Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday brushed off accusations from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu that the Australian leader is a “weak politician who had betrayed Israel” by recognizing a Palestinian state.

By Renju Jose and Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday played down Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu's pointed condemnation of his decision to recognise a Palestinian state,

Now the row has become personal, with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashing out at Mr Albanese in an unusually pointed public missive. On X, Mr Netanyahu’s office wrote: “History will remember Albanese for what he is: A weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews.”