Australia has cancelled the visa of an Israeli lawmaker from prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's governing coalition who has advocated against Palestinian statehood and called for Israel to annex the occupied West Bank.

The cancellations by Israel followed “Australia’s decisions to recognise a ‘Palestinian state’ and against the backdrop of Australia’s unjustified refusal to grant visas to a number of Israeli figures,

Israeli ministers have accused Australia of anti-Semitism after it barred an ultra-nationalist politician from entering the country, alleging that he was coming to “spread division”.