Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 November 2020
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I think it would be really good to give both ambassadors an opportunity to come and interact with the committee because they will provide very different perspectives. I also think it is important to understand the thinking of both and then to draw conclusions from a committee and policy perspective. My understanding is that the Palestinian ambassador to Ireland, whom I will meet later today, was very close to Saeb Erekat, and knew him and his family very well. It is a particularly difficult sadness for her.
Deputy Brady raised a number of matters. I do not know where he is getting his briefing, given comments such as the silence from Ireland being deafening on annexation, demolition or expanding settlements in the West Bank.
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