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Dennis Ross speaking at the Gandel Oration.

July 16, 2017, 12:01 am

DELIVERING the 35th B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission Gandel Oration to a capacity audience at Moriah College, acclaimed US diplomat Dennis Ross divided his address between “good news, bad news and uncertain news”.

By Peter Kohn

Bob Carr speaking at an ALP policy forum on Palestine at Canterbury-Hurlstone RSL Club in Sydney on June 27. Photo: Shane Desiatnik

July 13, 2017, 10:33 am

Bob-sessive compulsive distorter

Bob Carr’s attacks on Israel and silence on China highlight his hypocrisy, writes Labor MP Michael Danby.

Federal Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek.

July 6, 2017, 12:02 am

Labor ‘urged’ to recognise Palestine

A PROPOSED motion urging the next Federal Labor government to recognise Palestine will be put forward at this month’s NSW Labor State Conference.

By Joshua Levi

June 29, 2017, 12:01 am

Carr’s conference call

LABOR frontbencher Anthony Albanese has refused to distance himself from comments by his former colleague Bob Carr who said this week that the ALP should “light up the sky with a resolution that says the next Labor federal government will recognise Palestine”.

By Shane Desiatnik

Benjamin Netanyahu farewelling Donald Trump at Ben Gurion airport on Tuesday.
Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO

May 25, 2017, 12:01 am

Music to Bibi’s ears

DONALD Trump left Israel on Tuesday after a whirlwind trip in which he made history as the first sitting US President to visit the Kotel – and appearing optimistic that he can go down in history as the man who will make peace.

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum.
Photo: Haim Zach, GPO

May 25, 2017, 12:00 am

Can dealmaker make the ultimate deal?

Did Donald Trump’s whistlestop trip to the region actually achieve anything or was it simply a chance for him to escape the whirlwind of hostile headlines back home and bask in the adoration that a president usually expects during the honeymoon period following his inauguration?

Australian War Graves director Ken Corke speaking at the launch of the In Their Steps exhibition at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Photo: Giselle Haber

April 30, 2017, 12:01 am

Bringing the Battle of Beersheva alive

Erenst Pauls' words and pictures form the backbone of a new exhibition called “In Their Steps” at the Sydney Jewish Museum presented by JNF Australia.

Nathan Jeffay (right) being briefed by an IDF captain on the Gaza border.

April 13, 2017, 12:01 am

Living in the shadow of terror

IN southern Israel, the start of Passover came with a sense of foreboding for some. “There’s an element of fear going into the chag,” said Yosef Dahan, a 74-year- old technician.

October 26, 2016, 2:49 pm

Lieberman: ‘Disarm and we’ll rebuild Gaza’

Israel will help to rebuild Gaza if Hamas disarms, the Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman has told a Palestinian newspaper.

September 29, 2016, 10:27 am

The hawk who became a dove

SHIMON Peres was a Pole who became an icon of Israel. He was a hawk who became the country’s most famous dove. He was a man who struggled for years to endear himself to the public – and finally became a national treasure.

September 4, 2016, 12:01 am

Putin to host peace talks?

The Palestinians are ready to participate in a peace initiative, the office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said this week.

Michah Lakin Avni and Karen Lakin. (Tovah Lazaroff / JPOST)

September 2, 2016, 12:01 am

Palestinian scouts glorify terrorist

From the moment his father was murdered in Jerusalem, Micah Lakin Avni knew that people would glorify the killers. But he never dreamed it would be scouts.

By Nathan Jeffay

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive Vic Alhadeff.

February 18, 2016, 9:35 am

Why this NSW Labor Conference was different

TWO years ago, 28 resolutions overwhelmingly critical of Israel were prepared for the 2014 NSW Labor Party conference. Not one came close to supporting Israel.

Tony Burke (left) and Bob Carr. Photo: AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

February 18, 2016, 12:00 am

NSW Labor ‘bullies’ rebuffed

“A REPUDIATION of hardline anti-Israel sentiment”, a “rebuff of bullies and censors”, “sensible”, “balanced”, “rational” and “measured” ... just some of the ways Labor MPs and communal leaders have this week described the resolution that was passed on the Israel-Palestine issue at the NSW Labor state conference last Sunday.

By Evan Zlatkis

February 11, 2016, 12:00 am

NSW Labor pains

NSW Labor delegates to this weekend’s state conference have proposed more motions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than on the environment or Indigenous affairs ... and more than all other motions concerning foreign policy put together.

By Evan Zlatkis

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