The failure is not logistical—it is political and moral. Efforts to divide the Gaza Strip into humanitarian zones have collapsed. Read more

Four civilian guards held off dozens of terrorists at Kibbutz Sufa, army probe reveals

Against overwhelming odds and with minimal training, a four-member civilian security team at Kibbutz Sufa single-handedly prevented what could have been a massacre on October 7, according to an Israel Defence Forces investigation released on Monday. Read more

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