Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputies for raising the issues. In respect of Deputy Boyd Barrett's question in terms of the Amnesty report, Amnesty International is a respected NGO. I value the role it has played and the role other civil society organisations have played in relation to the Palestinian question. The Department of Foreign Affairs is currently examining the Amnesty report in respect of the plight of the Palestinian people.

I have consistently opposed the policy of successive Israeli Governments in relation to Palestine. It is my view that a two-state solution is the optimal solution to what has been a very long-running conflict. It is unacceptable how Palestinians have been and are being treated and the discriminatory practices that have been deployed towards them on a regular basis by the Israeli authorities.

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