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

For the benefit of the House, Ireland's views on Israeli settlements could not clearer. The view of the international community on settlements, comprehensively expressed in UN Security Council Resolution 2334, could not be clearer either. They are illegal, they actively undermine the prospect for a sustainably negotiated two-state solution and the relentless expansion of settlements inherently involves injustice and provocation for Palestinians.

I have spoken on that Bill in the Seanad. I have maintained contact with the sponsor of the Bill and she knows my views on it. I will be in Israel the week after next, raising a lot of these issues directly both with Palestinian leaders and Israeli leaders.

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