Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed)
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-10
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

-----to bear witness to what is happening and potentially, if diplomacy can triumph and get the war stopped, then UNIFIL could play a significant role in the restoration of peace. The Deputy raised some very important hypothetical questions about if a similar force had been in place in Gaza. There are no guarantees and we cannot be certain about any particular outcomes but already the Arab peace initiative envisages an international security presence as the optimal way of creating a post-war situation in Gaza that might have some substance in terms of dealing with Israeli security while also allowing the Palestinian Authority or others to run Gaza for the benefit of the Palestinians living there.
I will come back in on the issue of troop rotation.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-10