David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will make a few points. First, obviously, it is very welcome that work is going on to normalise relations between Israel and certain Arab states, which has been mentioned. We always welcome that and look for more of it to happen, if possible. Second, it possibly goes without saying but it might need to be said that we reject violence from every side. Something we have always done in this committee is reject violence as a means to an end.

I asked a question with respect to the report by Professor Michael Lynk. We may not have time to go into it now; it is quite detailed. It does seem to back up the Amnesty International report, however. Professor Lynk is a special rapporteur appointed by the UN and his report would carry a lot of weight. Perhaps not today but maybe another time we might get some kind of response from the Ireland Israel Alliance on that. The report is quite detailed and we spent quite an amount of time on it here last week. It is grim reading and Professor Lynk is quite clear in what he said. I would be very interested in getting a written report on that later from the Ireland Israel Alliance. It would be useful for balance to make that happen.

I believe we have learned much today. It is important to have this kind of dialogue in order that we can learn and give all sides an opportunity to put forward their case and points of view, especially from the witnesses' colleague in New York. It has been very enlightening and informative. I thank the witnesses for being with us today.