Foreign Conflicts
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-21
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I do not disagree. I do not get the strategic approach - if one could call it that - from the Israeli Government. It ultimately undermines the security of the Israeli state itself. Israeli policy has marginalised moderate opinion within Palestine. Israeli decisions seem almost tantamount to creating fertile ground for hard-line extremist positions. That is, in my view, counterintuitive in terms of proper peace and a stable situation. The two-state solution has been earmarked for a long time. It is very difficult to even articulate the concept of a two-state solution given what has happened. What we have to do is continue to raise it on every international forum and work with like-minded states in the European Union to raise the profile for the Palestinian Authority and get greater agreements between the Palestinian Authority and the European Union.

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Sitting date: 2023-03-21