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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jason Burke International security correspondent

Australian PM rejects Netanyahu’s linking of Palestine recognition to Bondi beach attack

Composite image of Anthony Albanese (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu
Anthony Albanese (left) said in response to Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim: ‘Most of the world recognises a two-state solution as being the way forward in the Middle East.’ Composite: AAP / AP

Australia’s prime minister has rejected accusations from his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, that Australia’s recognition of a Palestinian state earlier this year had contributed to Sunday’s deadly antisemitic terrorist attack on Bondi beach in Sydney.

In an interview with national broadcasters, Anthony Albanese was asked if he accepted “any link between that recognition and the massacre in Bondi”.

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