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

Deputy Andrews made the point of the comparison between Iran and Palestine. Deputy Ó Murchú said Europe does not seem to care or act. Ireland does, though. When Shireen Abu Akleh was killed, Ireland raised the issue during our tenure on the UN Security Council. We did not stay silent on it. We called for an impartial, independent and effective investigation and, on 24 May, we organised a meeting of the Security Council on the protection of journalists. A Dáil debate on journalists and armed conflict took place on the same day. Ireland endeavours to be fair and down the middle in respect of condemnations of killings of this kind, whether it is in Iran, the occupied territories or indeed in Israel itself, where many innocent Israelis have also been killed by militants, which is also unacceptable. We want a two-state solution. We condemn the approach that has been taken. We object in the strongest possible way to the statements made by some of the new ministers in the Israeli Government in respect of the occupied territories.

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