Syria
Benjamin Netanyahu meeting John Bolton. Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO
January 10, 2019, 12:00 am
US seeks to reassure Israel over Syria
After a fortnight of frenzy, Israel's security officials relaxed on Sunday, when America slowed the timetable for its pullout from Syria.
By Nathan Jeffay
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki this week. Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
July 19, 2018, 12:00 am
Trump and Putin discuss Syria
In past discussions Trump has shown naivety about Russia’s seriousness about threats from Syria, and all indications after this week’s summit are that he is becoming less assertive, not more, with Putin.
By Nathan Jeffay
Benjamin Netanyahu holding a press conference with Angela Merkel earlier this week. Photo: Haim Zach/GPO
June 7, 2018, 12:00 am
Iran steps up nuclear enrichment
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said that he is ordering preparations for the increase of uranium enrichment, within the limits of Iran's nuclear deal "for the time being".
By Nathan Jeffay
A statue of an Israeli soldier at Ben Tal next to the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights. Photo: EPA/Atef Safadi
April 19, 2018, 12:00 am
Golan Heights residents fear escalation
As world powers decide their next steps for a volatile Syria, in the largest Jewish town in the Golan Heights, the security chief is preparing bomb shelters.
By Nathan Jeffay
Following the suspected chemical attack, a man carries a child into a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun. Photo: Edlib Media Center, via AP
April 12, 2018, 1:10 pm
Chemical attack in Syria outrages Israelis
It is just over 65 kilometres from Israel to Douma, where a toxic attack has killed an estimated 70 people, injured many others, and provided the world with a reminder of the devastation that man can wreak with chemicals.
By Nathan Jeffay
Benjamin Netanyahu holds a part of a downed drone during his speech at the Munich Security Conference. Photo: Lennart Preiss/MSC 2018/dpa via AP
February 23, 2018, 12:00 am
Netanyahu to Iran: ‘Do not test Israel’s resolve’
Iran will retaliate against any "unwise move" from Israel by flattening Tel Aviv and killing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a senior official in Tehran has threatened.
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
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
A Palestinian woman carries her child past the security barrier near the village of Abu Dis. Photo: Brian Hendler/JTA
June 1, 2017, 12:01 am
Time to end the occupation
FIFTY years ago, Israel braced itself for war. Egypt, Jordan and Syria surrounded the country and proclaimed Israel’s imminent destruction. But Israel struck first, delivering a fatal blow to Egypt’s air force within hours of the war beginning.
The USS Porter firing a Tomahawk missile at a Syrian military airfield last Friday. Photo: Ford Williams/US. Navy via Getty Images/JTA
April 13, 2017, 12:00 am
Israeli leaders welcome US Syria strike
Israeli leaders across the political spectrum have welcomed the airstrikes on a Syrian base, applauding Donald Trump’s decision to retaliate after the Syrian regime attacked its own people with chemical weapons.
December 22, 2016, 12:02 am
World has failed Syria
As the news from Aleppo sinks in, Israeli politicians are responding angrily, members of the public are demonstrating, and a furious monologue by a Tel Aviv-based Arab journalist is going viral.
By Nathan Jeffay
Ze'ev Elkin in Sydney this week. Photo: Elena Marguleva
September 23, 2016, 9:34 am
Peace, Putin and protecting the environment
ISRAEL'S Minister of Environmental Protection Ze’ev Elkin visited Australia this week, meeting with state and federal MPs to try and establish deep cooperation between Israel and Australia in the field of environmental protection.
By Evan Zlatkis
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
October 29, 2015, 12:00 am
Bishop: No shift in Iran policy
FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop declared there has been no shift in Australia’s foreign policy towards Iran and Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria when she met with leaders of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) last week.
By Evan Zlatkis
Michael Danby. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 23, 2015, 12:00 am
ALP urges Iran debate
DEPUTY Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek has officially added her voice to that of her colleague Michael Danby, moving a motion in Parliament this week calling for a parliamentary debate on Australia’s strategy on Syria and Iran.
By Gareth Narunsky
Elliott Abrams.
September 18, 2015, 12:00 am
Mid East under the spotlight
ISRAEL’S relations with several of its Arab neighbours have never been ­better.
By Evan Zlatkis
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