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Israelis take shelter in Tel Aviv during a barrage of missile. Photo: TOI
June 16, 2025, 4:15 pm
Australia working on plans to assist stranded Australians
The Australian Government is trying to organise a bus to take stranded Australians in Israel to Jordan, but it's been described as a 'dump and run bus'.
By AJN STAFF
A man walks with a vest bearing the logo of the UN at a school run by UNRWA in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 14, 2023. (The Times of Israel: Said Khatib/AFP)
February 22, 2024, 11:26 am
DFAT grilled on UNRWA
"It's generally known that there are at least several organisations that their agenda is to focus on misconduct by UNRWA," says Marc Innes-Brown.
By Gareth Narunsky
August 5, 2014, 12:00 am
Flag burnings “disgusting”
JEWISH community groups have condemned the burning of an Israeli flag and an Australian flag by pro-Palestinian protesters in the Melbourne CBD.
By Peter Kohn
July 24, 2014, 12:36 pm
Anti-Israel protesters burn flags
THE Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) has condemned the burning of an Australian and Israeli flag outside the Melbourne office of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) by students believed to be from the Socialist Alternative.
August 15, 2013, 2:00 am
Carr’s contentious comments condemned
FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr was condemned by communal leaders this week for claiming that the federal Labor government views all Israeli settlements as illegal.
By Gareth Narunsky
May 17, 2013, 12:00 am
Our new man in Israel
AUSTRALIA’s next Ambassador to Israel hopes to change what he says is “a bit of a one-dimensional impression” of Israel among the wider Australian public.
By Gareth Narunsky
December 11, 2012, 12:00 am
Reassurance received over Qantas deal
THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) appears to have given an assurance sought by the Australian Jewish community about travellers with Israeli stamps in their passports being allowed to enter the country.
By Peter Kohn
Member for Melbourne Ports, Michael Danby, will join his Liberal and Greens rivals in a debate on June 22.
December 23, 2011, 12:00 am
Australia changes UN vote
FEDERAL Labor MP Michael Danby and former foreign minister Alexander Downer are among several voices who have shown concern after Australia changed its vote on three annual United Nations (UN) resolutions relating to Israel last month.
By Gareth Narunsky
Kevin Rudd.
June 10, 2011, 4:48 pm
Rudd comes down hard on Syria
FOREIGN Minister Kevin Rudd last Wednesday upgraded Australia’s sanctions against Syria for the third time in recent weeks.
December 3, 2010, 9:50 am
WikiLeaks may shed light on Dubai scandal
CABLEGATE, the name the internet site WikiLeaks has given to its controversial decision to publish hundreds of thousands of classified US embassy cables online, may potentially reveal insights into this year's Dubai passport scandal.
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