Following days of increasing tension between the two nations, Israel’s prime minister charged that his Australian counterpart had “betrayed Israel” and “abandoned” Australia’s Jewish community. On Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Anthony Albanese would be remembered “for what he is: a weak politician” in history.
Israel canceled the visas of Australian officials to the Palestinian Authority after Australia banned a far-right member of Netanyahu’s ruling coalition from entering the nation on Monday. According to Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke, Netanyahu was “lashing out” since Canberra just declared it would recognize a Palestinian state with the UK, France, and Canada.
Burke told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Wednesday that “the number of people you can blow up or leave hungry is not a measure of strength. Netanyahu’s comments were criticized by Israel’s opposition leader, who called them a “gift” to the Australian leader.
A confrontation with Netanyahu, the most politically toxic leader in the Western world, is the thing that strengthens a leader in the democratic world today,” Yair Lapid wrote on X. Why Bibi is hurrying to present this gift to Australia’s prime minister is unknown.
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