Netanyahu right to call Albanese ‘weak', senior Nationals MP says
It comes after he earlier this weak lashed the Prime Minister in a social media post, saying history would remember him as a 'weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia's Jews'.
Mr Netanyahu doubled down on his comments in a Sky interview set to air on Thursday night.
'I'm sure he has a reputable record as a public servant, but I think his record is forever tarnished by the weakness that he showed in the face of these Hamas terrorist monsters,' he told the broadcaster.
'You know, when the worst terrorist organisation on Earth – these savages who murdered women, raped them, beheaded men, burned babies alive in front of their parents and took hundreds of hostages – when these people congratulate the Prime Minister of Australia, you know something is wrong.'
Reacting to the comments, opposition trade spokesman Kevin Hogan said he shared the Israeli leader's opinion, saying Mr Albanese 'rewarded' Hamas with his Palestine pledge.
'What's happened is that organisation is still in control of Gaza, and the Prime Minister has rewarded that with statehood recognising a Palestinian state before Hamas has been dismantled,' Mr Hogan told Sky.
'It's a show of weakness, which is a terrible thing.'
He said Jewish Australians were 'feeling unsafe because of this'.
'We saw Jewish Australians feel very unsafe straight after those attacks, when people in Australia were celebrating those attacks, and I think it emboldens them because they've been validated,' Mr Hogan said.
'That attack has been validated from the Prime Minister.'
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