Hezbollah

March 4, 2019, 12:00 am

Call for Australia to follow UK’s Hezbollah ban

Australia's peak Jewish body has written to the Prime Minister urging the federal government to follow the UK's example and enact a complete ban on Hezbollah.

By Gareth Narunsky

February 14, 2019, 12:37 pm

Australia’s government should ban Hezbollah

There is strong evidence that Hezbollah is active in Australia – in the local criminal underworld and from the pulpits of some mosques.

By naomi levin

IDF personnel in Metulla on Tuesday. Photo: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

December 6, 2018, 12:00 am

IDF destroys Hezbollah terror tunnels

The IDF has launched an operation to strike a blow to Hezbollah's tunnels – a vast underground network intended for attacking Israelis.

By Nathan Jeffay

Nathan Jeffay looks towards Syria from Mount Bental.

May 31, 2018, 12:00 am

Russian pledge on Syria

Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that “only representatives of the Syrian armed forces will be deployed on the Syrian side of the border with Israel".

By Nathan Jeffay

Mike Pompeo. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

May 24, 2018, 12:00 am

Pompeo sets demands for new Iran deal

America has finally answered the question that the whole Middle East has been asking since early May: What does it want from Iran in return for a new deal?

By Nathan Jeffay

Nathan Jeffay at the border between Israel and Lebanon.

July 13, 2017, 10:55 am

The gate to chaos

Beyond the gate to the Israel–Lebanon border lies the world of Hezbollah and, if you carry on straight into Lebanon and turn right to Syria, the drama of the Syrian civil war.

By Nathan Jeffay

Labour Party MK Michal Biran speaking at Double Bay Library on June 18. Photo: Shane Desiatnik

June 26, 2017, 12:01 am

Biran rings bell on inequality

ISRAELI Labour Party MK Michal Biran raised the issues of rising inequality and the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian conflict as key challenges facing Israel today.

By Shane Desiatnik

leading geopolitics and terrorism expert Hagai Segal.

June 16, 2017, 12:01 am

Segal unlocks Middle East puzzle

WITH a topic as complex and rapidly changing as ‘The New Middle East and Why it Matters’, leading geopolitics and terrorism expert Hagai Segal began by saying, “I could talk about this for the next seven hours.”

By Shane Desiatnik

Jeremy Corbyn at a pro-Palestinian rally in London, 2014.

June 15, 2017, 12:01 am

Corbyn on the verge of becoming the UK’s next PM

The politician who talked about his “friends” from Hamas and Hezbollah and attended a wreath laying at the grave of a Palestinian terrorist didn’t quite manage to become Britain’s Prime Minister, writes Nathan Jeffay. But he came astonishingly close.

By Nathan Jeffay

Naz Shah, center, was suspended from the British Labour Party on April 27, 2016. (JTA)

September 7, 2016, 1:19 pm

Anti-Semitic death threat against UK MP

A Jewish member of the British Parliament was put under police protection following an anti-Semitic death threat against Ruth Smeeth on Facebook.

August 1, 2013, 12:00 am

Australian terror suspect named

A YEAR on from the suicide bombing that claimed the lives of five Israelis in Bulgaria, that country’s Ministry of Interior has released an image of an Australian man wanted in connection with the terror attack.

By adam kamien

May 20, 2013, 12:00 am

Gillard: Hezbollah under constant watch

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has said Australia’s listing of Hezbollah’s political wing as a legitimate organisation is under constant review.

By Joshua Levi

May 9, 2013, 12:00 am

Support for Syria strikes

FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has supported Israel’s right to self defence after the country launched air strikes on Syria in a bid to keep deadly weapons out of the grasp of Hezbollah terrorists.

By Peter Kohn

May 9, 2013, 12:00 am

Report: Zygier botched top secret mission

YET more details have emerged about the tragic demise of Ben Zygier (pictured), the Australian family man-cum-Mossad agent, who committed suicide in Israel’s highest security prison in 2010.

February 6, 2013, 1:42 pm

Australian linked to Bulgaria bombing

AN Australian man with links to the terrorist organisation Hezbollah has been implicated in last year’s terrorist attack in Bulgaria that killed six people, including five Israelis.

By adam kamien

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