Benjamin Netanyahu to be first Israel PM to visit Australia after Julie Bishop invitation

By Tom McIlroy
Updated September 6 2016 - 1:14am, first published September 5 2016 - 2:56pm
A picture provided by the Israel Government Press Office shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. Photo: GPO
A picture provided by the Israel Government Press Office shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. Photo: GPO
The Foreign Minister of Australia Julie Bishop lays a wreath during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. Photo: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov
The Foreign Minister of Australia Julie Bishop lays a wreath during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. Photo: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

Benjamin Netanyahu will become the first sitting Israeli prime minister to make an official visit to Australia in 2017, after accepting an invitation from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

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