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ABC and SBS called before Antisemitism Royal Commission over Middle East reporting

Senior representatives of the ABC and SBS are expected to appear before the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social...

Australia eases Israel travel warning after US-Iran peace deal

Australia has lifted its highest travel warning for Israel, downgrading the Smartraveller advisory from "do not travel" to "reconsider...

Israel-US preparing to resume hostilities with Iran

The Israeli military has been placed on high alert for a potential resumption of attacks on Iran, Israel’s Yedioth...

Albanese and Carney warn Iran must not obtain nuclear weapons

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have called for a wider de-escalation of hostilities in...

Hundreds of Aussies heading home from Middle East

A Sydney-bound flight is on its way to Dubai, carrying fleeing Australians, as crisis teams are sent to the...

Commemoration for forgotten Jews from Muslim countries

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) will host Victoria’s first community-wide commemoration of the Day to Mark the...

US moves military assets, restricts major Mideast base

As President Donald Trump keeps the world guessing about his plans for Iran, the US military is moving equipment...

Australia’s terrorism threat level raised to probable

The terror threat level in Australia has been lifted from possible to probable, the first time in 10 years...

The problem is what Biden remembers, not what he forgets

Reviews of President Joe Biden’s much-anticipated July 11 NATO press conference were mixed. His disastrous debate performance last month has...

Albanese argues for political settlement in Middle East

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a political settlement is needed in the Middle East. Mr Albanese told a Labor caucus...

Egypt wants West Bank violence quelled ahead of Ramadan

Egypt has stepped up mediation between Israel and the Palestinians in a bid to tamp down violence in Jerusalem...

Biden’s trip produced mixed bag of results for Israel, say experts

U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the Middle East accomplished most of the administration’s goals, but from...

Rudd regales crowd with vision for the Middle East

Over 800 people registered last week to watch former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, a self-described “passionate supporter of Israel”, speak with NIF Australia executive director Liam Getreu about Israel and the Middle East on Zoom.

President Rivlin meets U.N. Middle East special envoy

Israel's President Reuven Rivlin has held his first working meeting with UN Middle East Special Envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, during which they spoke about the current security and political situation in the region.

Words matter: how vocabulary defines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Israel-Palestine conflict terminology explained...from Jacob Kamaras/JNS.ord

Middle East expert to visit Sydney

One of the world's leading experts on the turmoil in Egypt and Syria, US foreign policy and the tension between Israel and Iran will address a range of audiences in Sydney this month.