Middle East
Dail Éireann — 2025-02-11
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Ruairí Ó Murchú (SF), Louth

We all agree that we want to see the release of all hostages and that we want to ensure the ceasefire is maintained. Whatever happens, we are incredibly afraid that we are getting further and further away from the room and space for a two-state solution for peace, freedom and democracy, which basically will both benefit the Palestinians and provide real security, as Israel often talks about. We recall in our own peace process and earlier stages of the Middle East peace process that there was, at times, beneficial American involvement. There is nothing to be seen in that sense at the minute and our fears are that circumstances are going to get worse.
We have spoken many times on the EU-Israel association agreement. What are the chances and possibilities of moving this on? There are humanitarian conditions which are being breached every day of the week-----

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