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Australian Jewish Association says the government’s move to cancel visa of MK Simcha Rothman at the last minute is "viciously antisemitic," alleges the government is hostile to Jewish and Israeli visitors.
The Israeli leader says Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese abandoned Australia's Jews. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Australia’s leading Jewish organisation has issued a rare public rebuke of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Anthony Albanese, as strained relations between the two countries worsened overnight.
"Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on the antisemitic fire," the Israeli premier wrote in a letter to his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese.The post Netanyahu castigates Australian le
There was an inconsistency in the policy of the Labor-led government, said Leibler, when it wasn’t willing to give entry to Rothman but was willing to accept relations with Abbas.
Australia’s peak Jewish body has written to Netanyahu to condemn his inflammatory attack of Albanese – who also received a letter about his heated language last week.
Israeli leaders accused the Australian government of antisemitism over the revocation of a visa for a right-wing politician who was set to travel to Sydney and Melbourne later this week. “History will remember [Australian Prime Minister Anthony] Albanese for what he is: A weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews,
An Israeli politician has had his visa cancelled by the Albanese Government, just a day before he was set to arrive for events with the Jewish community.