Post-European Council Meetings: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-06-24
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Gino Kenny (PBP), Dublin Mid-West

I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. I raised the issue of Palestine with the Minister last week. Israel has vowed to annex the Jordan Valley, which makes up 30% of the occupied West Bank, this time next week. The EU has specifically stated that if Israel makes this move, it will be contrary to international law and decency. If this action takes place, what will the European Union do to penalise the state of Israel? As Deputy Cian O'Callaghan has said, this is against the background of the occupied territories Bill being omitted from the programme for Government. It is no coincidence that the Israeli ambassador as well as US Congressmen and Congresswomen had been lobbying the three parties on the programme for Government. We can see what is at play. With all this in the background, in respect of the EU and Israel and the economic trade between them, what penalties is the EU going to impose on the state of Israel for its aggression and its proposed annexation of the West Bank?

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Sitting date: 2020-06-24