Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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AFP launches investigation into flotilla activists’ rape, abuse claims against Israel
Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with four Global Sumud flotilla participants in Canberra alongside senior AFP officers to hear their allegations.
- Matthew Knott
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- Bondi shooting
Despite our pain, the Jewish community refuses to wallow in anger
Six months on from the Bondi massacre, Australia’s Jews are in the second stage of their mourning. Next, we will seek light to dispel the darkness.
- Alex Ryvchin
Israel lashes Australia for ‘disgraceful’ sanctions on extremist settlers
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her counterparts from France, the UK, Canada and Norway said: “For too long, violent settlers have been able to act with near impunity.”
- Matthew Knott
‘Genuinely frightened’: Jewish students targeted with slurs during interschool sport
Independent schools will meet later this month to discuss how to tackle antisemitism, including changes to the curriculum, amid a wave of alarming incidents among students.
- Nicole Precel
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Wong says she believes Australian activists were sexually abused by Israeli soldiers
The foreign minister defended her feminist credentials in a fiery Senate exchange in which she said she was open to meeting the flotilla activists.
- Matthew Knott
He played Dodi Al-Fayed in The Crown. Now Khalid Abdalla is on stage in Melbourne
There were calls to cancel the Anglo-Egyptian actor’s show Nowhere after Bondi. Now he’s brought it to Rising festival.
- Karl Quinn
Israeli restaurant Miznon closes in Collingwood after two years
The venue quietly shut its doors for the last time two weeks ago, with owners saying: “We gave it our best, and it did not work out.”
- Cara Waters
Flotilla activists take evidence of alleged abuse to The Hague
Australians detained by Israel while attempting to deliver aid to Gaza have lodged serious abuse and mistreatment allegations with the International Criminal Court.
- Nigel Gladstone
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- Middle East at war
While bombs drop on Lebanon, I grieve: We are safe, but my loved ones are not
Israel intensified its assault on southern Lebanon on Thursday night, ordering the population to leave.
- Lyda Dankha
Australian government ‘deeply alarmed’ over flotilla activists’ claims of abuse in Israeli custody
Israel’s ambassador to Australia said “no one was hurt” when 428 participants were intercepted at sea and detained. The Australians who have just been released from prison say otherwise.
- Bronte Gossling and William Davis