Former prime minister John Howard and his long-term foreign minister Alexander Downer have jointly condemned the Albanese Government’s decision to recognise Palestine before a peace process is settled.
Katina Curtis
Israel says its forces have killed Abu Obeida, the chief spokesman for Hamas’s military wing, in an air strike on Gaza, marking the latest high-profile loss for the group.
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Lili Bayer
Australia marked a dramatic shift in its relationship with Iran for the first time in over seven decades when Anthony Albanese addressed a press conference on Tuesday.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Israeli defence forces have recovered two bodies from Gaza, and identified the first as Ilan Weiss, who was killed on October 7, 2023.
Eloise Budimlich
A counter-terrorism task force is probing an alleged plan to seize a commercial plane in Australia and force it to the Middle East.
Kimberley Braddish
Iran’s ambassador to Australia Ahmad Sadeghi was believed to be flying out of Sydney late on Thursday after waving ‘bye, bye’ just hours before his mandatory expulsion from the country.
MARK RILEY: With thousands of Australians left in Iran, deep concern now swamps curiosity about Anthony Albanese’s expulsion decision.
Mark Riley
The struggle over Palestine and Israel is being waged with a vitriol and intensity that suggests the age-old conflict has become firmly rooted in Australia.
Aaron Patrick
The Opposition and Australian Jewish groups have slammed the Albanese Government for not heeding their warnings to classify a branch of Iran’s military as an official terrorist organisation sooner.
Katina Curtis and Caitlyn Rintoul
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese insists his government will ‘continue’ to work ‘each and every day’ to make Australia’s Jewish community safe from the Revolutionary Guard in Iran.
Caleb Runciman
The expulsion of Iran’s envoy comes after a string of controversies since taking on the role in Canberra in mid-2023 and multiple calls for the Albanese Government to send him packing.
The state-backed military force accused of orchestrating firebombings against Australia’s Jewish community has a history of violent terrorism against the West. What is it and how does it use its power?
Charlton Hart
AARON PATRICK: Is foreign funding behind large street large rallies that put pressure on Australia to take a tougher stance against Israel?
Australia will work to list a branch of Iran’s military as an official terrorist organisation in the wake of shocking Iran orchestrated anti-Semitic attacks in Australia and two years after Coalitions calls.
Anthony Albanese has expelled Iran’s Ambassador to Australia Ahmad Sadeghi and three other officials and accused the Middle East nation of orchestrated attacks on Jewish communities.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has responded after Israeli strikes killed 20 people, including five journalists.
Staff Writers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has doubled down on his criticism of Anthony Albanese, saying his ‘record is forever tarnished by the weakness’ he showed ‘in the face of ‘Hamas terrorist mentors’.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Katina Curtis
Israel has cancelled the visas of Australian diplomats operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, saying the decision to block a far-right MP from speaking in Australia was ‘shameful’.
Latika M Bourke
Hamas says it has accepted a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, as the world awaits Israel's response.
Nidal al-Mughrabi
The Middle East is a complication wrapped in a complexity, mired in confusion, and the perils for little players are big.
The Prime Minister has blamed the media and the Opposition for feeding Hamas propaganda, deflecting criticism from his own move to recognise Palestinian statehood.
Hamas has hailed the Albanese Government’s ‘political courage’ in recognising a Palestinian statehood, a move the Opposition says proves the PM is ‘out of his depth’.
Anthony Albanese says Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘in denial’ about the consequences of the war in Gaza on innocent civilians as he defended his government’s call to recognise Palestinian statehood.
Australia will recognise the state of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September after Anthony Albanese said he had secured guarantees from the Palestinian Authority.
