Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

We must be balanced. It also criticised Hamas and its use of rockets as deliberate and focused terror attacks on Israeli citizens. We have been around the grounds on that before. The Government will continue, with its EU partners, to support a request that Israel terminate its completely erroneous policy in respect of the blockade as quickly as possible. Mr. Ging has been extremely important in the context of identifying the priorities in that regard. As already stated, if a full and independent inquiry does not come about on foot of the Goldstone report, the appropriate response would be to refer the matter to the international courts.

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