Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Conor O'Neill:
I thank the Senator for the question. It is something one feels one grapples with every day. I vividly remember the first time I went to the West Bank with Senator Black and Trócaire in 2018. The Senator may have seen the so-called separation wall Israel has constructed that snakes through East Jerusalem and the West Bank. It is enormous. It is reminiscent of the Berlin Wall but nearly twice its size. It is 30 ft high in places.
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