Radio Gaga
The Spectator
A series of programs on ABC Radio National, produced by a long-standing anti-Israel activist, has undermined the objectivity of the national broadcaster and exposed serious failings in its editorial process.
The joy of reclaiming my Jewish heritage
ABC Open Drum
For many of us, being Jewish means having a deep sense of security about our place in the world.
Palestinian soccer delegation's own goal
Australian Jewish News
On Tuesday night, the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent program aired a documentary film, Pitch Battle, which chronicled the journey of the Palestine football team to the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia.
Activists corrupt noble principles in defence of Lynch
The Australian
The defence of Jake Lynch and the students who stormed the lecture theatre at the University of Sydney during a talk by Colonel Richard Kemp, has been speciously framed as a struggle for the right of free speech and dissent.
Netanyahu's Victory Interpreted
ABC Religion & Ethics
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu effectively dissolved Parliament and called for fresh elections just 21 months into his four-year term, he said he wanted "a clear mandate to lead Israel" and a more cohesive coalition with which to govern.
Can the Jews of Europe be saved?
ABC Religion & Ethics
The Jewish community of Denmark has nowburied its dead. The latest lethal antisemitic incident in Europe followed the pattern set in Paris a month earlier.
Lessons from the reaction to Paris atrocities
Jerusalem Post
In light of the kosher supermarket slayings in Paris, the French Jewish community is justifiably asking itself whether Jews have a future in France.
Slaughter in a Synagogue
ABC Religion & Ethics
The medieval Arab geographer al-Muqaddasi wrote of Jerusalem, "it is a golden goblet full of scorpions." On Tuesday, 18 November 2014, we learnt just what he meant. A sacred site in the holiest of cities was drenched with the blood of pious men.
Melissa Parke's appalling support for BDS
Canberra Times
Perhaps it was the pig's head placed in the kosher section of a Johannesburg supermarket by anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activists last week.
Language and law in Israel's war against Hamas
Sydney Morning Herald
In armed conflict, fact and truth are often trumped by emotion. Sober analysis gives way to crude comparisons of body counts that disregard the fighting methods of the combatants or their differing regard for human life.