Senate debates Questions without Notice

Israel


Don Farrell

Don Farrell SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism

2:26 pm

I completely reject the implications in the question by Senator Faruqi. What has happened in the Middle East in the last month is a terrible set of circumstances. The unjustified, illegal attack on innocent Israeli citizens on 7 October was a terrible set of events, and of course we now see the consequences of that in Gaza and elsewhere in Palestine. I don't think any particular political party seeking to make hay out of this terrible situation is going to advance the position in Australia, whether it's the coalition trying to take political advantage of it or the Greens. The government has a sensible— (Time expired)

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