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Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: -----but I appeal to Israel in this case. I know they listen because of the missives I have received from them in the past any time I have spoken on this issue in the House. I spoke on the invasion of Iraq along exactly the same lines. I do not want to say "Weren't we correct at that time?", but I ask Israel, for once, to let decency prevail in this particular case. As we sit here,...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Jim Walsh: Or the old Minister. I agree with my colleagues, including Senator Ó Murchú, who have eloquently articulated the situation concerning the Palestinians and what is happening in Israel and Palestine at the moment. It is a real travesty that Israel set about ensuring that the peace talks under the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, would not make progress. It was a brave move on Mr....

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: The deteriorating situation for Palestinians has to be a source of concern for all decent-minded people. The massing of troops and tanks by Israel as a prelude to an assault on a downtrodden, deprived and defenceless people is reprehensible. The only thing that can come from such an assault, as we have seen in the past, is the slaughter of the innocents. Surely we must have learned...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Jim D'Arcy: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to the House to discuss the situation in the Middle East and Ireland's position in that regard. In debates on the Israeli-Palestinian question in the House, I tend to have a lot of sympathy for the Israelis. I am aware that would be a minority position. In the past, the Israelis and the Jews, in particular, have been...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Paul Bradford: ...what Senator Walsh said that we must reflect on the plight of Palestinian young people and ask what would we do if we were them. However, I would also ask colleagues to reflect on the plight of Israeli young people, not just today but for generations. Their existence is deemed by a certain number of states and terrorist groups as being dispensable. Let us acknowledge that, even as we...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...is no longer workable and needs to be changed. Like Senator Darragh O'Brien I call for a debate on the Middle East. All of us must have a huge concern about the escalation of military action by Israel in the Gaza Strip and the fact that women and children have been killed in attacks by Israel overnight. Of course, we all condemn the brutal murder of the three Israeli teenagers and the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Terry Leyden: ...to see if he requires further support. He could bring that to the Government. I support the points made by Senators O'Brien and Bacik on the situation in Gaza. It is outrageous. I ask the Israelis to desist and ask Hamas to stop firing bombs into Israel. It is only provoking a very powerful foe.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Affairs. I understand the reshuffle will take place later today or tomorrow. I wish Senator Ivana Bacik all the best. It is fair to mention this in dispatches. In regard to the situation in Israel and Palestine, all of us condemn the murders of the three Israeli teenagers a couple of weeks ago and the subsequent burning to death of a 15 year old Palestinian child. Now the Israeli...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Maurice Cummins: ...is invested in trying to attract this type of business to the country, and in that respect it is an absolute disgrace that this has happened. A number of Senators raised the current conflict in Israel and Palestine and the unacceptable atrocities that have taken place in recent weeks. I will accede to the request to invite the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to the House to set out...