Middle East
Dail Éireann — 2025-04-01
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Matt Carthy (SF), Cavan-Monaghan

One of the reasons we are in the situation we are in is that, for decades, Israel flagrantly breached international law and faced no consequences. If only we could get an understanding of why the world was able to turn a blind eye for so long, but the evidence is in how the world has turned away in large part from even a genocide unfolding before our eyes. According to the United Nations, eight days ago, while on a mission to rescue their colleagues who had been shot at by Israeli forces earlier in the day, 15 Palestinian rescue workers were murdered by Israel one by one - that is a direct quote - and buried in a mass grave. That is the State of Israel. The reason it does what it does is because it does not face any consequences. The question again is, does the Minister intend to bring forward legislation that will ban the trade of both goods and services with the illegal Israeli settlements?

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Sitting date: 2025-04-01