Good afternoon. Australia’s government has rejected Benjamin Netanyahu’s incendiary criticism and accused some Israeli politicians of “bigoted” views about Palestinians, as the extraordinary political fight between the two nations turns uglier.
The federal government’s refusal of a travel visa for the far-right Knesset member Simcha Rothman stoked criticism from the Israeli prime minister, who labelled Anthony Albanese a “weak politician” who had “abandoned Australia’s Jews”.
