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Australia backs sanctions but rules out settlement trade ban
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (400+ words) The prime minister has defended a decision not to follow the UK in announcing trade bans on Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Anthony Albanese has defended his government’s decision not to join the UK in restricting trade with…...
Canberra weighs sanctions as Israeli ambassador pushes back
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (637+ words) Israel’s ambassador Hillel Newman has urged Australia to resist a British-style ban on settlement goods, warning against broader sanctions as Canberra prepares further targeted action over violence and settlement expansion in the West Bank. Newman told The Australian that sanctions…...
Richard Flanagan's Controversial Speech Examined – J-Wire
1+ week, 6+ day ago (955+ words) This is a very difficult article for me to write as I deeply admire Richard Flanagan’s body of work. Flanagan presents himself as a courageous truth-teller resisting a campaign of intimidation. In reality, his speech is an angry polemic that…...
Rabbi Ulman closes Royal Commission hearings: "Security is not safety"
2+ week, 4+ day ago (910+ words) Rabbi Yehoram Ulman has closed the public hearings of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion with a deeply personal appeal for Australia to confront hatred and create a country in which Jewish people are genuinely safe. The Chabad…...
Jewish leaders thank thousands who gave evidence as Royal Commission hearings conclude
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1075+ words) Australia’s leading Jewish communal organisations have thanked the thousands of people who made submissions and the hundreds who gave evidence, as the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion held its final day of public hearings. The ninth and final…...
When “Zionist” becomes a code word: The Greens’ long descent into antisemitic rhetoric
3+ week, 55+ min ago (707+ words) Not every criticism of Israel is antisemitic. Israel, like every democracy, can be criticised—sometimes harshly—for its government, military operations and policies towards the Palestinians. Nor should every Greens parliamentarian be branded an antisemite. But neither qualification absolves the…...
Leibler demands Greens senator retracts 'Zionist interests' accusation
3+ week, 1+ day ago (533+ words) Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler has called on Greens Senator Nick McKim to withdraw and apologise for remarks accusing the Australian Government and Senator James Paterson of being “captured by Zionist interests”. In an open letter to McKim,…...
How quickly Australia forgets
3+ week, 3+ day ago (836+ words) Some weeks, events that might ordinarily be viewed in isolation begin to form a pattern. This has been one of them, and for many Australian Jews it feels uncomfortably familiar. Since October 7, we have lived through repeated flare-ups in which…...
The Frankcom tragedy requires accountability — but Canberra cannot demand a conviction
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1324+ words) But scrutiny must distinguish between catastrophic military failure and criminal culpability — and Israel’s own ambassador has not helped by inaccurately characterising aspects of the process. The death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom and six of her World Central Kitchen…...
Israel may weigh reparations over aid worker's death
3+ week, 3+ day ago (159+ words) Israel is open to reparations for the family of killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, as aid organisations and human rights advocates call for a public apology and compensation. Ms Frankcom’s aid convoy was targeted by air strikes in April…...