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Australian minister says ‘strength not measured by how many people you can blow up’ as row with Netanyahu escalates
Australian home affairs minister’s criticism comes after Israeli prime minister calls Albanese a ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel’
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The Albanese 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.
Home affairs minister Tony Burke – whose refusal of a travel visa for Knesset member Simcha Rothman stoked further criticism from Jerusalem – backed in his decision and further criticised Israeli prime minister Netanyahu over the war in Gaza, where tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israel’s military and bombing campaign. Continue reading...