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Jan 20, 2025 | 
strategicanalysis.org | Anthony Bergin
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. Before we start talking about a Marshall Plan for Gaza, Dreyfus could have pointed out that in the past Gaza has been a money pit for international donors.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
strategicanalysis.org | Anthony Bergin
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 cancelled when Iran launched missiles against Israel. The trip would be the first by a cabinet minister since Foreign Minister Penny Wong visited Israel last January.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
bairdmaritime.com | Anthony Bergin |Michael Shoebridge
US Coast Guard personnel offload suspected narcotics from a submersible intercepted in international waters of the Pacific Ocean, September 24, 2019. "Narco-subs" are semi-submersible vessels drug lords have used for at least a decade to smuggle drugs to Europe or across the Caribbean. They sit just below the water with small chunks of the vessel above it.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
strategicanalysis.org | Gedaliah Afterman |Anthony Bergin
The Middle East is experiencing game-changing developments with consequences that extend well beyond the region. Intensifying superpower competition, China’s expanding presence, and the return of Donald Trump to the White House are redefining global power dynamics. The fall of the Assad regime in Syria, and the substantial weakening of Hezbollah and Iran, illustrate this transformation. The regional balance is shifting in Israel’s favour.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
strategicanalysis.org | Anthony Bergin |Michael Shoebridge
‘Narco-subs’ are semi-submersible vessels drug lords have used for at least a decade to smuggle drugs to Europe or across the Caribbean. They sit just below the water with small chunks of the vessel above it. One intercepted by the Colombian Navy last week shows they’re now capable of sailing to Australia from Colombia – which is over 12,000kms.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
australianjewishnews.com | Anthony Bergin
as a child growing up in Melbourne, I remember lining up outside the huge display windows of Myer at Christmas, wide-eyed in wonder at the snowy dioramas. This year anti-Israel agitators announced their intent to disrupt the Christmas windows launch scheduled for Sunday. Myer cancelled the event due to concern for the safety of staff and customers. The victims of this disruption were the children, parents and relatives targeted for wanting to be at this annual Christmas event.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
strategicanalysis.org | Anthony Bergin
As a child growing up in Melbourne, I remember lining up outside the huge display windows of Myer at Christmas, wide-eyed in wonder at the snowy dioramas. This year anti-Israel agitators announced their intent to disrupt the Christmas windows launch scheduled for Sunday. Myer cancelled the event due to concern for the safety of staff and customers. The victims of this disruption were the children, parents and relatives targeted for wanting to be at this annual Christmas event.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
australianjewishnews.com | Anthony Bergin
Education Minister Jason Clare recently accused Israel of breaching international law and committing war crimes in bombing hospitals and schools. Hospitals aren’t protected if they’re used for non-hospital military purposes. If they are used for acts harmful to the enemy such as directing terrorist forces or storing arms and munitions they change from protected objects to military targets.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
strategicanalysis.org | Anthony Bergin |Michael Shoebridge
India and Canada are engaged in a growing political battle over foreign interference. It’s not some minor squabble and it has big implications for Australia domestically and in our relationship with New Delhi. India accuses Canada of harbouring Sikh separatists and supporting them in their separatist activities back into India.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
australianjewishnews.com | Anthony Bergin
Speaking last Monday at Israel’s embassy in Canberra at the commemoration of the Hamas attack on October 7, 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 survive. As the greatest act of defiance in the face of this most monstrous crime.
