Middle East
Dail Éireann — 2023-11-30
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

Yes. I have said that repeatedly. That is a European Union position. There cannot be displacement of Palestinians. There cannot be reoccupation of Gaza by Israel. Europe agrees with that principle. The High Representative, Mr. Borrell, has made that point, but we believe there should be a Palestinian Authority in Gaza delivering services to Gazans, from medical health to education. That should be led by Palestinians. For obvious reasons in terms of what has transpired, Europe does not agree that it should be a Hamas-controlled authority. Then there has to be some dimension around security and how best to provide for that into the future so that everybody can act into the future with some degree of security. That also means really fundamental change in what is happening in the West Bank regarding settlements. To say the least, the nature of the current composition of the Israeli Government has created a lot of challenges to all of this.

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