Relations between the two countries have frayed since Australia said it planned to recognise a Palestinian state.

As Israel seeks to expand its offensive in Gaza, discontent is evident among some reservists being called up to serve once again.

The president made the remarks in a radio interview complaining he was not given enough credit for bombing Iran’s nuclear sites

Some members of Israel’s coalition have ruled out a proposed hostage deal with Hamas, but the prime minister has yet to state his position.

During an interview on “The Mark Levin Show,” President Donald Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “war hero” and said he is one too after US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites earlier this year.

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry says the deterioration in the relationship “is causing us nothing but pain and anguish”.

September 8 is the day hearings in the prime minister’s criminal trial are set to resume, after courts broke for the summer recess.

This article was created in conjunction with one of our partners. An Israeli spokesperson has torn into ABC journalist Patricia Karvelas after he was grilled over the starvation in Gaza, the release of hostages and the relationship between Australia and Israel.