Dáil debates

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members]

 

6:45 pm

Photo of Ruairi Ó MurchúRuairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The recent slaughter in Palestine is only a continuation of what Palestinians have been dealing with. Beyond that, we need to recognise as a House that what has been going on since 1967 is a modern-day colonisation, plantation and land grab. We have had de facto annexation. We need to accept that in here and use it as a weapon to apply pressure on an international basis, because there has been an abject failure by the international community across the board.

I welcome the action that has been taken in regard to Belarus but this also has to be done on behalf of Palestinians. I welcome that the Minister has said there will be no return to business as normal. We have to ensure that is the case. We have a weapon that we can give it to the Minister, namely, accepting the reality of annexation that Palestinians are dealing with. He needs to go to Europe with this and we need to demand that there are sanctions and consequences because the Israelis have never had that.

On that basis, they have been able to deal with the Palestinians, slaughter them and steal land. We need to do to the Israeli state what was done to apartheid South Africa. It has to be made to be seen as a pariah. There have to be consequences for war crimes and international criminality.

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