It's likely too flippant to describe the frank critique as a badge of honour for Albanese, but it certainly puts him in a growing group of peers who've provoked the ire of Netanyahu — a man subject to an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Gaza. A week later, and partly in protest of the statehood announcement, the Israeli Foreign Minister announced he'd kick out Australian diplomats representing Canberra to the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank — a similar response to how Israel behaved when Norway and Spain took the same step. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry was quick out of the blocks to urge restraint, and for the two countries to restrain from "engaging in a diplomatic tit-for-tat" — highlighting the links between Israel and Australia's economies and its ties with the Jewish population in Australia.
Author: Matthew Doran
Published at: 2025-08-19 22:08:08
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