Relations between the two countries have frayed since Australia said it planned to recognise a Palestinian state.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese made his first public response since Netanyahu called him a weak leader and accused him of betraying Israel

The president made the remarks in a radio interview complaining he was not given enough credit for bombing Iran’s nuclear sites

During an interview on “The Mark Levin Show,” President Donald Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “war hero” and said he is one too after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites earlier this year.

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry says the deterioration in the relationship “is causing us nothing but pain and anguish”.

Many Israelis feel that freeing the hostages cannot happen if the government refuses to come to terms with Hamas and pursues its policy of trying to eliminate the group militarily.

This article was created in conjunction with one of our partners. An Israeli spokesperson has torn into ABC journalist Patricia Karvelas after he was grilled over the starvation in Gaza, the release of hostages and the relationship between Australia and Israel.