Netanyahu on Tuesday called Australia’s Anthony Albanese a “weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews,” and blamed the French leader’s calls for Palestinian statehood for fueling antisemitism.

Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting on Monday, Albanese said that Australia’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state will be formalised at the United Nations General Assembly in September.

Australia has always supported a two-state solution to the dispute over the land that is now Israel and the Palestinian territories. Australia’s long hope has been that Israel and the Palestinian Authority (which Australia has diplomatic relations with) could come to a peaceful negotiated settlement to live next to each other,