Matthew Doran is a Middle East correspondent for the ABC, based in Jerusalem. He was previously a senior political reporter in the ABC's Parliament House bureau in Canberra, and was one of the presenters of Afternoon Briefing on the ABC News Channel. He joined the ABC's Adelaide newsroom as a cadet journalist in 2013. He has won two SA Press Club awards, and was nominated for a Walkley in 2022.
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Violence against foreigners in the occupied West Bank almost always garners greater attention than attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians. The recent events are more sorry examples of this phenomenon.
Donald Trump issues a glowing endorsement of Benjamin Netanyahu just months after an expletive-laden tirade in which he accused the Israeli prime minister of trying to undermine a deal with Iran.
Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians and journalists in the occupied West Bank, using slingshots to hurl rocks from hilltops.
The Houthis are trying to increase their leverage against Saudi Arabia while the kingdom is reportedly finding it harder to defend against attacks. It presents a "huge problem" in the conflict.
Robert Pether pays an emotional tribute to his family as he lands in Dublin after being freed from an Iraqi prison after a five-year ordeal.
Israel's prime minister is demanding a sweeping investigation and prosecution of any soldiers who took part in an explosive documentary about his country's conduct in Gaza.
A United Arab Emirates official says the man who allegedly tried to hijack a flight to Tel Aviv was reading extremist literature and following online content glorifying terrorist organisations while studying in Australia.
Israelis are still trying to contend with the October 7 attacks as the country heads to the polls.
Three years on from Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Israelis are pausing to remember the day that changed their country and set off a chain of events that has reshaped the region.
About 1,200 people were killed and hundreds were taken hostage, and the war in Gaza that followed continues, with more than 74,000 Palestinians killed according to local health authorities.
With an election three weeks away, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents are promising a national, independent inquiry into what happened, something he has refused.
Human Rights Watch is warning 13 Australians believed to be held in Iraqi jails on suspicion of links to the Islamic State group face inhumane treatment and potential execution.
Hundreds of wheelchairs, donated by two Australian charities to help injured children in Gaza, are stuck in warehouses in Jordan due to Israeli restrictions.
Sara Netanyahu claimed that a leading opposition politician had advance notice of Hamas' deadly October 7 attacks on Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies a newspaper report that he was warned more than a week before October 7, 2023, that Hamas was planning an imminent attack.
Britain, France and Canada are banning imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in a move that has prompted swift retaliation and could spark a broader geopolitical storm.
Amnesty International is demanding formal investigations into three American and Israeli attacks on densely packed suburbs of Tehran, which killed at least 41 civilians.
Israel's far-right national security minister deletes two videos that were criticised for promoting the poor treatment of Palestinian prisoners.
Local Iraqi authorities say they have finishing interrogating more than 5,700 prisoners transferred from Syria earlier this year.
If the Israeli prime minister sees settler violence as a "grave injustice", why can't one of the most powerful militaries in the world stop it from happening? The answer, as it often does, comes down to politics.
Right-wing Israeli politician Zvi Sukkot vandalised a memorial to Palestinians killed over decades, then uploaded a video of it online.
Almost six months after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, kickstarting the war in the Middle East, the turmoil wrought by the conflict has continued to rock Jordan.
Penny Wong said she is "outraged" and plans to haul in the Israeli ambassador after the Israel Defense Forces cleared its personnel of any criminal wrongdoing in the April 2024 strike on a World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza, where Australian woman Zomi Frankcom was killed.
Palestinians in a small West Bank village have spent almost a week under siege from Israeli settlers, with members of the community accusing the Israeli military of complicity in the saga.
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