Anthony Bergin
PM Anthony Albanese visiting Melbourne's Adass Israel Synagogue after a firebombing in December 2024. Photo: AAP Image/Joel Carrett
March 21, 2025, 10:29 am
Antisemitism and Islamophobia are not the same
By GREG ROSE and Anthony Bergin
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: Giselle Haber. On January 21, 2025, he finally called a meeting of national cabinet to discuss rising antisemitism.
December 12, 2024, 1:47 pm
Israel, Palestine and Labor’s ideological bonfire
'It's as if a rupture in Australia–Israel ties is the Albanese government's desired policy goal'
By Anthony Bergin and Mike Kelly
November 21, 2024, 11:40 am
We are party to UN anti-Israel shame
The victims of this disruption were the children, parents and relatives targeted for wanting to be at this annual Christmas event.
By Anthony Bergin
Education Minister Jason Clare. Photo: Facebook
October 29, 2024, 4:15 pm
Clare’s accusation of war crimes aimed at the wrong target
There’s no comparison between those who deliberately kill innocents as their goal and those who cause unavoidable civilian deaths when fighting their adversaries.
By Anthony Bergin
A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) armoured personnel carrier on patrol in southern Lebanon. Photo: Rabih Daher/AFP
October 20, 2024, 8:00 am
Israel’s force must be supported
Israel's in a tough neighbourhood: refusing to use force simply sends a message of weakness.
By Anthony Bergin
The pro Palestinian encampment at the University of Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin
May 23, 2024, 4:50 pm
‘The truth is found only when sought’
'It is time to step up to the information warfare challenge or else watch our democracy corrode steadily from within'
By Mike Kelly and Anthony Bergin
Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese and Justin Trudeau share a moment at the ASEAN Summit in Indonesia in September 2023. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas. Inset: Christopher Luxon.
February 29, 2024, 6:07 pm
No understanding of realities on the ground
By Anthony Bergin and GREG ROSE
UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini. Photo: Jean-Guy Python/Pool/AFP
February 1, 2024, 9:00 am
Australia should support replacing UNRWA
UNRWA is the largest aid body operating in Gaza, where it has 13,000 employees, almost all Gazans.
By Anthony Bergin and Gregory Rose
Ambulances at the entrance to emergency at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 15. Photo: Dawood Nemer / AFP
November 14, 2023, 9:32 pm
Israel is playing by the rules in war against Hamas
It is a war crime to compromise the status of hospitals by using them to cover military facilities and operations
By Anthony Bergin
IDF ground forces operate in the northern Gaza Strip, in this photo released for publication on November 7, 2023. Photo: Israel Defence Forces
November 8, 2023, 1:39 pm
Israel won’t seek ‘pause’ without hostage guarantee
Temporary humanitarian corridors might be feasible and negotiated in return for the freedom of hostages
By GREG ROSE and Anthony Bergin
Australian men and women recreate the last cavalry charge of the Battle of Be'er Sheva on October 31, 2012. Photo: EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
December 1, 2022, 8:42 am
Enhancing our security relationship
Named after the Battle of Be’er Sheva, the Dialogue is the peak independent platform for security exchange between the two nations.
By Anthony Bergin
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