Since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, Mr Lissing says the local Jewish community has felt “a lot of angst” as swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans have been plastered to the windows and walls of Jewish-owned businesses across Canberra (most prominently, Anita Gelato in Civic).
The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel has taken aim at the Albanese government for the second time this week.
Israeli security forces backed by helicopters have raided the volatile West Bank city of Jenin, killing at least nine Palestinians in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a "large-scale and significant military operation".
Australian detectives are examining whether foreign entities are funding criminal groups to carry out antisemitic attacks in the country.
The first three hostages released from Gaza as part of a fragile ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas that came into effect on Sunday have arrived in Israel, the military ...
Pro-Palestinian protesters have gathered in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, with many saying the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal does not go far enough.
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw was meeting with state police chiefs to discuss an increase in anti-Semitic crime in Australia since the war between Israel and Hamas began on Oct.
It was Donald Trump rather than Joe Biden who issued a statement confirming the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.
Mark Dreyfus’ mission to salvage relations with Israel is “as important as it will be difficult”, an Australian Jewish group is warning.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says he does not see Donald Trump's new administration increasing the risk of an Israel-Iran conflict, addressing an issue the region has feared since the start of Israel's war in Gaza.
The Gaza ceasefire will come into effect at 0630 GMT (5:30pm AEDT) on Sunday. The White House expects three female hostages to be released to Israel in the afternoon through the Red Cross.
Peter Dutton says Penny Wong is “the most inappropriate person” to be representing Australia at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz because she has “trashed” the relationship with Israel.