Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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We do not impose sanctions unilaterally. Trade is an EU function and together with our EU partners, we have imposed sanctions on settlers in the West Bank. We got agreement but it was difficult to get an agreement with 27 member states as one member state was holding out for quite some time. It was on 19 March that we adopted that agreement. We also placed sanctions on Hamas focused on the sexual and gender-based violence that was committed on 7 October. We do not support the policy of taking a boycott, divestment, sanctions approach to this complex area.

That has been our position. We keep this under review all the time. However, a focus on trying to get a resolution and trying to get a two-state solution is parallel with everything. It is a much more complex situation than is sometimes presented.