They have been angered by an apparent campaign by Israeli agents to assassinate Hamas people abroad, most notably Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January.
In the weeks that followed the Mossad's alleged assassination of Hamas terror-master Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January, Australia's generally relaxed Foreign Ministry sprang into action.
Responding to an urgent question in the Commons on 22 February 2010, Mr Bryant said the authorities in the United Arab Emirates had sent details of "at least" two passports which may be linked to the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai last month.