Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuon Wednesday,more than three weeks after the war began. He has not visited the Jewish state.
Morrison has been joined on the trip by former British prime minister Boris Johnson.
Morrison said he was “thankful for the opportunity to join former prime minister Johnson to come to Israel as a demonstration of solidarity with the people and State of Israel and the Jewish community throughout the world.
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“It is an opportunity to understand firsthand what is occurring on the ground,honour those who have been lost,show support to those who have suffered and are now engaged in this terrible conflict and discuss how to move forward.”
The former prime ministers will reportedly meet Israeli President Isaac Herzog and family members of hostages abducted by Hamas. There are also plans to visit Israeli villages in the south,where civilians were slaughtered when Gazan fighters broke into their homes.
Last week,Morrison was one of six former prime ministers to issue a joint letter declaring there was “no more tenaciously evil race hatred than antisemitism” and warning that terrorist organisation Hamas wanted to fuel ancient hatreds throughout the world.