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

Foreign policy is important, and what we hear from the far left here are just gestures and pantomime. It does not serve the interests of the Palestinian people at all. When I meet with the Palestinian Authority and the Prime Minister of Palestine, they thank us for the position we are taking and the work we are doing. When I meet with Arab ambassadors, presidents and prime ministers, they recognise Ireland as one of the countries that is taking a principled stance on this issue. Then, when I come into this Chamber, I get shouted at from the far left as if I am somehow a representative of Israel. It is just so divorced from the reality of what we hear from people who are dealing with this in their own lives every day in the Arab world. It is, quite frankly, objectionable in my view.

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Sitting date: 2023-12-05