Israel’s Prime Minister accused his Australian counterpart, Israel “revealed” and “abandoned”, which the Jewish community of Australia abandoned “after days of increasingly tense relationships between the two countries.
Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that the history of Anthony Albanese “For what he is: a weak politician”.
After Australia had entered the country on Monday, a right -wing extremist member of the ruling coalition of Netanyahu. His visa was canceled before a planned visit.
Israel in turn revoked the Visa of Australian representatives of the Palestinian authority and also accused the announcement of Canberra last week that this was announced It would recognize a Palestinian state in September.
There was no immediate reaction from Prime Minister Albanese.
The opposition leader of Israel criticized Netanyah’s statements and branded them a “gift” to the Australian guide.
Yair Lapid wrote about X: “What strengthens a leader in the democratic world today is a confrontation with Netanyahu, the most politically poisonous leader in the western world.
“It is unclear why Bibi gives the Prime Minister of Australia this gift.”
The diplomatic tensions flammed on Monday after right -wing extremist Israeli politicians Simcha Rothman was canceled before a visit to the country, where he should speak at events organized by the Australian Jewish Association.
Australia’s Minister of the Interior told Sky News At that time, the government “took a hard border against people who come to our country and spread division”.
Tony Burke added: “If you come to Australia to spread a message of hatred and division, we don’t want it here.”
A few hours later, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that he had “instructed the Israeli embassy in Canberra to carefully examine an official Australian visa application for the entry in Israel”.
He added to X in a post: “During anti -Semitism in Australia, including manifestations of violence against Jews and Jewish institutions, the Australian government decides to fuel it.”
In the past few months there have been a number of anti-Semitic attacks in Australia in the middle of tensions about the Israel-Hamas War.
Australia announced at the beginning of August that it would recognize a Palestinian state, with Prime Minister Albanese said at the time that Netanyahu was “rejected” about the consequences of the war against innocent people.
“The grant we saw and then the loss of life we see for these auxiliary actors, where people like food and water are simply unacceptable,” he said.
The announcement followed similar steps from Great Britain, France and Canada.
In response to Netanyahu Started a devastating attack Sir Keir Starrer, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney, accused the leaders of the three countries, to say goodbye to “mass murderers, rapists, baby sponsors and kidnappers”.
The state of Palestine is currently recognized by 147 of the 193 Member States of the United Nations.
