Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has escalated his verbal assault on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as the diplomatic relations between the pair continue to fray.

Albanese insisted he "doesn't take these things personally" after Netanyahu publicly labelled him a "weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia's Jews" over his promised recognition of a Palestinian state and visa rejection for a far-right Israeli politician.

But Netanyahu has now come out again to echo his anger over Albanese's "weakness" in a rare interview with an Australian news outlet.

"I'm sure he has a reputable record as a public servant, but I think his record is forever tarnished by the weakness that he showed in the face of these Hamas terrorist monsters," Netanyahu told Sky News Austral

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