Israel - Australia relations

Can business save Israel-Australia relations? Ambassador says there is still hope

Ambassador Hillel Newman looks to The Jerusalem Post Australia Summit as an opportunity to bridge divides and strengthen ties through business and innovation

Israeli Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman.
2026 ALP National Conference, in Adelaide Thursday, 23rd July 2026

Australia pulled out of West Bank sanctions at last minute, EU diplomats reveal - report

 LAST WEEK, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong issued a statement about the sanctions on Israelis saying: ‘We call on Israel to hold perpetrators of settler violence to account and to cease its ongoing settlement activity.’

Australia summons Israeli envoy over decision not to prosecute aid worker killings

Defense Ministry Director-General, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Baram.

Defense Ministry works toward future of Israel's defense sector, plans for munitions independence


Australia: ‘We won’t move our embassy to Jerusalem’

“Jerusalem is a final status issue and we have maintained that position for decades.”

ULURU IS LIT by the setting sun in the Northern Territory in central Australia

Israel renegotiates ties with Austria over party with Nazi roots

The Austrian Freedom Party, now part of Austria's governing coalition, was founded by a former SS officer in 1956.

New Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and MK Yehudah Glick (Likud)

Making tracks from Down Under

What have we and the Australians in common?

RAINFOREST SHIELD designs and text by Vernon Ah Kee

A watershed event

Celebrating the Battle of Beersheba Centenary with Australia and New Zealand

Sporting Australian bush hats, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnball takes a selfie with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the reenactment of the Battle of Beersheba on October 31

Mosaic United selects programming leadership

Mosaic United, the flagship project of the Diaspora Affairs Ministry, has chosen its leadership to run its innovative programming.

Diaspora youngsters enjoy a Birthright Israel trip to the Jewish state.

Far from home, close to home

In sharp contrast to Israeli Americans, most Israeli Australians don’t vote in Australian federal elections; we barely know the names of the candidates, let alone the issues of the day

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

With prime minister in town, Australians laud ties with Israel

One Australian minister said that over the last year or so ten Israeli companies with a combined market value of $1.7 billion had been listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Turnbull and Netanyahu during the latter's official visit to Australia