Overview

• In a new Sky News Australia interview, Netanyahu said Albanese’s record is “forever tarnished” after earlier branding him a “weak politician who betrayed Israel.”
• Albanese reiterated that he will not take the remarks personally and confirmed plans to formalize recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN in September.
• Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke defended canceling the visa of far‑right Israeli MP Simcha Rothman, citing a risk of fostering community division.
• Israel revoked visas for Australian representatives to the Palestinian Authority and ordered tighter scrutiny of Australian applications, a move Foreign Minister Penny Wong called unjustified.
• Australia’s peak Jewish body urged both leaders to use measured language and said local Jews do not feel abandoned by the government, even as domestic opposition criticized Labor’s handling of the relationship.