United Nations

Julie Bishop addresses the UIA NSW Women’s Division. Photo: Zohar Izenberg

April 1, 2019, 12:00 am

AUSTRALIA is one of a small handful of countries prepared to stand up and vote against one-sided antisemitic resolutions at the UN General Assembly, former foreign minister Julie Bishop said.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

March 29, 2019, 12:00 am

Australia backs Israel at the UN

SCOTT Morrison's government has received kudos from the Jewish community for its stand against a spate of anti-Israel resolutions by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

By Peter Kohn

Arsen Ostrovsky speaking outside the United Nations in Geneva last week.

March 28, 2019, 3:15 pm

The deck of cards is stacked entirely against Israel

THE United Nations has long been a place of darkness for the Jewish people and the State of Israel.

By Arsen Ostrovsky

David Ben-Gurion declares Israel's independence. Photo: Zoltan Kluger/GPO

February 1, 2019, 12:00 am

Seventy years on: recognising reality

JANUARY 29, 2019 marked the 70th anniversary of an obscure and long-forgotten event in the history of Australia's international relations: the day Australia recognised Israel.

By Peter Wertheim

Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaking at the Sydney Institute last Saturday.
Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

December 20, 2018, 6:45 pm

Mixed reaction to Prime Minister’s announcement

THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has called Labor's pledge to reverse the Morrison government's recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital "hasty and ill-advised".

By Gareth Narunsky

December 7, 2018, 10:05 am

UN fails to condemn Hamas

October 11, 2018, 12:01 am

Haley stepping down as US ambassador to the UN

NIKKI Haley, the US envoy to the United Nations and a strong defender of Israel in the world body, will leave her post by the end of this year.

Marise Payne addressing the UN General Assembly. Photo: UN Photo/Loey Felipe

October 11, 2018, 12:01 am

Payne’s painful silence on the Iranian threat

MARISE Payne is the new Foreign Minister of Australia; she will be an even blander version of Julie Bishop. Her first speech to the United Nations was an extremely cautious restatement of the Coalition's foreign policy in her first international platform. As The Australian newspaper editorialised, she lost an opportunity to give real meaning "to Australia's stance on global issues".

Julie Bishop speaking at Beth Weizmann Community Centre in Melbourne last year. Photo: Ren Rizzolo

September 4, 2018, 9:35 am

‘Israel support to continue’

AUSTRALIA'S new Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne will continue to support the State of Israel, according to Liberal deputy leader Josh Frydenberg.

Kofi Annan (right) meeting Israel's then prime minister Ariel Sharon in 2005. Photo: GPO

August 23, 2018, 12:00 am

Tributes flow for Kofi Annan

Annan’s unshakable stance against anti-Semitism has dominated the tributes to him in Israel and the Jewish world since his death on Saturday, aged 80.

By Nathan Jeffay

Palestinian protesters during clashes with Israeli security forces on the Gaza Israeli border on July 20. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

August 23, 2018, 12:00 am

Hamas and PA clash over Israel talks

Palestinian politics has been turned on its head, with Hamas deep in negotiations with Israel and the moderate Palestinian Authority furious about the process.

By Nathan Jeffay

Abetz: "Not one cent" of our foreign aid should back terrorism.

July 8, 2018, 12:00 am

None of our foreign aid should back terrorism

I firmly believe that right around the world, we should take a much tougher approach to the misuse and abuse of our foreign aid budget.

Israelis react in a shelter on Tuesday after a siren is sounded, in a kibbutz near the Gaza border. Photo: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

May 31, 2018, 12:00 am

Israelis injured in rocket attack from Gaza

Israelis were forced to seek shelter on Tuesday as the south was pounded by rockets from Gaza, hitting a number of targets including a kindergarten. The attack, by Gaza militants, was the biggest barrage into Israel for four years.

By Nathan Jeffay

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

Julie Bishop addressing the Celebrating Israel event in Canberra.

December 8, 2017, 12:00 am

Pollies mark partition anniversary

ISRAEL is "a beacon of democracy in a very troubled neighbourhood", Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on the 70th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) partition resolution which led to the establishment of the country.

By Joshua Levi

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