Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Respected Australian Jewish community leaders Jeremy Leibler and Jillian Segal described your reference to Israel's 'attacking of hospitals' as a libel against Israel. Does the government accept their interpretation of article 19 of the Geneva convention that 'explicitly states that hospitals lose their protection if they are used for military purposes' and their further statement that 'Hamas uses al-Shifa and other hospitals for military purposes'?