14 Oct 2022
The good oil: Israel and Lebanon strike a border deal
In a region where good news is rare, patient diplomacy can celebrate a win.
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25 May 2021
How Gaza occupies Indonesia’s identity wars
Israel-Palestinian issues have long featured in Jakarta’s worldview but with a domestic edge, too. -
21 May 2021
The challenge to the Abraham Accords
A reckoning over the Palestinian issue was always coming for those countries that normalised ties with Israel. -
13 Apr 2021
Iran-US-Israel: Boxing out of the shadows
Gradual progress in talks to revive the nuclear deal may be dealt a blow by a series of “grey-zone” attacks. -
15 Mar 2021
An oil spill nobody owns
A clandestine operation? Environmental terrorism? Israel and Iran both deny responsibility for a mysterious event. -
30 Nov 2020
The fallout of assassinating Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
The killing of the head of the Iranian nuclear program may make it even harder to revive the nuclear deal. -
26 Oct 2020
The other Arab diplomatic talks with Israel
Lebanon wants to settle its maritime borders to exploit rich oil and gas fields. Nothing more. -
16 Oct 2020
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Increasingly deadly and destabilising
An eruption of bitter fighting in a seemingly intractable conflict is aggravating wider regional tensions. -
1 Sep 2020
Why is the “Arab street” so silent on the Israel-UAE deal?
Barely any outcry marked this latest shift, which probably reflects recognition of facts on the ground. -
21 Aug 2020
Hidden seams in the UAE-Israel deal
It’s all about Iran, right? Actually, the agreement has more to do with managing the US and China. -
17 Aug 2020
The essence of timing in politics
The UAE earned goodwill for a deal with Israel, but the US is still struggling to win backers for its hard line on Iran. -
9 Jul 2020
Cashing in the chips at the Trump casino
The prospect of a Biden administration has pro-US leaders in the Middle East seeking to keep their political “winnings”. -
21 Feb 2020
Australia and Israel should be partners in Asia
In a changing strategic landscape, likeminded countries have the chance to identify and grasp new opportunities. -
17 Feb 2020
Israel’s democracy: a systemic problem
Israel will go to the polls for the third time in less than a year. What makes it so hard for a clear winner to emerge? -
25 Sep 2019
Israel’s Arabs awaken to their electoral power
Arab Israelis have been slow to realise their potential pivotal role in the nation’s politics. That’s changing. -
12 Sep 2019
Will Israeli voters give Bibi a “get out of jail” card?
The corruption allegations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are the subtext to the elections on 17 September. -
15 Apr 2019
Israel’s elections: many messiahs, but only one king
Benjamin Netanyahu survived a scare, and why should anyone be surprised when a noble amateur loses to the ruthless pro? -
9 Apr 2019
How Israeli elections fit – and don’t quite match – global trends
Moderate centrism is out, while increasing nationalism seems to attract votes, even pushing aside a cloud of corruption. -
17 Dec 2018
Responses to Australia’s Israel capital decision
<p>How the world reacted to Scott Morrison’s decision to formally recognise West Jerusalem Israel’s capital.</p> -
16 Oct 2018
Australia’s Israel-Palestine conflict
This is actually one of those rare issues in Australian foreign policy where the two major parties quite often disagree.