Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Albanese pressures Netanyahu as Hamas rejects Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal
Hamas said the latest Israeli ceasefire proposal it received from Qatari and Egyptian mediators did not meet any of the demands of Palestinian factions.
- by Nidal al-Mughrabi
Latest
‘A pencil is not a weapon, but it can be’: What does Australia send to Israel?
The government says Australia does not supply weaponry to Israel. Meanwhile, the Greens and human rights groups are campaigning to immediately stop military exports. So who is telling the truth?
- by Matthew Knott
Dutton pushes back on PM appointing special adviser to Israel investigation
Anthony Albanese has tasked a top air force figure with testing the veracity of Israel’s claims about the death of an Australian aid worker, but the opposition leader has chastised the government’s approach.
- by Paul Sakkal
Opinion
Opinion
The Albanese government is finally awakening to the bleak nature of Israel’s fighting
In appointing a special adviser to review the investigation of seven aid workers, Australia is telegraphing its lack of confidence in the Israeli military justice system.
- by Ben Saul
After six months of war, is Israel any closer to defeating Hamas?
When Israel declared war against Hamas, it enjoyed broad backing at home and abroad. Six months later, Israel finds itself in a far different place.
- by Josef Federman
Israel is pulling troops from southern Gaza. Now the plan is to clear Hamas from Rafah
The withdrawal brings Israel’s troop presence to one of the lowest levels since the six-month war began, but officials say the IDF is merely regrouping.
- by Jack Jeffery and Tia Goldenberg
Opinion
Political leadership
Silence descends: Our inability to discuss difficult issues has never been more obvious
Never more than in the past week have we seen national discussion on major issues marked by the mass silencing of everyone outside the extremes.
- by Sean Kelly
After six months, Melbourne’s diasporas despair at a war with no end
Communities and supporters from both sides gathered around Melbourne on Sunday to mourn their dead, while grappling with the inconceivable trauma since the October 7 attack and bloody invasion of Gaza.
- by David Estcourt
Husic accuses Israeli government of ‘systematic failure’ over aid worker deaths
The Albanese government’s most senior minister of Muslim faith has delivered a stinging rebuke over the tragic incident.
- by James Massola
How and why the US gives billions of dollars of weapons to Israel every year
It was uncontroversial when the Obama administration signed a deal with Israel to provide weapons for a decade. Little thought was paid to how they might one day be used.
- by Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
Israeli hostage recovered in Gaza ‘killed months ago’, Netanyahu faces huge protests
The body of a hostage held in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip has been recovered, three months after he pleaded for his release in a video issued by his Palestinian captors.
- by Samy Magdy and Sam Metz