Chris Andrews (Dublin Bay South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With each passing day we are witnessing more and more brutality, aggression and murder being carried out by the apartheid state of Israel. The line we hear repeatedly from the Government is that of support for the two-state solution, yet the Irish State does not recognise the state of Palestine. In February 1980, Ireland was the first EU member state to call for the establishment of a Palestinian state, yet we are still waiting. We recognise the racist, apartheid state of Israel, so when will Ireland recognise the state of Palestine?

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