Cathy Bennett (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

The witnesses have claimed this Bill would harm Palestinians if it goes through.

That is not what the Palestinians say. We have letters of support from 60 Palestinian NGOs, human rights organisations and trade unions. Palestinian farmers told The Irish Timeslast week that the Bill is a source of hope. A Palestinian advocate will appear before this committee shortly strongly supporting this measure. The Palestinian representative to the UN formally called all states to end trade with Israel's illegal settlements. Do the witnesses think that Palestinians are not able to determine what is in their own interests and that they know better? That is to any of the witnesses.