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Labor MP ‘uncomfortable’ with Israel visit
Labor MP Ed Husic expressed strong discomfort over Herzog's visit due to alleged incitement concerns while urging him to advocate peace amid planned protests.
- On Thursday, February 4, 2026, Husic told Parliament he was very uncomfortable with Herzog's visit, citing images of him signing artillery shells.
- Following the Bondi Beach terror attack, the governor-general issued an official invitation at Albanese's request, amid advocacy groups urging revocation due to concerns over tensions.
- NSW authorities have already changed protest laws and planned security measures, with protests next Monday and calls from UN Commission of Inquiry member Chris Sidoti and human rights groups urging legal action against Herzog.
- Community responses have been mixed, with Jewish groups in Australia broadly accepting the visit, while the Greens and several crossbenchers opposed it and Labor MP Josh Burns defended peaceful protests and the invitation.
- Herzog and Israel deny the allegations, with the ICJ issuing an interim order citing a 'real and imminent' risk of genocide, and a UN inquiry last year found genocide was occurring.
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Things are getting rather ropey on the invitation of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Australia on February 8. It came amidst the anguish following the Bondi Beach attacks of December 14, 2025 on attendees of a Hanukkah event by two gunmen, leaving 15 dead. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese obviously thought it a sensible […]
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