Results 61-80 of 82 for israel speaker:Gino Kenny

Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Gino Kenny: I do not know if the Minister of State saw the grotesque pictures last Tuesday from Jerusalem of the American Embassy, the Israeli authorities and an entire parcel of rogues – Zionists, right wing Christians and all sorts – celebrating the move of the embassy to Jerusalem. It was grotesquely triumphalist on a day that 60 people were murdered in Gaza. Those 60 people were...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (15 May 2018)

Gino Kenny: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the unilateral decision by the USA to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and its further humiliation of the people of Palestine by moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on the 70th anniversary of the Nakba; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21121/18]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Equipment (10 May 2018)

Gino Kenny: Does the Minister of State not find it abhorrent that this State buys any sort of military equipment from Israel? This is a state that has killed 50 unarmed protesters, including journalists and children, on the Israeli-Gaza border over the past eighth weeks. They were shot dead, some of them in the back. Israel also routinely jails children under military court. This is not a normal...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Equipment (10 May 2018)

Gino Kenny: There is blood on the hands of the Minister of State. There are pictures of what is happening on the Israeli-Gaza border. The Israeli army is using drones to drop gas canisters on protesters, resulting in people having respiratory problems, inflammation and bleeding. As I said, 50 people have been killed. The Minister does not get it. Israel is not a normal state. It is a racist and...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Equipment (10 May 2018)

Gino Kenny: 8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of contracts with Israel for the purchase of arms to be used by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20432/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Human Rights (28 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: While that all sounds well and good, most Irish people will ask why we treat Israel like a normal state - like any other state in the EU or across the world. Israel is an abnormal state. It is an apartheid state that detains not only children but also hundreds of thousands of ordinary Palestinians fighting against occupation. There are similarities between apartheid South Africa and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Human Rights (28 Mar 2018)

Gino Kenny: Since 2002, some 1,200 children have been imprisoned in Israeli jails and currently 350 children are in Israeli jails. Most of these children were prosecuted for simply throwing stones at the occupiers in their towns and villages. These children are subjected to torture, ill treatment and abuse. The conclusion from the UNICEF report Children in Israeli Military Detention is damning of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (25 Jan 2018)

Gino Kenny: ...); his views on the position of UNICEF that the ill-treatment of Palestinian children in military detention is widespread, systematic and institutionalised; his further views on the fact that Israel is the only nation that systematically detains and prosecutes children in a military court system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3504/18]

Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)

Gino Kenny: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he will make known his views on President Donald Trump's formal recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and acknowledge the potentially destructive consequences for the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53037/17]

Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)

Gino Kenny: My question relates to the announcement of Donald Trump's formal recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the consequences for the region.

Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...solution is non-existent? What happened last week was a deeply incendiary act by Donald Trump and was calculated to cause a reaction in the Middle East. Jerusalem will never be the capital of Israel and should never be formally recognised by the EU. This will only embolden both Donald Trump's reactionary supporters in the United States and the reactionary elements of the Zionist Israel...

Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)

Gino Kenny: While there is a conflict here, it is a David and Goliath conflict and at the heart of it Israel is fundamentally not the liberal state that the EU paints it as. It is a racist apartheid state, as much as South Africa was back in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The time for treating Israel as a normal state is over. Israel is a cancer in the Middle East. It is there to confront and humiliate...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Arms Trade (13 Dec 2017)

Gino Kenny: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the petition signed by more than 22,000 persons highlighting the arms trade with the state of Israel presented to An Taoiseach by members of an organisation (details supplied) on 4 October 2017. [51490/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (10 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for taking this issue. As he might know, 1,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are on hunger strike. The strike is in its 23rd day and has been named "Freedom and Dignity". The prisoners are only accepting water and salt to sustain themselves. The reason why the prisoners are on strike is the continuing brutalisation of Palestinian...

Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (10 May 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...take sides because these are not ordinary prisoners. Most of them have been incarcerated against their will. As the Minister stated, 300 children, who are not part of the hunger strike, are in Israeli prisons. Palestinian prisoners are subjected to the most inhumane treatment Israel can mete out. If it mirrors what Israel does on larger scale - how it treats Palestinians in the West...

Other Questions: Middle East Issues (25 Jan 2017)

Gino Kenny: The question has been asked but I will respond to the Minister's comments. I have no doubt but that the current American Administration is probably the most pro-Israel administration in the history of the United States. This is a provocative act to try to humiliate the Palestinian people. There is a lethal cocktail that has a maniac called Donald Trump and another psychopathic maniac...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Middle East Issues (17 Jan 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...in Palestine citing NDRC’s purported politically neutral status in view of the fact that it has provided support and sponsorship to a programme of engagement with the start-up ecosystem of Israel (details supplied); his plans to influence the NDRC to co-operate in extending support to the Palestine start-up ecosystem or to cease support for the Israeli start-up ecosystem; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Travel (17 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is appropriate that the Minister of State with responsibility for training, skills and innovation, who has said that Israel's treatment of Palestinians is appalling and unacceptable and would not be tolerated by any other state in the world, would visit Israel and meet a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Digital Research Centre (10 Nov 2016)

Gino Kenny: ...start-up ecosystem in Palestine, citing NDRC's purported politically neutral status and yet has provided support and sponsorship to a programme of engagement with the start-up ecosystem of Israel, namely, the recent start-up Tel Aviv event held on the NDRC premises on 29 June 2016; his plans to influence the NDRC to co-operate in extending support to the Palestine start-up ecosystem or to...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Gino Kenny: ...a huge majority. Bolsover voted by 70.8% to leave the European Union. I wish to raise something others have not mentioned, which is the relationship between the European Union and the state of Israel. I will read out some pretty abhorrent facts. EU arms sales to Israel in 2014 were worth nearly €2 billion. Germany is the leading supplier of weapons and military equipment from...