Post-European Council Meeting: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2022-07-13
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John Brady (SF), Wicklow

I will try to be concise.
On 15 June, the EU, Egypt and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding on co-operation related to trade, transport and export of gas to the EU. The memorandum of understanding, MOU, negotiated and signed by the EU does not contain a territorial clause explicitly excluding the Palestine Territories occupied by Israel. This omission appears to be in complete contradiction with the long-standing EU decision that all agreements between the EU and Israel explicitly indicate their inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel since 1967 and UN Security Council resolution 2334. I want to ask whether this serious omission has been raised by Ireland with the European Commission and why was that omission not dealt with. I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, is it appropriate that we would replace gas being provided by one brutal occupying force with gas provided by another brutal occupying force which is in breach of international law, a serial perpetrator of gross human rights violations and in breach of so many UN resolutions.

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Sitting date: 2022-07-13