Palestine

Australia's ambassador to the UN, James Larsen, speaking to the general assembly after the vote.

September 19, 2024, 11:10 am

Australia abstains on controversial UN Israel vote

Australia has abstained from casting its vote on a controversial UN motion drafted by the Palestinian Authority demanding an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank.

By AJN STAFF

File: Riyad Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a United Nations General Assembly meeting about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on November 28, 2023. Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP

May 9, 2024, 11:13 am

ECAJ, ZFA urges Wong to reject Palestine UN vote

‘A Palestinian state cannot be declared into existence. It must exist in fact. This requires the establishment of institutions which are performing all of the functions of a state’

By AJN STAFF

South African ambassador Vusimuzi Madonsela at the ICJ in The Hague.
Photo: Patrick Post/AP

February 22, 2024, 1:57 pm

Israel back at world court

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement that the case that opened on Monday was "aimed at harming Israel's rights to defend itself from existential threats".

By TOI STAFF

Members of the Hamas and the Islamic Jihad terror groups release Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 28, 2023. Photo: Flash90/The Times of Israel.

December 12, 2023, 12:48 pm

More ‘terrible’ details on treatment of hostages emerge

“One of the girls was given ketamine for a few weeks."

By AFP and TOI STAFF

Gov. Hochul said she had directed the New York State Police and the state’s national guard to be on high alert and step up patrols of at-risk sites for Hanukkah, following the firing of shots at an Albany synagogue on Dec. 7, 2023. (Photo: Jason Lawrence/Wikimedia Commons/New York Jewish Week.)

December 8, 2023, 11:39 am

Shots fired at New York synagogue with preschool, suspect in custody

The suspect reportedly shouted “Free Palestine” during the incident.

By LUKE TRESS

Israeli hostages released on November 30, 2023: Top L-R: Siblings Bilal and Aisha Ziyadne, Ilana Gritzewsky, Nili Margalit; bottom: Shani Goren, Amit Soussana, Sapir Cohen, Mia Schem. Photo: Courtesy; combination image: The Times of Israel.

December 1, 2023, 10:18 am

8 Israeli hostages freed from Gaza at end of seventh day of truce

Two women returned in late afternoon, while six others released to Israel shortly before midnight; unclear whether ceasefire will be extended further.

By AMY SPIRO and TOI STAFF

Students at the Fadwa Touqan Mixed Elementary School in Nablus draw pictures of Hamas terrorists on gliders, on October 15. Photo: Facebook screenshot

November 27, 2023, 6:47 am

Watchdog’s report PA schools celebrated October 7 Hamas massacres

“These findings indicate that the next generation of Palestinians are being desensitised to violence and death, to see Jews and Israelis as inhuman creatures..."

By AJN STAFF

November 24, 2023, 7:27 am

Who are the Indigenous People of Palestine?

Over the following centuries, small communities of Jews always remained in the land of Israel, and those in exile prayed every day to return. Sovereignty was never ceded.

By Mordechai Smith

Pro-Palestinian activists outside the US Consulate in Johannesburg on November 4. Photo: Marco Longari / AFP

November 22, 2023, 8:20 am

Israel recalls envoy to South Africa after Pretoria calls for Netanyahu’s arrest

The South African gov’t has repeatedly described Israel’s campaign in Gaza as ‘genocide’ and has filed a referral to the International Criminal Court against Israel for war crimes.

By JEREMY SHARON

School girls watch as UNRWA commissioner-general Pierre Krahenbuhl gives a press conference in Gaza in 2018. Photo: AP Photo/Adel Hana

November 12, 2023, 6:57 am

UNRWA staff praised massacres

"...the study found that at least 100 Hamas members who have carried out terror attacks against Israelis in recent years are graduates of the UNRWA education system."

By JEREMY SHARON

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) shaking hands with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in February 2020. Photo: Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool/ File

November 7, 2023, 6:54 am

Turkey’s Erdogan says Hamas aren’t terrorists

Erdogan's defence of Hamas and accusations against Israel put heavy strain on efforts to warm ties over the past year-and-a-half, after years of animosity.

By LAZAR BERMAN

Palestinian flags flying over Melbourne's Federation Square last Friday.

November 2, 2023, 1:14 pm

Palestinian flags fly at Fed Square

The flags were flown ahead of a vigil by Palestinian groups including the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN), who originally booked Federation Square to mark Palestine National Day.

By Bruce Hill

A pro-Palestine rally in Sydney. Photo: Anna Arkayeva/TASS/Sipa USA

October 26, 2023, 11:51 am

Unions appear to excuse Hamas

A 'Solidarity with Palestine' statement was signed by up to 2000 members from Australia's largest unions, while the NSW Teachers Federation were slammed for their statement.

By Shane Desiatnik and Carly Adno

Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on August 4. Photo: Wissam Khalifa/PPO/AFP

October 25, 2023, 7:11 am

Abbas seems to backtrack on comments

According to WAFA, Abbas stressed to Biden "the necessity of stopping all attacks and respecting international humanitarian law" in Gaza.

A blood-soaked child's bed in Kibbutz Kfar Aza seen in a photo shared by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the aftermath of the Hamas assault on October 7. Photo: X/Netanyahu

October 19, 2023, 1:34 pm

We stand together in defence of Israel

Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Simon Birmingham writes, "The support for Israel and unconditional condemnation of Hamas from the Liberal and National parties is absolute. I am confident these sentiments are shared by the overwhelming majority of Australians."

By SIMON BIRMINGHAM