Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his inaugural tour to Australia has been "wonderful".
The Israeli PM and his wife Sara wound up their five-day trip to Sydney on Sunday, meeting with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop just hours before departing.
"This has been a wonderful visit here. You people are amazing," Mr Netanyahu told the foreign minister before holding bilateral talks behind closed doors.
Mr Netanyahu joked with Ms Bishop, who's just arrived home from a whirlwind trip to the US and UK, that the pair had "shared more or less the same route".
Ms Bishop last week held high-level talks with top Trump administration officials in Washington including Lieutenant-General H R McMaster, the president's newly appointed National Security Advisor.
She also met Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, while in London she met with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson - then onto Dublin for more trade talks.
Mr Netanyahu flew into Sydney on Wednesday as the first sitting Israeli prime minister to touch down on Australian soil.
He too has just been in the US to meet President Donald Trump, after the UK meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May.
During his time in Sydney, Mr Netanyahu and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull vowed to deepen business and travel links between the two countries.
Two-way trade between Israel and Australia is worth about $1.2 billion each year, with Mr Netanyahu saying he'd like to see that double or triple.
The Israeli PM met with several federal ministers, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, along with prominent business leaders.
Mr Netanyahu's visit came amid criticism of Israel's expansion of settlements on Palestinian-owned land in the West Bank.
The opposition leader raised Labor's concerns about the settlements during "constructive" formal discussions on Friday.
Mr Shorten said he reiterated Labor's support for a two-state solution.
"We want to see Israel safe and secure of its borders; we support the rights of the Palestinian people to have their own state."
The day before, about 1000 pro-Palestine protesters gathered at Sydney's Town Hall saying Mr Netanyahu was being treated like a celebrity when he should be on trial for war crimes.
Hilal Asmar, a Palestinian living in Sydney, told AAP that he wanted to open the world's eyes to what was happening in his home country.
"This leader, he is under investigation in Israel for corruption," Mr Asmar said, in references to claims Mr Netanyahu wrongly accepted gifts from billionaires.
"This guy is a wanted criminal, and our prime minister is very happy to hug him and kiss him and be with him - that's unfair.
"Shame on him."
The Netanyahus - constantly surrounded by their enormous security entourage - also visited Bondi Junction's Central Synagogue, the nearby Moriah School where they were greeted like rock stars, plus a quick tourist stop-off in Manly, during their visit.
The city's eastern suburb of Rose Bay went into a frenzy as a motorcade, bodyguards, sirens and a squad of police descended on the Kosher cafe to drop off Sara Netanyahu for a morning coffee with Lucy Turnbull.
On Sunday Mr Netanyahu praised the Turnbulls' hospitality, and spoke of Sydney's "beautiful beaches".
"I'd stay longer if I could," he said.
Ms Bishop, who visited Israel in September, told him the prime minister had been very happy to play host.
"I know they were both very much looking forward to your visit."
