Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have to be accurate. I do not believe it was legally possible in 2018 to pass this Bill. The Deputy says we have had ample time since 2018, but the moment that created a potential legal path forward - it was no more than a potential legal path forward - was the ICJ advisory opinion. I find it odd in this Dáil that it is suggested that Ireland and the Irish Government are not supportive of the people of Palestine, a two-state solution or standing up for international law. When I will meet the Palestinian Prime Minister on Friday and Saturday in Munich, he will say the opposite to me. He will talk about how this country is one of the most supportive in the world of the Palestinian people and the two-state solution. The characterisation that is presented of this Government is not in any way reflective of the views of the President or Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority.

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