A US-based pro-Israel group has launched a campaign against the Albanese government’s decision to revoke recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital – and now plans to expand its operations in Australia.

Columnist Peta Credlin (SM,Oct 23) says part of the reason for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s long honeymoon is the generally soft treatment he gets from the media, without attributing the more compelling reason of good policy, for the long honeymoon period.