Precarious Invitations: Israel’s President Isaac Herzog’s Visit to Australia

Photograph Source: Amos Ben Gershom – CC BY-SA 3.0

Things are getting rather ropey on the invitation of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Australia on February 8.  It came amidst the anguish following the Bondi Beach attacks of December 14, 2025 on attendees of a Hanukkah event by two gunmen, leaving 15 dead.  Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese obviously thought it a sensible measure at the time.  For months, his government has been snarled at by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...