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Israel-Australia relations

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses the Australia-India Economic Roadmap Business Reception in Melbourne, Australia, July 9, 2026. (Hamish Blair/AP)
July 21, 2026, 2:25 am
Israel pans draft of Australia’s ruling Labor party’s platform ahead of debate
In unusual move, Canberra embassy issues lengthy statement about document before party’s national conference, says it risks blaming just one side of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By ToI Staff and Agencies
President Isaac Herzog reacts during a Jewish community event in Melbourne on February 12, 2026. (WILLIAM WEST / AFP)
February 12, 2026, 8:46 am
Herzog: Antisemitism in Australia ‘frightening’; graffiti at Melbourne U. urges his death
President tells local news ‘silent majority’ want good relations with Jewish community; graffiti calling for his death scrawled at university ahead of visit
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) receives President Isaac Herzog at the Parliament House in Canberra on February 11, 2026. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)
February 11, 2026, 6:25 pm
Albanese presses Herzog on 2024 Gaza airstrike that killed Australian aid worker
In Canberra, the Israeli president calls for ‘a new beginning’ in strained ties between the countries, and protests continue against his visit
By Zev Stub and AP
President Isaac Herzog, right, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, shake hands at the Chabad of Bondi in Sydney, Australia, February 10, 2026. (GPO/Maayan Toaf)
February 10, 2026, 11:58 pm
Herzog attends Bondi memorial ceremony with Australia’s Albanese, who doesn’t give speech
Israel’s president tells event antisemitism has no place in Australia, as seats of attack victims kept empty; protesters chant ‘globalize the intifada’ at snap rally against police violence
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog, center, visits Bondi Beach in Sydney, February 9, 2026. (AP/Rick Rycroft)
February 9, 2026, 1:34 am
Arriving in Australia, Herzog pays tribute to Bondi terror victims: ‘We shall overcome’
During trip, president to also meet Jewish leaders, Australian officials; thousands of anti-Israel protesters rally in Sydney against alleged Gaza ‘genocide,’ demand his arrest
By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog attends a conference of the Ofek pre-military academies, held at the Jerusalem International Convention Center, on February 5, 2026. (Flash90)
February 7, 2026, 3:26 am
Protests planned as Herzog’s upcoming visit to Australia prompts anti-Israel outcry
President set to meet with Australian PM and families of Bondi terror attack victims, as anti-Israel groups, including progressive Jewish group, call for his arrest
By Grace Gilson
Gefen Bitton (Courtesy)
January 7, 2026, 6:01 pm
Gefen Bitton, Israeli critically wounded in Bondi attack, to be flown to Israel
Bitton, who worked in Australia for years before attack and was shot while attempting to disarm terrorist, recently woke from coma; PM Albanese urged to rescind invite to Herzog
By ToI Staff
Police search for evidence around the area where the Bondi Beach shooting took place in Sydney, Australia, on December 16, 2025. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)
December 16, 2025, 8:46 am
Australian officials: Bondi terror attack inspired by ISIS, bombs found in shooters’ car
PM Albanese says homemade Islamic State flags also found in vehicle, younger terrorist was probed in 2019 but not considered a threat; visits ‘true Australian hero’ who tackled shooter
By Agencies
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese walks with police officers after laying flowers on December 15, 2025, at the Bondi Pavilion at the scene of a terror attack targeting a Jewish event. (Handout / AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE / AFP)
December 15, 2025, 3:40 pm
Australian PM rejects Netanyahu’s linking of Palestine recognition to Bondi attack
Asked about accusation he ‘replaced weakness with weakness,’ Albanese calls for national unity, dismisses allegations he failed to act on antisemitism report recommendations
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A woman holds her child after a deadly terror shooting at a Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)
December 14, 2025, 3:02 pm
‘Horrified, not shocked’: Australian Jews blame Bondi attack on ongoing ‘incitement’
Community leaders say government has failed to respond to burgeoning antisemitism since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, leaving Jewish people fearful
By Zev Stub
A neo-Nazi protest takes place outside of Australia's New South Wales parliament, November 8, 2025. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 9, 2025, 5:53 pm
Sydney police draw sharp rebuke for approving neo-Nazi rally
As 60 demonstrators call for abolishing ‘Jewish lobby,’ community and political leaders denounce both hateful protest and authorities’ failure to prevent it
By ToI Staff
L-R: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gestures at a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump (unseen) following their meeting at Chequers, in Aylesbury, central England, on September 18, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP); Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on September 18, 2025. (Yuri Cortez/AFP); Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a flag-raising ceremony marking Papua New Guinea's 50th independence anniversary in Port Moresby on September 16, 2025. (Andrew Kutan/ AFP)
September 21, 2025, 7:39 pm
UK, Canada, Australia, Portugal announce recognition of Palestinian state; PM: Won’t happen
Netanyahu says Israel’s response will come after his US trip, settlements will expand; Hostages Forum says countries turning ‘blind eye’ to terror group still holding 48 captives
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gestures during a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump (unseen) following their meeting at Chequers, in Aylesbury, central England, on September 18, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
September 21, 2025, 11:55 am
UK set to recognize Palestinian state, with Starmer said also planning Hamas sanctions
Scope of measures is unclear; relatives of hostages write to British PM saying recognition plans have ‘dramatically complicated efforts to bring home our loved ones’
By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg
This handout photo taken and released by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on December 10, 2024, shows Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (2nd R) and Rabbi Shlomo Kohn (R) visiting the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on December 10, 2024, after it was set ablaze on December 6. (Handout / DEPARTMENT OF PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET / AFP)
August 28, 2025, 1:19 pm
Israeli intel helped Australia uncover Iran’s role in antisemitic attacks – report
Sky News Australia says Israel gave investigators lead on a firebombing, noting it shows intelligence-sharing still strong despite diplomatic spat between Jerusalem and Canberra
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Demonstrators take part in a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel rally against the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip during a protest in Sydney's central business district on August 24, 2025. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)
August 24, 2025, 1:43 pm
Tens of thousands march in Australia, demand end to Gaza war, sanctions on Israel
Palestine Action reports hundreds of thousands of protesters, including politicians and journalists, in dozens of locations; police dispute reported numbers
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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