Gaza
The family of Moshe Agadi at his funeral in Ashkelon last Sunday. Photo: AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner
May 9, 2019, 12:00 am
‘There’ll always be a hole in our hearts’
THE rockets have stopped, but the tears continue. 
By Nathan Jeffay
The ABC studios in Ultimo, Sydney. Photo: AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy
April 16, 2019, 12:00 am
ABC headline still ‘misleading’
THE Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has upheld an Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) complaint relating to a misleading headline, "Israel attacks targets in Gaza following signing of Golan Heights proclamation."
Greens candidate for Macnamara, Steph Hodgins-May.
April 5, 2019, 12:00 am
Greens’ post slammed
JEWISH leaders have expressed their disgust at a gibe by a Greens staffer working for Macnamara candidate Steph Hodgins-May that deaths in Gaza were Israeli "genocide".
By Peter Kohn
An Israeli house hit by a Hamas rocket this week. Photo: Israel Police
March 28, 2019, 12:00 am
Australian Jewish leaders condemn Hamas attacks
JEWISH community leaders in Australia have condemned a barrage of Hamas rocket attacks against civilians in central Israel this week. 
By Peter Kohn
Protesters in Tel Aviv demonstrating against the government. Photo: EPA/Jim Hollander
November 22, 2018, 12:00 am
Gaza ceasefire holds for now
Life on Israel’s southern border is back to normal after last week’s rocket barrage, but Hamas is already threatening to strike again.
By Nathan Jeffay
Rockets being fired from Gaza during the 2014 war. The current rocket barrage could lead to another conflict.
August 10, 2018, 12:35 pm
Rocket barrage from Gaza as tensions escalate
Israeli firefighters trying to extinguish a fire at the Carmia nature reserve last month, believed to have been ignited by a fire kite or balloon from Gaza. Photo: EPA/Abir Sultan
August 9, 2018, 12:00 am
Border clashes continue amid hopes of ceasefire
Hamas officials have spent days in intense meetings considering a long-term ceasefire, prompting speculation that a deal is near.
By Nathan Jeffay
The AJN's Nathan Jeffay (left) with Eyal Hagbi on a patch of land scorched by a kite fire.
June 7, 2018, 12:00 am
Southern Israel hit by Gazan terror kites
Residents in southern Israel are aghast, after watching huge fires started by terror kites gobbling up thousands of square metres of crops.
By Nathan Jeffay
Israeli firefighters try to douse a fire near Kibbutz Or Haner caused by kites from Gaza carrying Molotov cocktails. Photo: EPA/Abir Sultan
June 7, 2018, 12:00 am
Israel and Gaza: A litany of media distortion and smears
When journalists portray Israelis as the perennial wrongdoers and as a symbol of the world’s ills, when they leave out rational justifications for Israel’s actions, when they hide the true face of Hamas, what they are saying to their audiences is that Jews are the ultimate representation of cruelty and savagery.
Palestinian protesters near the Gaza border on Monday. Photo: EPA/Mohammed Saber
May 17, 2018, 12:00 am
Gaza border clashes: ‘IDF averted a great disaster’
As the international community raged against Palestinian deaths, Israelis who live near Gaza were praising the IDF and saying it avoided bloodbath in their areas.
By Nathan Jeffay
The menorah made of rockets on top of the Hesder Yeshivah.
May 3, 2018, 12:00 am
In solidarity with Sderot
Several months ago, I was approached to join a nascent organisation, the Australian Friends of Sderot (AFOS). AFOS is tasked with raising funds for Sderot and in particular the Hesder Yeshivah, an institution geographically and culturally central to Sderot.
A Palestinian protester burning tyres during clashes with Israeli forces near the Gaza border. Photo: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images
April 5, 2018, 12:00 am
Gaza clashes: Lieberman defends IDF
As the death toll mounts on the Gaza border, Israel insists it will continue to protect the border and its citizens against continued provocation and threats from Hamas.
People praying at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, Jan. 12, 2017. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
May 4, 2017, 11:20 am
UNESCO votes to condemn Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem
The United Nations’ cultural agency voted to condemn Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem. UNESCO passed a resolution called “Occupied Palestine” by a vote of 22-10, with 26 countries abstaining or absent.
Fighters from Hamas's Ezz-Al Din Al Qassam Brigades at Monday's memorial service for Mazen Fuqaha. Photo: EPA/Mohammed Saber
March 30, 2017, 12:01 am
Hamas vows revenge over Fudaha killing
HAMAS is threatening to settle a “new blood debt” against Israel, after the death of one of its top military leaders in what it claims was a Mossad assassination.
Tzur Goldin. Photo: Noel Kessel
February 23, 2017, 12:00 am
Appeal for return of twin’s body
UIA NSW guest speaker Tzur Goldin vividly remembers August 1, 2014, the day his world was turned upside down in southern Gaza.
By Joshua Levi
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