Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will not comment on any individual protest but, more broadly, our universities should reflect on links and divestment.

I note that a number of them are now doing so, which is important.

I do not buy into the idea that this House or this Government has done nothing on the Palestinian situation. I do not believe the Palestinian Authority, and certainly not the Israeli Government, think that is the position of this country either. Whether it is through supporting UNRWA with additional humanitarian aid, whether it is our intention to very shortly recognise the state of Palestine, an issue on which I had a conversation as recently as this weekend with the Spanish Prime Minister, or whether it is the association agreement review that we are seeking at a European level, the Government and the Oireachtas have been very clear in wanting to see an immediate end to all violence, an immediate ceasefire, the aid absolutely flowing and, of course, the release of all the hostages.

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