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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Namita Singh

Australia cancels visa of far-right Israeli politician

Australia has cancelled the visa of an Israeli lawmaker from prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition who has advocated against Palestinian statehood and called for Israel to annex the occupied West Bank.

Simcha Rothman, a Knesset member from the Religious Zionism party led by far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, was scheduled to visit Sydney and Melbourne this month at the invitation of a local conservative Jewish organisation.

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