February
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
One Nation pales in comparison with vicious and evil Greens
Never has a political party so racist, confrontational and divisive been elected to the Australian parliament.
- Alexander Downer
January
Bill Ackman brings activist playbook to the culture wars
The investor fashioned a place for himself as an arbiter of how public companies should behave. He’s now using similar tactics to dictate terms far beyond business.
- Annie Massa, Katherine Burton and Amanda Gordon
December 2023
Leaders give their Christmas messages of thanks
Anthony Albanese has wished all Australians a Merry Christmas while paying tribute to those who are giving up their day to help others.
- Kaaren Morrissey and Dominic Giannini
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Antisemitism: A guide for the perplexed
It isn’t just Jews in the cross-hairs of antisemites. It’s freedom, education and human dignity.
- Bret Stephens
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The bigot’s guide to antisemitism
Anti-Jewish activists hide their prejudice behind euphemisms, criticism of Israel and the Palestinian cause, writes a Jewish journalist.
- Yair Rosenberg
November 2023
Business, community leaders join to condemn antisemitism
More than 600 of Australia’s business, political, sporting and community leaders have signed a statement rejecting hatred and discrimination.
- Phillip Coorey, Patrick Durkin and Aaron Weinman
Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it
The billionaire plays a uniquely potent role in the spate of hate flourishing across the internet, experts say.
- Elizabeth Dwoskin, Taylor Lorenz, Naomi Nix and Joseph Menn
IBM pulls ads after Musk supports antisemitic post
X employees are grappling with what to tell advertisers after Elon Musk’s comments that were seen as antisemitic.
- Updated
- Ryan Mac
Robyn Denholm, the Tesla chair who wasn’t there
Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off an antisemitic firestorm on his X platform. Where is chairwoman Robyn Denholm or board member James Murdoch?
- Mark Di Stefano
This is the end of Benjamin Netanyahu
Seventy per cent of Jewish Israelis want their prime minister to resign after the current fighting against Hamas ends.
- Yair Rosenberg
- Opinion
- World politics
Suella Braverman was sacked for being right
The British home secretary, who has been replaced by former PM David Cameron, championed traditional conservative policies on immigration, crime and economics.
- Jacob Rees-Mogg
Bill Ackman urges Harvard suspensions to tackle antisemitism
Tensions on US campuses, including top schools such as Stanford, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania, have surged since Hamas militants killed 1400 people last month.
- Janet Lorin
October 2023
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
How war in Israel stirs up Europe’s cocktail of divisions
Antisemitism, Islamic extremism, Islamophobia, far-right violence: these combustible cross-currents are sowing fear in Jewish communities and terror in Belgium.
- Hans van Leeuwen
March 2023
Federal ban on Nazi symbols looming
A federal ban on Nazi symbols appears likely after the government indicated support for an opposition push to impose fines and jail terms.
- Phillip Coorey
May 2021
- Opinion
- Opinion
Anti-Zionism equates with anti-Semitism
The latest Gaza conflict has allowed progressives to indulge an anti-Israel movement that keeps descending into the crudest forms of anti-Semitism.
- Bret Stephens
October 2020
British Labour leader Starmer boots out Jeremy Corbyn
The hard-left former leader downplayed a damning report into anti-Semitism on his watch, falling foul of Keir Starmer's 'zero tolerance' policy.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- Conspiracy theories
QAnon is thriving in Germany, and the extreme right is delighted
In Germany, like in the United States, far-right activists were the first to make QAnon an unexpected and volatile new political element when the authorities were already struggling to root out extremist networks.
- Updated
- Katrin Bennhold
Proud Boys' trade in political violence finds moment in the sun
The far-right band of brothers who have turned street thuggery into political theatre were not quite a household name before Donald Trump told them to "stand back and stand by".
- Neil MacFarquhar, Alan Feuer, Mike Baker and Sheera Frenkel
June 2020
AFR amends, defends, apologises for criticised cartoon
The Australian Financial Review’s David Rowe has adjusted a cartoon after complaints that it depicted the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in an anti-Semitic trope.
