The Age/Mathew Knott/7.01.2025
We all know Dreyfus will bend the knee and do what Netanyahu tells him – how pathetic – Mark
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is preparing to travel to Israel within weeks in a bid to help mend the fractured relationship between the Albanese and Netanyahu governments.
Dreyfus, who is Jewish, is one of the strongest supporters of Israel in the Labor caucus and his planned trip would be the first by a government minister since Foreign Minister Penny Wong visited the Middle East almost a year ago.
Tensions between the two nations boiled over last month when Netanyahu accused the Albanese government of fomenting a rise in antisemitism in a fiery intervention just days after Australia’s ambassador to Israel was summoned by the nation’s foreign minister for a rare dressing down.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is regarded as one of the strongest supporters of Israel in the Labor caucus.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is regarded as one of the strongest supporters of Israel in the Labor caucus. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
Dreyfus, one of Labor’s most senior ministers, planned to travel to Israel last year for the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack but had to cancel the trip when Iran launched missile strikes on the nation.
Local pro-Israel groups were angered that Wong did not visit a kibbutz that was attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7 during her trip, with the Executive Council of Australian Jewry describing the omission as “insulting and deeply concerning”.
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