Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy should let me finish. He has got himself into a froth.

It is not correct to state the EU should break off relationships with Israel. A number of association agreements with Israel exist, as does the neighbourhood action plan. These allow us the authority to raise issues on the basis we are all on the one side in dealing with Israel through normal bilateral arrangements between a country such as Israel and the EU. They give us the authority to be able to dictate to Israel our view on what should happen regarding the occupied territories——

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