Albanese said that he doesn't take his Israeli counterpart's comments about him personally. Australia's Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke fired back at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday after the latter described his Australian counterpart,

Australia lashes Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu after he said the country’s prime minister was weak, with top officials firing back at the Israeli premier who’s leading the genocidal war on Gaza for nearly two years.

Albanese joined a “coalition of the willing” meeting overnight, led by the UK and France, seeking to support Ukraine in the conflict. Anthony Albanese has said that the way to rebuild the relationship between Australia and Israel is to “continue to put forward Australia’s position”.

Netanyahu expresses his anger at countries supporting Palestine. This time, he directs his wrath at President Emmanuel Macron of France.

A weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s Jews,” read a post on the official X account of Netanyahu’s office

Netanyahu said in the letter that he recommended the Australian leader to follow in the footsteps of US President Donald Trump to combat antisemitism and to "replace weakness with action.