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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a press conference in Sydney, October 28, 2017. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP)

October 28, 2017, 12:33 pm

Australian PM heads to Israel after tumultuous week at home

Malcolm Turnbull's government in turmoil after his deputy PM was kicked out of parliament over his dual citizenship

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA

Outgoing Australian Ambassador Dave Sharma at a farewell reception in Tel Aviv, June 11, 2017 (Ariel Besor)

June 15, 2017, 1:39 pm

Israel is ‘in our blood,’ outgoing Australian ambassador says

Packing up after four years in Tel Aviv, Dave Sharma reflects on close relationships, lessons learned, and a few 'difficult conversations'

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a joint press conference in Sydney, Australia, on February 22, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO)

February 26, 2017, 6:37 am

Netanyahu: We will never relinquish security control of West Bank

In conversation with Australian foreign minister, PM says Israel learned from long experience that it can't rely on international forces to protect it

By TOI staff

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with the Australian Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten in Sydney, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (William West/Pool Photo via AP)

February 24, 2017, 8:27 am

Meeting PM, Australia Labor head pushes Palestinian state

Opposition leader Bill Shorten says he told Netanyahu 'clearly and unambiguously' that West Bank settlements hindering peace deal

By AP and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara land in Australia on an official visit. February 21, 2017 (Haim Tzach / GPO)

February 21, 2017, 11:31 pm

Netanyahu lands in Australia in first visit by Israeli premier

PM scheduled to meet with top government officials and Australian Jewish leaders before returning to Israel Sunday

By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in New York, on September 21, 2016 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

February 21, 2017, 8:25 pm

Day before Netanyahu arrives, Australia backs 2-state solution

Turnbull says both sides must return to negotiations, voices support for Palestinian statehood, Israeli security

By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, set off for a week-long state visit to Singapore and Australia, February 19, 2017. (GPO/Haim Zach)

February 20, 2017, 3:58 am

Netanyahu to face protests on Australia state visit

PM arrives in Singapore on first leg of trip aimed at strengthening economic and security ties with both countries

By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong seen during the welcome ceremony at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on April 19, 2016. (Haim Zach / GPO)

February 19, 2017, 3:00 pm

Netanyahu embarks on first trip to Singapore and Australia

During trip aimed at strengthening economic and security ties, PM to meet with political leaders and local Jewish communities

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 4, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

February 16, 2017, 12:41 pm

Australia hints at openness to two-state solution alternatives

Tentatively backing Trump, FM says Canberra wants Palestinian statehood but will support any new idea both sides embrace

By Stuart Winer

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, August 4, 2016. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)

January 25, 2017, 11:07 am

In rare move, Australia criticizes settlement expansion

FM Julie Bishop, who refuses to call Israeli West Bank construction illegal, urges both sides to avoid unilateral actions

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meeting at Trump Tower in New York, September 25, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

January 19, 2017, 9:51 pm

Brave new Anglosphere: Israel revels in fresh support from US-UK-Australia triumvirate

As Trump vows to radically change America's approach to the Middle East, Theresa May's Britain and Malcolm Turnbull's Australia defy international consensus on the peace process, irking Ramallah

By Raphael Ahren

Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott (left) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90)

January 2, 2017, 2:32 am

Former Australian PM: Cut off aid to Palestinians

Tony Abbott: Canberra should consider moving embassy to Jerusalem, support the 'region’s only liberal, pluralist democracy'

By TOI staff

New Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (R) announces his new cabinet at a press conference as Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop (L) looks on in Canberra on September 20, 2015. (Peter Parks/AFP)

December 30, 2016, 1:32 pm

Australian PM condemns ‘one-sided’ UN settlement resolution

Day after UK PM bashes Kerry's anti-settlement speech, Malcolm Turnbull slams 'deeply unsettling' UN decision, says 'Australia stands with Israel'

By TOI staff

December 29, 2016, 2:57 pm

Australia would have opposed anti-settlement UN resolution, FM indicates

Canberra 'has consistently not supported one-sided resolutions targeting Israel,' says Julie Bishop, who in 2014 contested notion that settlements are illegal

By Raphael Ahren

September 4, 2016, 7:29 pm

Netanyahu accepts invitation to visit Down Under in 2017

On official trip to Israel, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with prime minister, president

By TOI staff