War is horrifically destructive. Precedent and evidence are better guides than emotion

by Anthony Bergin | Oct 17, 2024 | Uncategorized

Australia’s Education Minister Jason Clare recently accused Israel of not complying with  international law in bombing hospitals and schools.  In war, hospitals aren’t protected if they’re used for non-hospital military purposes. If they are used for...

Israel left with few choices as Tehran raises nuclear threat

by Peter Jennings | Oct 15, 2024 | Uncategorized

A year after the Hamas atrocities, put to one side the street theatre of protests and Labor’s confused talking points and ask: what real­ly is happening in the Middle East? On October 7 last year Israel suffered the worst intelligence and defence failure since the...

Israel must be supported in using force against foes

by Anthony Bergin | Oct 8, 2024 | Policy

Speaking on Monday at Israel’s embassy in Canberra at the commemoration of the Hamas attack on 7 October, Senator Dave Sharma said we should “affirm the profound attachment of the people of Israel to life, to living, and to go on living, despite everything. To...

Tolerating these street protests has incubated extremism

by Peter Jennings | Oct 8, 2024 | Policy

It shouldn’t have happened this way. In 12 months of political ineptitude and strategic blindness, the Albanese government let domestic sympathy for terrorist groups grow to the point that Australia risks violence and breaking our social fabric. Such stupidity from...

With exploding pagers, deterrence gets personal

by Michael Shoebridge | Sep 18, 2024 | Strategy & Capability

3000 pagers exploded simultaneously across Lebanon, injuring hundreds of Hezbollah leaders and others carrying their pagers, and paralysing the terrorist organisation’s command system.  This happened because Israel has to re-establish its power to deter its...