Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-05
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I hear a recurring theme from Deputies opposite. I think half of them are half-saying it and the other half are saying they are not saying it. It is that they seem to think that there is some sort of action the Government could take this evening or tomorrow that would cause the Prime Minister of Israel to think again and change his policy. Half the Opposition Deputies seem to be half-saying this half the time but then when I ask them if that is what they are saying, they say they are not saying it. I heard a very good analysis not that long ago from an expert on the history and politics of the region which made it very clear that not even at this stage will the views of the United States cause a change in policy in Israel. There would have been a time when Israel would have been very sensitive to what the US had to say in this regard.

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Sitting date: 2023-12-05