US EditionIsrael's Netanyahu says 'weak' Australian PM abandoned Jewish community
Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Anthony Albanese's Palestinian recognition policy, linking it to a 316% rise in antisemitic incidents in Australia over the past year, escalating diplomatic tensions.
- On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a personal social-media attack on platform X, calling Anthony Albanese a 'weak politician' who 'betrayed' Israel and 'abandoned Australia's Jews'.
- Australia announced it will recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September and denied visas to Simcha Rothman, Ayelet Shaked and Hillel Fuld, with Tony Burke cancelling Rothman's visa.
- Netanyahu pointed to recent attacks on Jewish sites, noting an arson at East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation that forced twenty worshippers to flee and masked attackers chanting `Death to the IDF` at a Melbourne restaurant.
- The bilateral row produced immediate diplomatic reprisals, including the Israeli government revoking visas of Australian diplomats to the Palestinian Authority and the Australian government imposing sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers, calling Israel's countersteps 'unjustified'.
- Netanyahu has given a September 23, 2025 deadline and demanded Australia take 'transformative' action, while observers warned the rift risks isolating Israel and imperiling $2 billion in bilateral trade.
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Netanyahu attack on Australian PM 'played into hands of antisemites,' top Jewish body says
Ties have soured since Australia last week decided to conditionally recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, and after Netanyahu called his Australian counterpart a 'weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia's Jews'
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Netanyahu brands Australia’s Albanese ‘weak’ over Palestinian state recognition
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday brushed off accusations from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu that the Australian leader is a “weak politician who had betrayed Israel” by recognizing a Palestinian state.
Netanyahu brands Australia's Albanese 'weak' over Palestinian state recognition
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday brushed off accusations from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu that the Australian leader is a “weak politician who had betrayed Israel” by recognizing a Palestinian state. Netanyahu’s extraordinary public rebuke came after an Aug. 11 announcement by Albanese that his government’s recognition of a Palestinian state will be formalized at the United Nations General A…
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