Barack Obama
US President Donald Trump attends a working lunch with leaders of G7 and the Middle East, in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. Photo: Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP
June 19, 2026, 11:01 am
A catastrophic capitulation to Iran’s aggressors
In the US president’s reality-challenged view, Israel is an ingrate and a warmonger, while Iran’s mass-murdering leaders are ‘very rational.’ They are indeed all too rational, and he, clearly, is not
By DAVID HOROVITZ
Alan Dershowitz with Colonel Richard Kemp. Photo: Giselle Haber
March 1, 2018, 3:10 pm
Dershowitz inspires thousands in Sydney
ANY event with Professor Alan Dershowitz as a keynote speaker is bound to be special, but the 2000-plus audience at UIA NSW's gala event in Sydney last Sunday were, unexpectedly, treated to much more than an inspirational speech.
By Shane Desiatnik
Tamir Pardo (right) being interviewed by Yoav Limor. Photo: Peter Haskin.
September 10, 2017, 12:01 am
A tale of two servants
"YOU can succeed – or you can explain," is the reality of life in the Mossad as expressed by former director Tamir Pardo at the Jewish National Fund (JNF) annual dinner last Sunday.
Malcolm Turnbull (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO
January 25, 2017, 2:44 pm
Bibi bound for US but Australia trip still planned
AFTER less than 48 hours in his new job, Donald Trump rushed to invite Israel’s Prime Minister to the White House.
Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
January 25, 2017, 2:29 pm
‘We are building and will continue to build’
ISRAEL has announced the construction of 2500 new homes in the West Bank, in the biggest building coup for settlers since 2013.
The front cover of The Spectator Australia's January 7, 2017 edition.
January 19, 2017, 9:17 am
Magazine defends Holocaust cover
The Spectator Australia has defended a decision to publish on its cover an illustration of a death camp prisoner with a tattoo on their arm after it was described this week as “disturbing” and “deeply insulting”.
By Evan Zlatkis
Outgoing US President Barack Obama.
January 11, 2017, 3:00 pm
Obama lists Iran deal among successes
In his farewell address, outgoing US President Barack Obama listed the Iran nuclear agreement as one of his administration's signature accomplishments, stating that it "shut down Iran’s nuclear weapons program without firing a shot".
President Barack Obama welcomes Israeli President Shimon Peres in the Oval Office Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza.
October 6, 2016, 9:49 am
The end of the era of giants
For all the ­high-profile mourners at Shimon Peres’ funeral in Jerusalem, it was his daughter who summed up the man in less than a dozen words.
Professor Efraim Inbar.
February 12, 2016, 12:00 am
‘Anything is better than Obama’
IS the United States’ widely perceived retreat from the Middle East for keeps, or “an historic accident”?
By Peter Kohn
The late Yitzhak Rabin.
November 5, 2015, 12:00 am
Reflections on Rabin’s legacy
AS 100,000 people joined together in central Tel Aviv on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, community leaders in Australia reflected on the life and legacy of the slain prime ­minister.
Elliott Abrams.
September 18, 2015, 12:00 am
Mid East under the spotlight
ISRAEL’S relations with several of its Arab neighbours have never been ­better.
By Evan Zlatkis
Isi Leibler.
August 12, 2015, 12:00 am
‘Obama bad for Jews, world’
ISI Leibler pulled no punches in a frank assessment of the Jewish world he gave late last month.
By Peter Kohn
Alan Johnson at an AIJAC briefing last week.
August 5, 2015, 12:00 am
Fearing Iran in 2025
THE deal between the P5+1 nations and Iran is essentially “a wager by the United States that Iran will undergo regime change”, because the consequences in the second decade after the agreement would otherwise be dire.
By Peter Kohn
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
July 16, 2015, 12:00 am
Local dismay over Iran deal
AS Australia woke to the news yesterday that an agreement had been reached with Iran to curb its nuclear program, critics were already dissecting and finding problems with the deal.
By Gareth Narunsky
July 28, 2014, 3:20 am
Obama and UN officially calls for unconditional cease-fire
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