Today
Netanyahu under pressure from far right to reject Biden ceasefire deal
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir said they would break up the government if it takes the deal.
- Sam Mednick and Wafaa Shurafa
Yesterday
Biden presents new Israel ceasefire plan
The three-phase plan would progress from an initial ceasefire to a permanent end to hostilities and the release of all hostages.
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- Steve Holland
May
Rich Lister Charlie Shahin’s hopes for peace in Gaza
Seven decades ago Charlie Shahin’s parents were forced out of Palestine. This weekend he is on the way back to the Middle East.
- Emma Connors
Israel seizes control of Gaza border with Egypt, cutting off Hamas
Israel said it has secured control of Gaza’s southern border with Egypt and discovered numerous smuggling tunnels, in moves that raised tensions with its neighbour.
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- Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy
Israeli tanks, combat team advance into heart of Rafah
Tanks and armoured vehicles mounted with machine guns were spotted near Al-Awda mosque, a city landmark.
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- Cassandra Vinograd, Hiba Yazbek and Thomas Fuller
Where have all the good managers gone?
Readers’ letters on Australia’s dearth of quality managers; a tax system fit for AI; skilled migrants driving Ubers; a proportionate response in Gaza; why live exports matter; and worry over climate change.
Rafah strike will be Netanyahu’s undoing
Readers’ letters on horrific scenes in Rafah; The AFR View on ICC indictments; Labor’s equivocating over Gaza; the key to useful airport links; and what’s really behind the $1 billion grant for PsiQuantum.
Israel’s ‘unbearable’ Rafah strike triggers global outrage
Israel faced widespread international condemnation for the airstrike that killed dozens of Palestinians in a camp for displaced civilians in Rafah.
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- Isabel Kershner
‘River to the Sea’ explained in one map and two charts
The slogan is a kind of Rorschach test for people in the pro-Israel and pro-Palestine camps – and Canberra is struggling to bridge the gap.
- Emma Connors
Israeli says air strike that killed 35 in Rafah ‘under review’
The strike took place in Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood in western Rafah, where thousands of people were taking shelter after many fled the eastern areas of the city.
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- Ethan Bronner
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden has a chance to do the right thing in Gaza
Without any clear plan for post-conflict Gaza or the West Bank, Joe Biden’s Middle East policy is in tatters.
- Nicholas Kristof
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Defiant Israel shrugs off global wall of opposition
Benjamin Netanyahu faced a call for arrest warrants over Gaza and an order to halt a Rafah assault. But the diplomatic blows are unlikely to halt Israel’s charge.
- James Shotter
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Top UN court orders Israel to stop Rafah operation
Israel is unlikely to comply with the order from the International Court of Justice, but the ruling adds more pressure to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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- Mike Corder
Israeli forces recover bodies of three more hostages in northern Gaza
Roughly 125 living and dead hostages now remain in Gaza, according to Israeli authorities. Talks to secure their return have stalled.
- Aaron Boxerman and Johnatan Reiss
- Exclusive
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
International court has received $50m from Australian taxpayers
Australia is one of the biggest bankrollers of the International Criminal Court, which wants to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Who’s in more trouble: Israel or Iran?
Middle East conflict is making Iran’s clerical regime seem ever more fragile, and Israel’s sense of nationhood even stronger.
- Bret Stephens
Furious Israel pulls funding after Palestinian state recognition
Tel Aviv will not transfer much-needed funds to the Palestinian Authority after three European countries decided to recognise a Palestinian state.
- Aaron Boxerman
Norway, Ireland, Spain recognise Palestinian state in ‘historic’ move
Israel’s foreign minister branded the three countries’ decision a “distorted step”, which shows “terrorism pays” and immediately recalled its ambassadors.
- Joseph Wilson
Dutton open to cutting ties with ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has floated cutting ties with the International Criminal Court amid a deepening political row over an arrest warrant being sought for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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- Andrew Tillett
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Why ICC arrest warrants are rare good news for Netanyahu
Israel’s prime minister, a renowned political phoenix, may have been given a political lifeline and a boost of public support, though this may be short-lived.
- Isabel Kershner
