Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Situation in Palestine and Israel: Discussion with EAPPI
3:10 pm
Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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I travelled with the Taoiseach to the West Bank to see the illegal settlements and the difficulties faced by the Palestinian people, even to cross the road. I attended a function in Dublin last week at which Robert Fisk was the guest speaker. He said that we all talk about a two state solution but he could never see a two state solution and land exchange in the short term. He said the land exchange issue would be very difficult because the best fertile land has been taken over. He said the issue of land exchange and the two state solution was far down the road, so to speak.