Israel may win the war, but its reputation has been tarnished beyond repair
October 8, 2025 | Jamie Hyams
Israel has since been forced to fight two parallel wars — an exceptionally successful military campaign, and a propaganda war, where it has done poorly, with the odds stacked against it.
Wounds will heal, but scars remain as Israel marks two years since Hamas massacre
October 8, 2025 | Justin Amler
The horrors unfolding were far away from us in Australia, yet I, like the rest of the Jewish community, felt their impact so personally, leaving us with a sickening, helpless feeling of dread.
‘The worst two years’: Israeli lives remain entangled with grief and hope
October 8, 2025 | Ran Porat
Much of the world has since moved on from the events of that terrible day, focusing attention instead on the high death toll and widespread destruction in Gaza following Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip. But Israelis remain trapped in a psychological time loop, a kind of “Groundhog Day” of horror, reliving the nightmare…
Abbas said some positive sounding things in UN speech – pity they are so far-fetched
September 30, 2025 | Oved Lobel
It seems clear the Abbas-led PA is not capable of real reform, as it has demonstrated for decades. But even if it were, it has almost no support among Palestinians and no means of enforcing its writ even in the West Bank, much less Gaza. Unless and until that changes, Abbas’ commitments and call for peaceful coexistence in this speech will remain as symbolic and meaningless as the recognition of Palestine by Australia and other Western countries.
Media Matters: The ABC’s blind spot
August 17, 2025 | Allon Lee
Towns and villages flattened as far as the eye can see. Exhausted civilians desperately seeking an end to their misery but led by a pitiless leadership that refuses to surrender. Not Gaza in 2025 – but Japan in the final months of World War II.
Essay: Antisemitism – What everyone needs to know
September 19, 2025 | David Harris
Above all, antisemitism is an enduring and infinitely adaptable conspiracy theory. It ascribes to Jews, as a group, malevolent characteristics and aims. Even if historical circumstances should change over time, those essential characteristics and aims do not.
