Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)

At a Council meeting in December, it was agreed that bilateral relations with Israel be upgraded. I assume the Government supported this position at the time. Claiming that the proposed EU-Israel summit should not proceed is flawed logic, as we need to engage. Since I do not understand, what is the Minister's logic for refusing to upgrade the bilateral relationship with Israel? There would be a carrot effect in terms of incentivising better co-operation with the EU and the US.

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