Short answer: Yes. Scott Morrison, Australia's Prime Minister from 2018 to 2022, has one of the most consistently pro-Israel records of any recent Western leader, both in office and after leaving politics, and he remains active on this issue as of August 2026.
What Scott Morrison has actually said and done
December 15, 2018: As Prime Minister, Morrison announced that Australia would recognize West Jerusalem as Israel's capital and open a Trade and Defense Office there, while holding the embassy move until a peace settlement. He paired the announcement with an explicit affirmation of a future Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, according to The Times of Israel.
November 21, 2019: The Zionist Federation of Australia, the Zionist Council of NSW, and the World Zionist Organisation presented Morrison with the Jerusalem Prize, the first time a sitting Australian prime minister had received it. In his remarks, he warned that the UN had let antisemitism "seep into its deliberations... under the language of human rights," as reported by SBS News.
2021: Morrison's government formally adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, a step noted by The Conversation.
October 16, 2023: In a speech to the Australian Parliament, Morrison condemned "the barbaric, violent and unprovoked terrorist attack by Hamas on the people of Israel on 7 October and the murder, the beheading, the rape and the hostage-taking of innocent civilians, including babies, children, women and the elderly," according to the official transcript on scottmorrison.com.au.
November 2023: By then out of office, Morrison visited Israel and toured the site of the destroyed community of Kfar Azza. He said he was "overwhelmed" standing where, a month earlier, there had been "a place of innocence," and argued that a stable, peaceful Israel is impossible with terrorists on its border, per All Israel News.
May 2024: Morrison publicly criticized a U.S. administration decision to withhold certain military support from Israel as "deeply disappointing," arguing that October 7 and the goal of an enduring peace required the complete removal of Hamas. Separately, on his verified X account, he called Australia's move toward recognizing a Palestinian state "the most hostile policy act of an Australian Government to the State of Israel in our history."
January 27, 2026: Morrison was a keynote speaker at the Second International Conference on Combating Antisemitism, held in Jerusalem on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. His address, titled "Keeping Wolves from the Flock: The Case for Good Religion to Fight Anti-Semitism," described rising fear and trauma in Australia's Jewish community. The event, organized by Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, drew some criticism for including far-right European speakers, as The Times of Israel reported.
The bigger picture
Scott Morrison served as Australia's 30th Prime Minister from August 2018 to May 2022 and sat in the Australian Parliament for 16 years before retiring from politics in February 2024. His advocacy since then has continued from outside government. His support for Israel is not a single gesture but a sustained thread running across roughly eight years: he was the first Australian PM to recognize West Jerusalem as Israel's capital and open a Trade and Defense Office there, the first sitting Australian PM to receive the Jerusalem Prize, and the leader whose government adopted the IHRA antisemitism definition. He condemned the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack in Parliament, later visited the affected communities in person, pushed back publicly on both a Western ally's decision to limit Israel-related support and on Australia's own move toward Palestinian statehood recognition, and as recently as January 2026 was still headlining Israeli government-organized events on antisemitism. Morrison is an outspoken Pentecostal Christian, a self-described mentee of Hillsong's Brian Houston, and some commentators have connected his religious worldview to his Israel-forward foreign policy. This reflects a Christian Zionist orientation rather than any personal Jewish ancestry or identity; nothing in the record suggests otherwise. His January 2026 conference appearance also drew some domestic criticism, from outlets such as Michael West Media and Independent Australia, over the event's inclusion of far-right European figures. Those outlets criticized Morrison directly as well, over his framing of antisemitism and his silence on Gaza, not only the event's other speakers.
The bottom line
Scott Morrison is a clear, long-standing, and still-active supporter of Israel. Capital recognition, a Jerusalem trade office, the Jerusalem Prize, IHRA adoption, a strong October 7 condemnation, an on-the-ground visit to attack sites, and a January 2026 keynote in Jerusalem all point the same direction. Nothing in the record shows him boycotting Israel, opposing it, or reversing this stance at any point.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
