Ms Hilary Minch:

I appreciate what the Deputy is saying about one, two or three states and the reality on the ground, but we are not talking about two equal sides trying to negotiate. We are talking about people who have been living under military occupation and have had their homeland taken. We are talking about the Palestinian refugees. It is not two equal sides, and in 1988 the Palestinians declared a state on just 22% of what was historic Palestine. This huge historic compromise was made before the Oslo accords. There has been a solution available since then but no negotiations have worked because, as Councillor Costello mentioned, there has been no proper pressure brought to bear on Israel. There have been no sanctions. UN Security Council resolutions and the UN Charter have all been breached and in our capacity as EAPPI we----