Hollie Hughes (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Thorpe, that was a perfect introduction for what I'd like to speak about today—the factional stitch-up that we've seen from the Labor Party as they've attempted to solve the two-state solution, as they draw the borders and change the language, now referring to 'occupied Palestinian territories', which is not only, in international law, legally incorrect; it ignores the fact that Palestine actually has never been its own independent state ever and has never had Palestinian territories.

What I thought I'd do today, though, is point out the UN Relief and Works Agency, which is responsible for where a lot of Palestinian children are educated. I thought I'd give some examples of the complete antisemitism and radicalisation that continues to occur today in the Palestinian education system. It is absolutely disgusting. We had a look at one of the schools, Asma Middle School for Girls, where the schoolgirls are taught to liberate their homeland by sacrificing their blood and pursuing jihad. This is an example straight from their workbooks. 'Read the following sentences and explain why the hamza'—an orthographic sign in Arabic—'is written on the words.' Option 3 is: 'I will commit jihad to liberate the homeland.' The school also had students examine a text called 'My land'. This was question 11: 'What are the obligations of the people of the homeland towards it?' Answer: 'That they would defend it and sacrifice for it their blood, their possessions and the most precious thing they have.' I guess that's their life. 'The enemy is despicable. Palestine is ours. The departure of the occupier from our land is inevitable. We shall oppose the enemy's tanks with blood and flesh.' That was a year 7 text. A poem: 'Let's explain the beauty of the metaphor in the following: "The Zionist gangs sank their fangs of hatred into her pure body."' Sounds like they really want a peace process!