Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and Israel's security concerns are addressed. We certainly would like to see the very difficult and sensitive issues of Jerusalem addressed in a way that is fair to both sides in that agreed settlement. That is why we are so uncomfortable with what happened yesterday because it recognises the ambitions of one side and not the other. I do not think we should be responding to what happened yesterday, and it would be seen as that, by formally recognising the state of Palestine. That potentially drives the two sides further apart.

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