Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Regarding US support in the early stages of and throughout the entire period of the peace process from the Good Friday Agreement right through to Brexit and the issues that it caused, including the fear of a hard border in Ireland, it would be fair to say the US was on the right side. Joe Biden and the Democratic Party have a huge issue in their campaign against Trump at this point, but we need to recognise the abject failure of US foreign policy, particularly in supporting Israel. The Taoiseach said we want to see a two-state solution and roadmap that will provide justice, peace and security for both Palestine and Israel but what America is doing at this point in backing Israel and Netanyahu is not helpful. In any of his conversations, did the Taoiseach have any reason for hope in the sense of a change in US policy? Does he see any movement regarding the EU-Israel association agreement? Are more states willing to consider reviewing it in light of humanitarian conditions? It does not make sense to us in Ireland and we want to see movement on it. We demand movement but I get that many of our partners are not necessarily in the right place. We need to maintain whatever pressure we can on the Americans and other EU states.

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