Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Did the Minister obtain a flavour of the extent to which his remarks and suggestions to the various factions were received? Was there acceptance of the position he put forward? Was there recognition of the need on the part of the Israelis and Palestinians and both Palestinian factions to proceed in a constructive way in the future? Was there a recognition that the present impasse cannot continue indefinitely and that the longer it continues the more serious the problem becomes, the more imbedded the issues become and the more dangerous and precarious the situation and peace becomes?

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