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Recognition without protection: Does the West owe Israel security guarantees? - comment

After the leaders of Western countries proclaimed recognition of a Palestinian state, they should ensure Israel's safety and survival are more than guaranteed.

Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour (L) takes his seat at the start of a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza and the Middle East, at UN headquarters in New York City on March 18, 2025.
Royal Australian Navy guided-missile frigate HMAS Parramatta sails with US Navy Amphibious assault ship USS America, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill and Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Barry in the South China Sea, April 18, 2020.

Australia to invest $25b to upgrade Henderson shipyard as AUKUS nuclear submarine maintenance hub

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaking in Jerusalem, September 15, 2025.

Australia to reverse decision on Palestine recognition with gov't change, Ley tells Sa'ar

Protesters hold flags and banners on the day of an anti-immigration rally organised by British anti-immigration activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, in London, Britain, September 13, 2025.

Patriot rallies in Australia and the UK signal a backlash against radical left and Islamists


The premature Palestinian statehood will explode in our faces - opinion

The first bricks are still the same. One authority. One set of laws. One chain of command. If recognition is to be more than a headline, it must become pressure and support in the same paragraph.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, September 8, 2025.

25 ViZionaries: Sharri Markson - No. 5

Strong advocate on behalf of Israel, focusing on coverage of antisemitism.

Sharri Markson

MK Ayman Odeh to submit bill to Knesset to recognize Palestinian state

Odeh welcomed the trilateral recognition and wrote that while the "Palestinian people are not the best people in the world, but there is no people in the world better than them."

 MK Ayman Odeh attends Hadash–Ta'al faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 30, 2025.

Palestinian foreign minister says recognition brings independence, sovereignty closer

Countries recognising a Palestinian state this week were taking an irreversible step that preserved the two-state solution.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin/

Australia, Canada, UK, Portugal recognize Palestinian state in effort to 'save two-state solution'

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that his country was "acting to keep the possibility of peace and a two-state solution," alive.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

British, Australian, Canadian, French Jewish groups decry recognition of Palestinian state

Jewish groups warned that the expected moves by their governments to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly this week would embolden extremists.

 A man holds a placard reading "Free Palestine" in Paris, France, during a demonstration, to protest after Israel seized the British-flagged yacht, Madleen was aiming to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza, June 9, 2025.

Avraham Vofsi: An aliyah journey painted on canvas

Vofsi is currently planning a landscape project with Aboriginal communities, informed by his deepened understanding of what it means to belong to a land as a Jew in Israel.

VOFSI SPENDS his time in the studio both teaching and perfecting his craft, exploring different mediums and drawing inspiration from his connection to Israeli society.

Australian prime minister heads to New York, may meet Trump for first time

At the UN General Assembly, Anthony Albanese will support Palestinian statehood, and speak at an event on Australia's law to ban social media for children aged under 16.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, September 12, 2025.

Axed children’s hospital event would have endangered Jewish staff, Australian doctor tells 'Post'

Dr Doron Samuell asked that RCH cancel the panel after concerns it would create a hostile environment for Jewish clinicians amid rising antisemitism in Australia.

Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne.

One charged after Bondi brawl between anti-Israel, pro-Israel protesters

It is unclear which camp the suspect was part of, but local pro-Israel organizers are unaware of the arrest of a community member.

Demonstrators hold placards and flags as they take part in the 'Nationwide March for Palestine' protest in Sydney, Australia, August 24, 2025. Picture taken through glass.

Dover Heights vandalism targeted Jewish leader, Australian police confirm after mastermind charged

Authorities are seeking additional men that "they believe may be able to assist with their inquiries."

 Alex Ryvchin.