Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government has shown great international leadership in restoring the country's sovereignty, rescuing our economy from the depths of despair in which it was and sending out that signal internationally. The Deputy is engaged in a campaign throughout the country with flags for Palestine all over the place, and he is entitled to do so if he wishes, but the point is we have had a very clear view in this country for very many years that we would support a two state solution in respect of Palestine and Israel. We also said we would be happy to recognise the state of Israel provided it could be shown clearly it was in the interests of achieving a two state solution.

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