Penny Wong can’t support Gazan protest and oppose a ceasefire with Israel at the same time

by Anthony Bergin | Apr 15, 2025 | Policy

Gaza has been witnessing the largest ever protests against Hamas. Open opposition highlights how residents want the terror organisation to leave. At least some Palestinians are so fed up with Hamas that they’re brave enough to risk their lives to be heard. Palestinian...

Muslim community statement excuses the intolerable

by Anthony Bergin | Feb 25, 2025 | Featured

Two nurses in Sydney recently said on social media that they would kill patients. They were in uniform and at work in Bankstown Hospital and the people they would kill were Israelis. They have now been banned from practising nursing throughout Australia as no...

Hamas degraded, but peace in Gaza still a long way off

by Mike Kelly and Anthony Bergin | Feb 14, 2025 | Featured

The spectacle from Gaza during hostage releases  by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have raised equal portions of disgust and concern.  Watching Hamas’s behaviour featuring show bags, “graduation certificates” and incitement of blood lust in the baying...

Transparency essential if rebuilding is to be of Gaza, not Hamas

by Anthony Bergin | Jan 20, 2025 | Featured, Policy, Uncategorized

Speaking from Israel on Friday, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus was asked what Australia’s contribution to Gaza’s reconstruction should be. He avoided a direct answer, saying it was clear there needed to be a large international effort with no role for Hamas....

Mark Dreyfus visit to Israel is no gimmick, but it must go beyond Labor PR

by Anthony Bergin | Jan 15, 2025 | Featured, Policy

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, a prominent Jewish member of cabinet, is visiting Israel for about a week to help mend relations between the two countries. Dreyfus had a trip to Israel scheduled for the one-year anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attacks. It was...