In Australian TV interview, premier accuses Canberra and others in the West of appeasing anti-Western terror backers, assails ‘weak’ Albanese, laments ‘tsunami of antisemitism’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed on with his attacks on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in an interview broadcast Thursday, denouncing Canberra’s “appeasement” of terror groups and their supporters in the West. He also vowed to go through with plans to take over all of Gaza militarily even if Hamas agrees to a ceasefire and hostage release deal.

“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,” Netanyahu said of Albanese in an interview with Sky News Australia.

“When the worst terrorist organization on earth, these savages who murdered women, raped them, beheaded men… when these people congratulate the prime minister of Australia, you know something is wrong.”

For decades, Australia has considered itself a close friend of Israel, but the relationship has been unraveling since Canberra announced last week it would recognize a Palestinian state.

Netanyahu drastically escalated the war of words on Tuesday night, taking to his official account on X to unleash a personal attack on Albanese, whom he branded a “weak politician who betrayed Israel.”

Australia lashed back Wednesday, with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke retorting that strength was more than “how many people you can blow up or how many children you can leave hungry.”

broadcast August 21, 2025. (Screenshot: YouTube/Sky News Australia)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed on with his attacks on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in an interview broadcast Thursday, denouncing Canberra’s “appeasement” of terror groups and their supporters in the West. He also vowed to go through with plans to take over all of Gaza militarily even if Hamas agrees to a ceasefire and hostage release deal.

“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,” Netanyahu said of Albanese in an interview with Sky News Australia.

“When the worst terrorist organization on earth, these savages who murdered women, raped them, beheaded men… when these people congratulate the prime minister of Australia, you know something is wrong.”

For decades, Australia has considered itself a close friend of Israel, but the relationship has been unraveling since Canberra announced last week it would recognize a Palestinian state.

Netanyahu drastically escalated the war of words on Tuesday night, taking to his official account on X to unleash a personal attack on Albanese, whom he branded a “weak politician who betrayed Israel.”

Australia lashed back Wednesday, with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke retorting that strength was more than “how many people you can blow up or how many children you can leave hungry.”

In the interview — the latest in dozens he has given to friendly foreign outfits since the war in Gaza began, while avoiding Israeli media outlets that aren’t staunchly supportive of him — Netanyahu also contended that Israel was “on the verge of completing this war.”