James Paterson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yesterday we read disturbing media reports which revealed that a Palestinian man, Mr Fayez Elhasani, was granted a visa to come to Australia despite once hosting political members of the terrorist organisations Hamas and the politburo of Palestinian Islamic Jihad at his Gaza art institute. Today it has been brought to my attention that in August last year Mr Elhasani apparently made disturbing remarks at the second international Al-Aqsa conference in Iraq regarding his son, who was killed while serving in the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The following is a translation of a post on the Facebook page of the conference organisers, the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine: 'His mother encouraged him to wage jihad against the usurping entity, and today his son is being raised on the same path and the way of jihad until the liberation of Palestine.'

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Thorpe?

Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I'm feeling culturally unsafe.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Thorpe, in what way?

Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Because we need to free Palestine and there's a genocide going on.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Please continue, Senator Paterson.

James Paterson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

As I was quoting: 'The mother encouraged him to wage jihad against the usurping entity and today his son is being raised on the same path and the way of jihad until the liberation of Palestine.' This is concerning because it suggests that Mr Elhasani was fully aware of his son's involvement— (Time expired)