Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke rebukes the Israeli prime minister's attack on Anthony Albanese as he defends the decision to cancel the visa of a member of Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition.

Australia and Israel have taken diplomatic efforts against each other as tensions between the two nations over the war in Gaza grow.

Albanese joined a “coalition of the willing” meeting overnight, led by the UK and France, seeking to support Ukraine in the conflict. Anthony Albanese has said that the way to rebuild the relationship between Australia and Israel is to “continue to put forward Australia’s position”.

Hello and welcome to Yahoo's live news blog this Wednesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a personal attack on Anthony Albanese, branding him a "weak politician" for declaring Australia will recognise a Palestinian state.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had penned a letter to his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, for failing to confront antisemitism in his country and for "rewarding Hamas terrorism" by choosing to recognize a Palestinian state,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has penned an explosive letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, obtained by Sky News, accusing him of pouring “fuel on antisemitic fire” by calling for recognition of a Palestinian state.

Penny Wong has criticised Israel’s retaliatory decision to revoke visas of Australia’s representatives to the Palestinian Authority as “an unjustified reaction”.