Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Why is the European Union not doing something about it? Why is it still paying lip service? It might give Israel the odd smack on the hand, as the Tánaiste knows. I do not think he believes some of what he says as.he is defending the indefensible when he refuses to stand by what the Bill is offering to do. I honestly believe his heart is not in it. We should stop defending the indefensible - the behaviour of the state of Israel. We are not anti-Semitic, but we are certainly against the violence and brutality of the Israeli Government against the Palestinian people and several other entities in the region.

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