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Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

John Gerard Hanafin: I share the views of Senators calling for a debate on the Middle East situation. Iran is fighting a proxy war with Israel by supplying Hamas with missiles that have the capacity to reach into the state of Israel in the knowledge that there will be retaliation. Sadly, this has escalated to the point that an Israeli minister has, as mentioned by Senator Norris, used the term "Shoah", an...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

Rónán Mullen: I also join those who have called for a debate on the Middle East. It is tragic that Israel, a country which many of us respect and whose right to exist none of us disputes, appears to deviate from the normal standards of justice seeking because it has a strong ally. It is important we have a debate on this. Many of us who like to criticise the Republican Party in the United States for its...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

John Gerard Hanafin: However, the path Israel has taken is no way for it to achieve its ends.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: ...of the elections that we were starting a whole cycle of violence all over again. One thing is certain: there is no way the horrific events of recent days would be carried out with impunity by Israel were it not for the fact that it knows it has the support of other countries to do that. I have heard very little outcry about the innocent babies who were slaughtered in the recent attacks....

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

David Norris: ...be short a complete cohort of pharmacists in 2009 and graduates will be unable to take up positions. That is a serious matter. I support Senator Leyden's comments. I could not believe that an Israeli Minister would use the word shoah and threaten to visit it upon the Palestinian people. Another Minister said that Israel was using the army to deliver a message to Hamas. It is shameful...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Mar 2008)

Dan Boyle: ...foodstuffs. Senators Leyden, Norris, Hanafin, Ó Murchú, Doherty, Hannigan and Mullen raised current events in the Middle East. All Senators accept that the firing of missiles from Gaza into Israel is unacceptable and that the legitimate actions of a State in defending itself must be proportionate. In light of statements made by the United Nations Secretary General and the European...