Netanyahu escalates attack on Australia’s Albanese as Jewish group urges calm

By Renju Jose

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday stepped up his personal attacks on Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese over his government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state, saying Albanese’s political record had been damaged forever.

Diplomatic ties between Australia and Israel have soured since Albanese’s centre-left Labor government last week announced it would conditionally recognise Palestinian statehood, following similar moves by…