Israel’s foreign minister revokes visas of Australian representatives to Palestinian Authority | Australian foreign policy

The Israeli Foreign Minister canceled the visas of Australian representatives to the Palestinian authority, and “unjustly rejected the intention of visas to Australia’s Israeli figures and the intention of recognizing the Palestinian state.

In an article on Monday night, Gideon Sa’ar said that the decision was given after the Albanian Government canceled Simcha Rothman’s visa on Monday before the speech tour this month.

“While anti -Semitism in Australia is intensified, including violence against Jews and Jewish institutions, the Australian government chooses to feed on misconduct such as the Israeli figures, such as the visit of the figures of Israel and will damage the Muslim population of Australia.

“Shameful and unacceptable!”

The Foreign Minister said that the Israeli Embassy in Canberra instructed him to “carefully examine any official Australian visa application to enter Israel”.

Prime Minister Anthony Albania announced that he would recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly as part of a two -state solution after the new commitments made by the Palestinian authority of Australia. The movement was criticized by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “disappointment” and “embarrassing”.

Australia’s Palestinian representatives are in Ramallah in the West Bank.

Palestinian Foreign Ministry Condemned Israel’s decision To cancel the visas of Australian representatives with “the most powerful terms, and to define the movement as“ illegal ”and“ Israeli arrogance and political imbalance ”.

Rothman, a member of the Religious Zionism Party, which is part of Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration coalition, was planned to appear at events in Sydney and Melbourne within the scope of the “Solidarity Tour için for the Jewish Australians next weekend.

The extreme right politician, who strongly opposed a two -state solution, once described the Palestinian children in Gaza as “enemy ve and called the full annexation of Israel’s West Bank.

On Monday, Interior Minister Tony Burke confirmed that Rothman’s visa application was canceled after asking questions to the Guardian Australia’s office on Friday morning.

Burke said in a statement, “Our government is taking a difficult line for people who want to come to our country and spread the division.” He said.

“If you are coming to Australia to spread a hate and division message, we do not want you here. Under our government, Australia will be a country where everyone can be safe and safe.”

Burke had previously prevented the entry of other personalities and politicians with a history of controversial or aggressive statements, including Rapper Kanye West, US law professor Khaled Beydoun and former Israeli Minister Aytet Shaked.

Rothman accused the Albanian government of “open and open anti -Semitism ında in an article written in Hebrew shortly after the decision was announced to the public.

Bezalel Smotrich, who was approved by the Rothman Party and the Albanian government in June, praised Rothman by saying, “In the face of all the anti -Semites in the world, the Israeli people stand behind you and support you.”

Israel’s Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli said that Australia’s decision reflects the “broken moral compass, a great attack on discrimination and free speech ,, Israel’s former opposition leader Benny Gantz said,“ It was just misrepresented, but not hypocritic.

“If he fights the same fever with the destruction anti -Semitism aimed at the Jewish communities with the same passion, he banned representatives from one and only one democracy in the Middle East, Gant Gantz said.

Rothman is a clearly an oral critic of a two -state solution and Supported Donald Trump’s suggestion Safety concerns for Israel to remove Palestinians from Gaza completely.

One Interview with England’s channel 4He claimed that the children in Gaza should not be allowed to escape to Israel.

Roth You do not allow them to conquer your country with refugees, according to international treaties about our enemies and refugees at the time of the war, Roth Rothman said.

In July, Rothman was one of a handful of Knesset. He started a symbolic movement To “implement için the sovereignty of Israel to the West Bank territory. The movement passed 71-13.

For the comment, Foreign Minister, Penny Wong and Israeli Embassy were contacted.