Prominent figures from the NSW Lebanese community also said they were lobbying for the release of Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner and the television crew,which includes reporter Tara Brown.
Ms Faulkner left the baby she had this year with her new husband,Brendan Pierce,to travel to Lebanon to recover two children from a previous marriage.
She has alleged the children,Lahela,6,and Noah,4,were being kept illegally in Lebanon by her former husband,Ali Elamine.