Anna Pasternak
Foundation for Defence of Democracies senior fellow Jonathan Conricus in Australia in February, 2025.
June 11, 2026, 8:00 am
Hezbollah can be defeated despite Iranian regime
Former IDF spokesperson outlines a strategy to weaken Hezbollah while strengthening Lebanon's sovereignty
By Anna Pasternak
Photo: supplied
June 3, 2026, 12:04 pm
Dear Hezbollah
We have been fighting this futile war of attrition for decades.
By Anna Pasternak
Iranian demonstrators holding pre-revolution Iranian flags and Israeli flags outside the Embassy of Iran in London in June, 2025. Photo: Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News/Jewish News UK
March 5, 2026, 11:30 am
The lions of Zion and Persia rise up
Across Iran and the diaspora, voices rise in solidarity, making clear the Iranian people are not the regime.
By Anna Pasternak
The IDF has given thousands of soldiers tickets to concerts as part of their scheme to reward reservists who have served lengthy stints in the war.
September 11, 2025, 12:01 pm
IDF soldiers and ‘frequent fighter points’
I recently became aware of an IDF initiative that aims to ease this toll by rewarding reservists who have served extended tours of duty,
By Anna Pasternak
Israeli planes carry out a drill off the coast of Israel, August 15, 2024. Photo: IDF
June 26, 2025, 1:37 pm
Operation Rising Lion: A modern-day miracle
"We are doing this for the peace of tomorrow. For our home. That is our mission."
By Anna Pasternak and TUVIA BOOK
AJN director Anna Pasternak.
April 30, 2025, 8:00 am
Just being there is being part of the story
Anna Pasternak reflects on a recent extended stay in Israel.
By Anna Pasternak
Kfir and Ariel Bibas.
February 26, 2025, 2:28 pm
Israelis are still waiting to exhale 
Only when the Hamas death cult is eradicated from the face of the earth, will Israelis be able to breathe again
By Anna Pasternak
Troops operating in Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, in an undated photo released by the military for publication on January 12, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 13, 2025, 1:09 pm
Trump’s ultimatum brings hope and fear
'Here in Israel there is a newfound hopefulness that the future may finally be better than the past'
By Anna Pasternak
Anna Pasternak
October 27, 2024, 6:00 am
Israel: Our tenacious country
I witnessed the immense pain and trauma this country has suffered, but I also saw the incredible strength and determination.
By Anna Pasternak
Memorial table at the Modiin Train station to a fallen employee.
September 23, 2024, 3:35 pm
Impressions of Israel
Everywhere you go there are stickers, posters, banners, and ad hoc memorials to fallen soldiers.
By Anna Pasternak
Anna Pasternak
March 28, 2024, 10:48 am
The blindfold has been ripped off
Tragically, the silence from the so-called moderate Palestinians following the massacre was and has remained deafening.
By Anna Pasternak
Kylie Moore-Gilbert. Photo: The Modern Middle East via AP
August 20, 2020, 12:00 am
Our community must rally to Kylie’s cause
'It is incumbent on us as a community to express our solidarity with Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert and ramp up international pressure on Iran's government to release her'.
By Anna Pasternak
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