Australia Invites Israel President, Warns You Might Protest Anyway
KEY POINTS
- •Sarah Hanson-Young’s motion was defeated on February 4, 2026, by both Labor and Liberal parties.
- •Australia invited Israel’s president Isaac Herzog to honor victims of antisemitic terror attacks next week in Sydney.
- •Protests are planned by groups like the Palestine Action Group over Herzog’s visit, highlighting community tensions.
On February 4, 2026, Sarah Hanson-Young’s motion got tossed out faster than a bad salad when Labor and Liberal politicians combined forces to reject it. This set the stage for Israel’s president Isaac Herzog to visit Australia amid the brewing political circus. Wong diplomatically explained that while she invited Herzog to honor victims of antisemitic terror attacks, a motley crew including the Palestine Action Group is already sharpening their protest signs for Sydney. She expressed sincere concern over Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, noted Israel’s looming International Court of Justice review on the Genocide Convention, and still managed to juggle all this without dropping the official line about democracy, legal advice, and ‘depth of feeling’. Everyone’s polite until politics shows up, apparently.
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Inviting Israel’s president to Australia to 'honor victims' and then bracing for protests is like throwing a ‘Welcome’ party in a minefield painted entirely with ‘Oops’. Democracy or chaos? Why not both!
When you invite a dignitary and everyone brings pitchforks, you start wondering if RSVP was misunderstood.
Australia’s big welcome for Israel’s president comes with a free protest bouquet—because why not mix conflict with protocol?
Source: Theguardian | Published: 2/5/2026 | Author: Krishani Dhanji
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