Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I hope to travel to the US next months for the St. Patrick's Day events and I will, of course, use the opportunity, both in public and in private, to share the views of the Irish people, and my own views, on what is happening in Israel and Palestine. I hope by then there is already a ceasefire. Let us pray there is but either way, I will be sharing our views with our friends and colleagues in the US. It is important to say that the US, Egypt and Qatar are working together on a ceasefire proposal and it is incumbent on Israel and Hamas to accept the ceasefire proposal that is on the table.

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