Overview

• Benjamin Netanyahu accused Anthony Albanese of being “a weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews” in a post on his office’s X account.
• Australia canceled the visa of Israeli lawmaker Simcha Rothman with an automatic three‑year ban, as Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Rothman would spread “a message of hate and division.”
• Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar revoked visas for Australia’s representatives to the Palestinian Authority and directed scrutiny of official Australian visa applications.
• Canberra says it will recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, a step also announced by partners including France, the UK and Canada.
• Foreign Minister Penny Wong called Israel’s response an unjustified reaction, while Jewish community leaders warned the rift could imperil consular access, security cooperation and roughly $2 billion in trade.