Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My fear is that the longer we delay these types of measures, the less likely it is that there will be a Palestinian state in a two-state solution to actually recognise. I welcome that the Tánaiste indicated the Government will make a submission to the International Court of Justice about the clarification it is preparing in respect of the commission I referenced earlier. Will that submission underline the opinion of this House, as agreed in resolution, I think, last year, that Israel is in fact engaging in the annexing of the West Bank? That is the fundamentally important point, in my view. We need the International Court of Justice to declare. That declaration should and must lead to actual action to bring an end to this scandalous situation.

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