Barakat is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Germany apparently fears radicalization of Arab communities in the country.

'The primary purpose of the visit was to offer Mr. Barakat the opportunity to address a meeting in Parliament on Palestine-related matters,' said Kyriakos Klosidis.

Among the terror attacks for which the PFLP has proudly claimed responsibility is a massacre in a Jerusalem synagogue in 2014 in which four rabbis and a policeman were brutally murdered.

Erdan urged for 'a robust system to be set in place to ensure members of designated terrorist groups will not be allowed to enter the European Parliament in the future.'