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

Yes. The Minister made reference to consensus. There was consensus in this House on the recognition of Palestine. The Minister has said that he wants to see consensus at European level but the difficulty in that regard is the guilt in Europe regarding the Second World War. Consensus can be reached in Europe on favourable trade status for Israel but not on actions being taken against Israel because of the aforementioned war guilt. We need to show leadership here. There is no point in the Minister saying that the settlements are difficult. They are not just difficult, they are illegal. There are approximately 500,000 illegal settlers right now. Are we going to wait until there are 1 million illegal settlers before we take some action against this Israeli Government?

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