Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Over the summer, a well-known ice cream maker called Ben & Jerry’s, which is an American company, announced that it would no longer sell ice cream in the occupied Palestinian territories, which are East Jerusalem and the Palestinian West Bank. This was greeted with much disdain in certain parts of the world but with great congratulations from others that a company would take a stand against apartheid Israel. Yet, IDA Ireland says it want to develop its global footprint and more economic links with Israel. That is completely contrary to what the Minister says here every week. On the one hand, he condemns Israel and, on the other, another vehicle of this State congratulates Israel for its crimes. Which is it: condemn or congratulate?

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