Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

People want some action. According to a recent report from the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 2014 was the highest since 1967. The death toll in the occupied territories - some 2,314 Palestinians were killed in 2014, compared to 39 in 2013 - has been described by the UN co-ordinator as "devastating". Conditions are getting worse. We need action to ensure a Palestinian state is created. This should involve a democratic two-state peace process. The Minister needs to ensure the Government urgently recognises a Palestinian state. My biggest fear, and the fear of those who are concerned about what is happening in this region, is that conditions are getting worse and the proposed democratic two-state solution is getting further away.

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