Lefties ‘outdo themselves' in latest ‘cringe' demonstration against Donald Trump
Mr Billot told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power that the protesters 'outdo themselves' in each demonstration.
Protesters took to the streets to rally against President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Sydney Morning Herald
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- Sydney Morning Herald
Netanyahu ignores pleas for calm and condemns Albanese, Australian protesters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has waded further into Australian domestic politics, claiming Australia risked being engulfed in a 'tsunami of antisemitism', despite direct pleas for him to calm down from Australia's top Jewish community leaders. Netanyahu said pro-Palestinian protesters calling for a ceasefire in Sydney or Melbourne should be 'counteracted' in a Sky News interview on Thursday. 'If you don't stop [attacks such as on the synagogue] when they're small, they get bigger and bigger and bigger, and ultimately, they consume your society,' he said. '[Protesters] should be defied by the leaders. And yet we see – not in America, I'm happy to say, because President Trump is standing strong – but in Europe, one country after another succumbing to them, condemning Israel that is fighting these monsters and is doing its best to avoid civilian casualties.' Netanyahu also has labelled the burning of a Melbourne synagogue last year as part of a 'tsunami of antisemitism'. Since Hamas' October 7 attack on southern Israel, which killed about 1200 people, more than 60,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed, according to the latest estimates from Gaza's health ministry. Netanyahu did not escalate his bitter personal attack on Albanese during the Sky interview beyond comments previewed earlier on Thursday in which he branded the Australian 'forever tarnished' by his plan to recognise a Palestinian state. Netanyahu was condemned this week by Jewish groups and conservative MPs for a scathing social media post on Tuesday night that called Albanese 'weak' and accused him of abandoning Israel and Australia's Jewish community.
The Age
an hour ago
- The Age
Netanyahu ignores pleas for calm and condemns Albanese, Australian protesters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has waded further into Australian domestic politics, claiming Australia risked being engulfed in a 'tsunami of antisemitism', despite direct pleas for him to calm down from Australia's top Jewish community leaders. Netanyahu said pro-Palestinian protesters calling for a ceasefire in Sydney or Melbourne should be 'counteracted' in a Sky News interview on Thursday. 'If you don't stop [attacks such as on the synagogue] when they're small, they get bigger and bigger and bigger, and ultimately, they consume your society,' he said. '[Protesters] should be defied by the leaders. And yet we see – not in America, I'm happy to say, because President Trump is standing strong – but in Europe, one country after another succumbing to them, condemning Israel that is fighting these monsters and is doing its best to avoid civilian casualties.' Netanyahu also has labelled the burning of a Melbourne synagogue last year as part of a 'tsunami of antisemitism'. Since Hamas' October 7 attack on southern Israel, which killed about 1200 people, more than 60,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed, according to the latest estimates from Gaza's health ministry. Netanyahu did not escalate his bitter personal attack on Albanese during the Sky interview beyond comments previewed earlier on Thursday in which he branded the Australian 'forever tarnished' by his plan to recognise a Palestinian state. Netanyahu was condemned this week by Jewish groups and conservative MPs for a scathing social media post on Tuesday night that called Albanese 'weak' and accused him of abandoning Israel and Australia's Jewish community.
Canberra Times
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- Canberra Times
Russia hammers Ukraine as peace efforts drag on
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that working on security arrangements in Ukraine without Moscow's involvement was not feasible, according to state news agency RIA Novosti. A venue for the meeting was being discussed, and Switzerland, Austria and Turkey were possibilities, Zelenskiy said. The talks could also be conducted in a trilateral format alongside Trump, Zelenskiy said. He then expects to be ready to hold direct talks with Putin for the first time since the full-scale invasion. The plans would become clearer within 10 days, Zelenskiy said. The details are being hammered out by national security advisers and military officials. Volodymyr Zelenskiy wants to know what security guarantees Donald Trump and the US might provide. (AP PHOTO) In comments on Wednesday that were embargoed until Thursday, Zelenskiy said Ukraine would hold intensive meetings to understand what kind of security guarantees its allies were willing to provide. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia struck a "major American electronics manufacturer" in western Ukraine, which Zelenskiy said produced domestic appliances. In the western city of Lviv, one person was killed and three were injured as the attack damaged 26 residential buildings, a kindergarten and administrative buildings, regional head Maksym Kozytskyi wrote on Telegram. Western parts of Ukraine are far from the battlefield's front line in the east and south of the country, where a grinding war of attrition has killed tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides. Almost all the overnight missiles were fired from inside Russia, and reached deep into western Ukraine. Among other targets, it has hit oil refineries, and Russian wholesale petrol prices have reached record highs in recent days. Ukraine, meanwhile, has kept up its attacks with domestically produced long-range drones on infrastructure inside Russia that supports Moscow's war effort. He urged the international community to respond with stronger pressure on Moscow, including tougher sanctions and tariffs. The aerial attack was Russia's third largest in 2025 in terms of the number of drones fired. (EPA PHOTO) Moscow had shown no signs of pursuing meaningful negotiations to end the war, Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy condemned the overnight attack, saying it was carried out "as if nothing were changing at all". The Kremlin has reacted coolly to those possibilities. Ukraine and European leaders have accused Putin of stalling in ongoing peace efforts, including Ukraine's proposal of a ceasefire and Zelenskiy's offer to sit down with the Russian leader. Russia has fired nearly 1000 long-range drones and missiles at Ukraine since the White House talks. US President Donald Trump discussed the war with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week, and at the start of this week hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders at the White House. The strikes occurred during a renewed US-led effort to reach a peace settlement following Russia's February 2022 invasion of its neighbour. It was Russia's third largest aerial attack in 2025 in terms of the number of drones fired and the eighth-largest in terms of missiles, according to official figures. The strikes killed at least one person and injured 15 others, according to officials. The overnight attack mostly targeted western regions of the country, the air force said on Thursday, where much of the military aid provided by Ukraine's Western allies is believed to be delivered and stored. 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