Tony Walker is a former political editor, Washington correspondent and international editor of the Australian Financial Review and a former Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times. He is author of Arafat: The Biography (1991 and 2004).
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      Two-state illusions
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      19 September 2025    
    
      The two-state solution will be mentioned many times at the UN next week, but it has become no more than a slogan
      
    
  
  
          
        International
      
        
      Two-state illusions
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      19 September 2025    
    
      The two-state solution will be mentioned many times at the UN next week, but it has become no more than a slogan
    
  
                
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      Labor goes one way, Israel the other
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      6 December 2024    
    
      Australia’s vote on Gaza this week highlights a decades-long shift in the major parties’ attitudes towards Israel
      
    
  
  
          
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      Labor goes one way, Israel the other
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      6 December 2024    
    
      Australia’s vote on Gaza this week highlights a decades-long shift in the major parties’ attitudes towards Israel
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
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      Gathering storm
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      3 October 2024    
    
      As the risk of region-wide war grows in the Middle East, the United States looks increasingly like an ineffectual bystander
      
    
  
  
          
        International
      
        
      Gathering storm
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      3 October 2024    
    
      As the risk of region-wide war grows in the Middle East, the United States looks increasingly like an ineffectual bystander
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
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      Cycle of revenge
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      19 September 2024    
    
      Israel’s intensifying effort to deter its enemies adds to the risk of an escalation in regional violence
      
    
  
  
          
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      Cycle of revenge
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      19 September 2024    
    
      Israel’s intensifying effort to deter its enemies adds to the risk of an escalation in regional violence
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
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      Fractured consensus
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      2 September 2024    
    
      As Israeli protesters take to the streets, news emerges that defence minister Yoav Gallant has clashed again with Benjamin Netanyahu
      
    
  
  
          
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      Fractured consensus
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      2 September 2024    
    
      As Israeli protesters take to the streets, news emerges that defence minister Yoav Gallant has clashed again with Benjamin Netanyahu
    
  
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      Midwestern Walz
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      7 August 2024    
    
      What can the exuberant Minnesota governor expect if he successfully partners Kamala Harris to the White House?
      
    
  
  
          
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      Midwestern Walz
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      7 August 2024    
    
      What can the exuberant Minnesota governor expect if he successfully partners Kamala Harris to the White House?
    
  
                
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      Violence begetting violence
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      2 August 2024    
    
      While the United States fumbles, more provocations have lifted the risks of a region-wide conflict in the Middle East
      
    
  
  
          
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      Violence begetting violence
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      2 August 2024    
    
      While the United States fumbles, more provocations have lifted the risks of a region-wide conflict in the Middle East
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
         National affairs
      
        
      History’s burdens
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      17 July 2024    
    
      Labor’s foundational support for Israel still colours its attitude towards Palestinian statehood
      
    
  
  
          
        National affairs
      
        
      History’s burdens
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      17 July 2024    
    
      Labor’s foundational support for Israel still colours its attitude towards Palestinian statehood
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
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      Middle Eastern tinderbox
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      21 June 2024    
    
      As the merciless bombings continue in Gaza, developments on the Lebanon–Israel border are adding to the risk of yet more warfare
      
    
  
  
          
        International
      
        
      Middle Eastern tinderbox
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      21 June 2024    
    
      As the merciless bombings continue in Gaza, developments on the Lebanon–Israel border are adding to the risk of yet more warfare
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
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      Gantz’s gamble
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      12 June 2024    
    
      Does Benny Gantz have the qualities needed to bring down a prime minister determined to prolong a brutal war?
      
    
  
  
          
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      Gantz’s gamble
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      12 June 2024    
    
      Does Benny Gantz have the qualities needed to bring down a prime minister determined to prolong a brutal war?
    
  
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      Wait of history
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      17 April 2024    
    
      A long-vaunted “two-state solution” for Israel and Palestine seems more remote than ever
      
    
  
  
          
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      Wait of history
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      17 April 2024    
    
      A long-vaunted “two-state solution” for Israel and Palestine seems more remote than ever
    
  
                
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      Playing with fire
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      2 April 2024    
    
      The Israeli attack in Damascus has increased the risk of a region-wide conflict
      
    
  
  
          
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      Playing with fire
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      2 April 2024    
    
      The Israeli attack in Damascus has increased the risk of a region-wide conflict
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
         National affairs
      
        
      Shadow play
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      21 March 2024    
    
      Both countries got what they wanted out of Wang Yi’s visit to Canberra
      
    
  
  
          
        National affairs
      
        
      Shadow play
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      21 March 2024    
    
      Both countries got what they wanted out of Wang Yi’s visit to Canberra
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
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      Too little, too late
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      11 March 2024    
    
      In the tortured history of America’s relationship with Israel there has scarcely been a more fraught moment
      
    
  
  
          
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      Too little, too late
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      11 March 2024    
    
      In the tortured history of America’s relationship with Israel there has scarcely been a more fraught moment
    
  
                
          
          
  
    
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      March of folly
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      28 January 2024    
    
      The carnage in Israel and Gaza can’t be understood without tracing the realignments sparked by America’s war in Iraq
      
    
  
  
          
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      March of folly
    
    
      Tony Walker 
    
    
      28 January 2024    
    
      The carnage in Israel and Gaza can’t be understood without tracing the realignments sparked by America’s war in Iraq
    
  
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