Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza and Israel began releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the swarming crowds at one of the hostage handover points.

Since Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, Mr Lissing says the local Jewish community has felt “a lot of angst” as swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans have been plastered to the windows and walls of Jewish-owned businesses across Canberra (most prominently, Anita Gelato in Civic).

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners have been released as part of the phased ceasefire agreement that halted more

The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel has taken aim at the Albanese government for the second time this week.

Amid a deterioration in relations between the Albanese government and Israel the Coalition wants to boost trade and investment ties with a fellow democracy.

Australian detectives are examining whether foreign entities are funding criminal groups to carry out antisemitic attacks in the country.

Hamas says it will free the father of the youngest hostages seized in its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and two others including a dual US citizen and a dual French citizen in the next exchange of Gaza hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

Blaming the rise in criminal antisemitic activities on the Albanese government is not assisting the efforts to combat the latest attacks on the Jewish community in Australia.Why doesn’t the Coalition work with the government to combat extremism instead of its ugly politicisation of the upcoming election?

Quelle surprise! – as the saying goes. Nick Bryant, the former BBC journalist, is the new presenter of Saturday Extra on Radio National.

Crowds greet Palestinian prisoners after being released from Israeli prison in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 30 January, 2025

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Jewish students in Sydney returned to school on Friday with a heightened security presence, days after police said they foiled a planned antisemitic attack in the city using a trailer filled with explosives.

Antisemitism is not new in Australia, but the current wave has left the Jewish community more fearful than before.