Feeding the Crocodile: Netanyahu Warns Australia Against Appeasing Terrorism

Netanyahu warns Western democracies risk of being complacent and of appeasing terrorist cells.

(L-R) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hilary Wardhaugh/AFP via Getty Images, Abir Sultan /Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken on Australian television following a decision by the Labor government to cancel the visa of a visiting Israeli MP.

Since then, Israeli officials have not held back in their response, cancelling visas for Australian diplomats, and the Israeli leader himself calling Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “weak” on X.