Dominic Hannigan (Labour)

I agree with Senator Leyden's comments on the Israeli Minister's gratuitous statement. I have just read a book called Kristallnacht, which describes the events in Germany in 1938 and the lead-up to the Holocaust. For a Member of the Knesset to make such a statement is extraordinary. I suggest he read his history books. We need a debate here as soon as possible so we can impress on the Minister for Foreign Affairs the need for his Department and the European Union to act.

I would like to comment, as Senator Healy Eames did, on the rant we have just heard from the Government benches cautioning my party on being burned by the tribunals.