West Asia

Jewish Council, peak Muslim body file criminal complaint against Israeli president

Complaint references Australia's new hate laws in calling for Isaac Herzog's arrest

Jan 29 • Antoun Issa

Protests urged against Israeli president's visit to Australia

Isaac Herzog is said to be in Sydney on February 9 and Melbourne on February 12

Jan 28 • Antoun Issa

Iran protests show US sanctions working as intended

Sanctions have cost Iran's economy $1 trillion and are fuelling economic grievances

Jan 20 • Antoun Issa

Why the UAE is wreaking havoc across the Arab world and Africa

Meanwhile, Trump's international force for Gaza remains stalled

Dec 2, 2025 • Antoun Issa

An Australian moved to the West Bank to work on his family farm. Now settlers are trying to destroy it

Palestinian-Australian farmer Sari Kassis is defending his farm from the Hilltop Youth

Nov 18, 2025 • Sari Kassis

'I am a doctor, and I cannot save a child'

An excerpt from 'Diary of a Young Doctor' by Gaza physician Dr Ezzideen Shehab

Nov 5, 2025

Exclusive – Hamas reflects on October 7, says Israel left them no choice

In remarks to Deepcut, senior Hamas official denies group is clinging to power in Gaza and calls for Israel to be disarmed

Nov 4, 2025 • Antoun Issa

Chris Sidoti: International law is all that stands between us and the abyss

In an exclusive Q&A, Sidoti shares his fears for the survival of international law and Australia's avoidance of the Gaza genocide

Oct 29, 2025 • Alex McKinnon

As Israel violates ceasefire, displaced Gazans fear to return home

Rasha Abou Jalal reports from Gaza

Oct 22, 2025 • Rasha Abou jalal

'Shut the f--k up or we'll gas you' – Australian flotilla activists allege direct threats from Israeli minister

Australians aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla claim Israeli soldiers sexually assaulted them in captivity

Oct 15, 2025 • Alex McKinnon

Hamas's big gamble – trusting Trump

Hamas is pinning its hopes on Donald Trump to ensure the Gaza ceasefire holds

Oct 10, 2025 • Antoun Issa

When genocide fails – Israel’s strategic folly in Gaza

Genocide is history’s darkest act, meant to erase a people and claim a future. For Israel, this logic has unravelled – not on the battlefield, but in…

Oct 6, 2025 • Antoun Issa

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