Israel also aimed airstrikes for the first time at central Beirut,after pounding a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip and killing dozens.
Sitting in Melbourne,I hesitate to share my grief for fear of people saying I’m not close enough to the situation in Lebanon to feel this grief. But the uncertainty is paralysing.
The Premier Chris Minns wants to stop pro-Palestinian protests by giving police extra powers to obtain court approval to halt marches to protect their budgets.
As Israelis gathered to remember those killed and abducted on October 7 last year,intense fighting continued across the Middle East.
Thousands of people from Sydney’s Jewish community have gathered in a solemn vigil to commemorate the October 7 attacks.
Israeli airstrikes continue to batter Beirut’s suburbs in the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since Israel escalated its campaign against Hezbollah.
Anthony Albanese’s view – do not take sides – is close to the majority position on the Middle East but is dangerous for a prime minister because he sounds empty.
On the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel,our Resolve Political Monitor poll finds little support for Sunday protests.
As a Jewish Australian,I am torn between my condemnation of Israel’s almost certain war crimes in Gaza and the terrifying rise in antisemitism,and my relief that Israel might be on track to destroy Hezbollah.
Australian Jews have commemorated the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks with a candlelit ceremony on the shore of Sydney Harbour.
About 1500 members of Melbourne’s Jewish community gathered for a vigil to mark the anniversary of the October 7 attack. But many more were too scared to join them.