The once-rare attacks on the Lebanese capital have continued,with the fourth strike in a week leaving 20 dead and more than 60 injured.
Tensions ratchet up between the two nations as Australia tiptoes around the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu.
Jim Chalmers is a good treasurer,but he is trying to pull a swifty with his new mandate,writes one reader.
In issuing of arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and his former defence minister puts at stake not just their fate but the reputation of the court itself.
There were reasonable grounds to believe the Israeli PM and his former defence minister were criminally responsible for starvation in Gaza and the persecution of Palestinians,the ICC judges said.
Meanwhile,the US has vetoed a UN resolution on a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.
Matt Moran’s Chiswick restaurant was graffitied with anti-Israel messages while a ute was set on fire and 10 other cars were damaged.
The October 7 cross-border attack was the deadliest in the Palestinian-Israel conflict. Israel’s response has killed almost 44,000 people in Gaza so far.
Mohammed Afif had been especially visible after all-out war erupted between Israel and Hezbollah in September.
Premier Jacinta Allan said there was no need to bolster Victoria police’s powers after an activist group threatened to disrupt the Myer Christmas windows launch.
Australia broke with the US and Israel in two UN votes on Thursday – the latest in a series of votes that have angered local pro-Israel groups in Australia.