Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Taoiseach for updating us on his speech to the UN General Assembly. I know he raised the plight of Palestine. I also want to raise with him the ongoing situation in Palestine where we are seeing a very serious escalation of violence by Israel as part of a month-long military campaign in the northern part of the West Bank with more than 100 Palestinians killed so far this year. This intensification of violence is deeply distressing to see. Does Ireland intend to raise this further at the Security Council? I know the Taoiseach raised it at the UN, but how can we use our position on the UN Security Council to highlight and put the spotlight on the appalling treatment of Palestinians by Israel?

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