16.12.2025 - 06:05 [ Middle East Eye ]

Australia‘s Albanese rejects Netanyahu comment that Palestine recognition prompted Sydney killings

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s accusation that Canberra‘s recognition of Palestinian statehood fuelled antisemitism following the deadly shooting in Sydney.

In an interview with ABC News, Albanese said he doesn‘t accept a link between Palestine‘s recognition and the shooting attack at the Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach.