Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 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

Ms Marie Crawley:

What we are witnessing is the most profound abuse of human rights that we have seen in our generation. We are witnessing a genocide. We are witnessing the most appalling crimes. When you are dealing with a situation that is so extreme, devastating and horrific, you try every possible action and work on a multiplicity of levels. While we must try unilateral action and fully implement the Bill as initially intended, with its combination of goods and services, we should continue to pursue, as the Irish Government is doing, further review of the Israel-EU trading agreement at a European level and consider all other possible measures, including looking to Israel's position on the UN General Assembly when that comes up in September. We must operate at the domestic, EU and UN levels and use every possible mechanism at our disposal to try to stop the horrendous actions that are taking place in full view of the world.

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