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

There is, and we are doing it. Israel did not attend the meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean Regional Forum, which is composed of EU member states and regional partners. The sole topic of discussion was the Middle East and the war in Gaza.

With like-minded EU member states, we are pushing hard to get a credible pathway to peace, one that involves a two-state solution. That is our focus. We are working with other member states to advance this and to keep the pressure on at international level. It is fair to say the international community is more seized of the need for a durable, sustained peace roadmap for the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than it has been for quite a long time. It is imperative we harness the outcome of this terrible war in some respects to try to ensure that, after hostilities cease, the situation does not fall onto the back burner and is instead proactively pursued with a view to getting a two-state resolution and bringing a pathway to fruition.

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