Middle East
Dail Éireann — 2024-03-07
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I ask the Deputy to hear me out for a second. I had not finished the sentence. I invite him to go to Israel, meet with the Israeli Government and find out first-hand what it thinks of the Irish Government's position or the Irish people's position. The Israeli Government does not think we have done nothing. I will leave it at that. We have shown leadership on all the concrete issues that have had an impact over many years. Ireland was the first European Union state to call for the Palestinian right to a homeland. The late Brian Lenihan Snr. did that way back. If you go to Palestine or any of the Arab partner countries in that region, you will find that they appreciate Ireland's principled position on this issue. We want an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. The horrors people in Gaza are experiencing are shocking. They should come to an end immediately.

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Sitting date: 2024-03-07