Naftali Bennett
Bibi or Benny? Just days out from the Israeli election, front-runners Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu are neck and neck.
April 4, 2019, 12:00 am
Netanyahu vs Gantz: still neck and neck
BOTH of the top players still have everything to play for as Israel's voters prepare to go to the polls on Tuesday, to decide what is still a neck-and-neck race.
By Nathan Jeffay
The house in Mishmeret destroyed by a Hamas rocket. Photo: Israel Police
April 1, 2019, 10:42 am
What lies behind the latest Hamas attacks?
It would appear that Israel is on the brink of full-scale war against Hamas again, but why now?
By Rebecca Davis
Benjamin Netanyahu at the Menachem Begin Heritage Centre this week. Photo: EPA/Abir Sultan
March 14, 2019, 12:00 am
Bibi incurs wrath of Rivlin and Wonder Woman
Benjamin Netanyahu is under attack from both Israel's President and Wonder Woman for insulting Arab citizens.
By Nathan Jeffay
Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu pay their respects to the family of Ori Ansbacher. Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO
February 14, 2019, 12:00 pm
Israel in mourning for murdered teen
The circumstances of the assault that killed Israeli teenager Ori Ansbacher weren’t initially clear, but on Sunday authorities confirmed that it was terrorism.
By Nathan Jeffay
Education Minister Naftali Bennett has withdrawn his demand to be Defence Minister.
November 22, 2018, 12:00 am
Netanyahu avoids early elections
The Gaza violence pushed Israel into the throes of a political crisis, forcing the Prime Minister to pull a rabbit out of a hat in order to avoid early elections.
By Nathan Jeffay
A projection on the walls of the Old City in Jerusalem. Photo: AP Photo/Dusan Vranic
November 1, 2018, 12:00 am
Israel shares Pittsburgh’s pain
Israel's Diaspora Minister flew to Pittsburgh hours after the deadly attack at the Tree of Life synagogue and told locals, "Our whole nation is feeling the pain you are feeling."
By Nathan Jeffay
Palestinian protesters climbed over the border fence during a protest on the beach at the border with Israel near Beit Lahiya this week. Photo: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra
October 18, 2018, 12:50 am
Locals feel war could be just weeks away
AS angry protests rage and fires burn in Gaza, residents of Southern Israel are bracing themselves for violence. 
By Nathan Jeffay
Palestinian demonstrators at the Israel–Gaza border last Friday. Photo: by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Sipa USA
October 4, 2018, 12:01 am
Clashes escalate on the Gaza border
Scenes of violence returned to Israel's southern border in recent days amid mounting concerns of a threat from the north, writes Nathan Jeffay.
By Nathan Jeffay
Jared Kushner with US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
August 30, 2018, 12:00 am
US moves to redefine Palestinian refugees
America is preparing to declare that most people deemed Palestinian refugees aren’t actually refugees, according to an Israel Television News report last Saturday.
By Nathan Jeffay
Isaac Herzog.
June 28, 2018, 12:00 am
Herzog takes helm of Jewish Agency
The Jewish Agency has selected Isaac Herzog, leader of Israel’s opposition, to take over as chairman from Natan Sharansky - a move Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was trying to block.
By Nathan Jeffay
Avner Gvaryahu. Photo: Quique Kirszenbaum
May 21, 2018, 5:20 pm
Probe Breaking the Silence
IN a move that is sure to spark outrage among wide sections of the Jewish community, the executive director of controversial Israeli group Breaking The Silence is visiting Australia next month, as a guest of the New Israel Fund.
African asylum seekers set up a mock slave auction as part of a protest outside the Ministry of Defence on Tuesday. Photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90
April 5, 2018, 1:00 pm
Israel’s UN migrant deal scrapped
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday officially cancelled an agreement made with the United Nations just hours earlier that would have relocated thousands of African asylum seekers to Western countries.
Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90
March 15, 2018, 12:00 am
Last minute deal saves Bibi’s coalition
The Israeli government has averted early elections, by cutting a deal to bring a coalition crisis to an end.
By Nathan Jeffay
Polish President Andrzej Duda. Photo: Mateusz Wlodarczyk/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
February 9, 2018, 2:24 pm
‘The blood of Polish Jews cries from the ground’
Poland's President dealt a major blow to Israel and Jewish groups on Tuesday, announcing that he will ratify a controversial new Holocaust law.
By Nathan Jeffay
A white supremacist at the rally in Charlottesville. Photo: AP Photo/Steve Helber.
August 24, 2017, 12:01 am
The real threat facing us
OUR community is justifiably concerned about recent developments within the ALP. The misguided push by some elements, led by Bob Carr, to unilaterally recognise the "State of Palestine" has gained some traction at recent state Labor conferences. Much of the rhetoric emanating from supporters of the Palestinian cause has been inflammatory, including morally offensive comparisons with apartheid South Africa. These decisions will have no bearing on Labor's foreign policy determined at its 2018 national conference.
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