Middle East
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-21
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Ruairí Ó Murchú (SF), Louth

Those are strong words on the fact that Israel is involved in racist action. The question has been put to the Tánaiste before of whether he sees Israel as being an apartheid state, as it is seen by many in the international community at this point. Apartheid South Africa was put under severe pressure by becoming a pariah state. International action was taken against it. It looks like, for many reasons, there will be a requirement of individual states to be brave. We have a general agreement on the fact that there should be a two-state solution and that Israel is absolutely wrong in how it deals with the Palestinian people. We need to make a stand. We need to look at recognition of the Palestinian state. Beyond that, we have to look at some means of operating the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. This is a Bill that the Tánaiste's party sponsored on Second Stage not so long ago.

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Sitting date: 2023-03-21