Salman Rushdie: ‘Free Palestine is a Taliban-like state’

Indian-born British-American novelist Salman Rushdie warned on Sunday that a Palestinian state would be a Taliban state, speaking in an interview with Germany’s Bild newspaper. Read more

Universities step up action in push to end encampments

Universities are ramping up action against pro-Palestine protesters defying orders to disband encampments as demonstrations stretch into the end of the semester. Read more

Guterres: Relocate Gazans & back Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued this warning to the Security Council on 18 April: Read more

Billy Elliot The Musical

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Rootless Cosmopolitans

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First Read more

Hostages Shani Louk, Amit Buskala and Yitzhak Gelerenter laid to rest

Israelis paid their last respects on Sunday to three of four hostages whose bodies were recovered from northern Gaza during the weekend. Read more

Parade: a musical reviewed by Ben Apfelbaum

The legendary producer and director Harold Prince conceived and directed this musical on Broadway. Read more

UNRWA meets the Spanish Inquisition

The collaboration between UNRWA, the U.N. agency solely dedicated to Palestinian refugees and their descendants, and the Hamas rulers of Gaza continues unabated. Read more

Buried facts about the Gaza war

The extent to which the political class and the media are burying facts that undermine their poisonous narrative in order to defame and undermine Israel’s war of survival has become simply jaw-dropping. Read more

Rally against antisemitism and hate held in Melbourne

Around three thousand Christians and Jews from diverse communities held a peaceful rally against hate and antisemitism out in front of Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne, this afternoon. Read more

Saudi crown prince meets US national security adviser

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan have met to discuss an almost “finalised” draft of a deal between Washington and Riyadh, the Saudi state news agency says. Read more

Israel announces recovery of fourth hostage’s body

The Israel Defence Forces announced it recovered the body of a fourth hostage on Saturday night, 53-year-old Ron Benjamin. Read more

Gantz threatens to quit Israeli cabinet over Gaza plan

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has demanded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commit to an agreed vision for the Gaza conflict that includes stipulating who might rule the territory after the war with Hamas. Read more

On the other hand

Seventy-five per cent of Israel’s vegetables are grown on farms bordering Gaza. Read more

Protesters clash with police amid heated stand-off

Protesters have clashed with police while attempting to breach a barrier between rival demonstrations in Melbourne’s CBD. Read more

PIAF! The Show

Melbourne entertainment reviewed by Alex First Read more

UAE lining up with Israel, US on demanding Palestinian reform

The United Arab Emirates is emerging as a hardline critic of the Palestinian Authority at the annual Arab League summit in Bahrain, refusing to back a significant budget until Ramallah makes sweeping changes such as halting payments to terrorists and ending incitement. Read more

Dry Bones: Hamas in America

We should have seen it coming… Read more

Buried facts about the Gaza war

The extent to which the political class and the media are burying facts that undermine their poisonous narrative in order to defame and undermine Israel’s war of survival has become simply jaw-dropping. Read more

Victorian ALP state conference to deal with four anti-Israel motions

The Australian reports that four motions drafted by the Socialist Left will be debated at the Victorian ALP’s conference this weekend. Read more

Protesters to meet with university staff over camps

Pro-Palestine students at a major Melbourne university will meet with staff for the first time since they set up camp inside a building, in a move branded a “significant safety risk”.
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Call for a judicial enquiry

Senior members of the Coalition, including Peter Dutton and eleven cross-benchers, have sent a letter directly to the prime minister requesting a judicial inquiry into antisemitism in university campuses. Read more

Disruption as protesters remain at university camps

Classes at one of Australia’s biggest universities are set to be cancelled for a third day in a row as pro-Palestine protesters around the nation defy orders to pack up encampments. Read more

Craven capitulation

When the leader of the so-called “free world” wobbles and succumbs to appalling appeasement, international bullies and terrorists rejoice. Read more

US House votes to force weapons shipments to Israel

The Republican-led US House of Representatives has passed a bill that will force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for delaying bomb shipments as he urges Israel to do more to protect civilians during its war with Hamas. Read more

Josephus Hero or Traitor

The man we know as Josephus (the Romans called him Flavius Josephus ), was an aristocratic Judean, born in Jerusalem in 37 CE and died in Rome somewhere around 100 CE. Read more

Sydney Jewish Museum expansion gets the green light

The Sydney Jewish Museum has received approval from the City of Sydney Council for its major capital works project which will extensively enlarge its space. Read more

Five Israeli soldiers killed in friendly fire incident

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Thursday morning it is investigating a friendly fire incident in northern Gaza on Wednesday which killed five soldiers and injured another seven in northern Gaza. Read more

Treasures of Old Jewish Sydney: a book review by Anne Sarzin

Dr Jana Vytrhlik’s remarkable book, Treasures of Old Jewish Sydney: The story of a visual heritage, is an impressive contribution to knowledge on this subject, which she has researched for almost a decade. Read more

Next stop: New York

Doron Chester is a young and in-demand musical theatre star – born and raised in Bondi and has been in constant work since graduating from the Australian Institute of Music with a Bachelor of Music (Music Theatre). Read more

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