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Seanad: Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2024)

Barry Ward: ...all of these different traditions together. We see it even now in the context of what is happening in the Middle East. I was deeply ashamed when Ursula von der Leyen went to Tel Aviv and stood with an Israeli minister who was openly announcing that he was going to break international law and said she would stand with him. She has apologised for that but it is a demonstration of the...

Seanad: Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...genocide. There are some notable exceptions to this and I count Ireland, Spain and Belgium among those who have not left their strategic interest or misguided sense of guilt and loyalty towards Israel to colour their approach to the humanitarian catastrophe, which, similar to the horrors of the Holocaust, history will continue to judge. There is time for the EU to change course in its...

Seanad: Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...That is why the failure of the European Union to take any meaningful action in respect of Gaza is destroying European credibility internationally. The fact is we have an association agreement with Israel. Trading interests and profiteering still happening when Europe, which accounts for 25% of Israel's trade, has an incredibly strong tool that has not been used at a time when we see a...

Seanad: Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2024)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...be moderates. It will never be Hamas, who can never be excused for what they have done, nor can the Netanyahu government ever be excused for what it has done. It will be the moderate democrats in Israel and the moderates in Palestine who will bring about this peace process and this political path, which is what we support. I refer to international institutions, the rule of law,...