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Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Martin Ferris: ...television screens this week. A total of 58 people were killed in one day and 2,800 were wounded, including 228 children and a man in a wheelchair, on the pretext that they were trying to invade Israel. Most of the killings were done by Israeli snipers who were located 300 m from the border. I was part of a parliamentary delegation that visited Jordan about four years ago. We...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2014)

Martin Ferris: ...There are many things on which to fight the Government and yet the Irish people in the cause of international solidarity came out in their thousands over the summer, on the last occasion that the Israelis assaulted Gaza. For the record, 2,200 Palestinian people were killed in Gaza and 64 Israeli soldiers were killed. Those are the figures currently available. The Irish people, who came...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: ...drawn to the arrest and jailing of five Palestinian fishermen in Egypt in September, for accidently crossing into Egyptian territorial waters; the worsening situation for Gaza’s fishermen, who due to Israel’s blockade of Gaza are being forced to fish closer to the Egyptian border; and if he will raise the issue with the Egyptian and Israeli Governments and encourage them both...

Foreign Conflicts (10 Nov 2011)

Martin Ferris: Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged in any communication with Israeli officials regarding the issue of the on-going shooting and shelling of Palestinian minors working near the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel which between 26 March 2010 and 17 February 2011, there have been 27 children shot while collecting building...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (12 Oct 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action taken by the Government to support Palestinian and international demands that Israel re instate its freeze on settlement building to facilitate the development of the middle east peace process [36131/10]

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (12 Oct 2010)

Martin Ferris: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government have protested to the Israeli Government following the deportation of Irish Nobel laureate and peace campaigner (details supplied) from Israel while they were attempting to lead a delegation of women peace activists on a tour of the Israeli and Palestinian territories [36130/10]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (25 Oct 2006)

Martin Ferris: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the ongoing failure of Israel to observe the human rights of the Palestinian people and in particular the Israeli Government's continuing policy of collective punishment in Gaza; and if he will express the Irish people's condemnation of Israel's actions to the Israeli ambassador. [34512/06]

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (4 Jul 2006)

Martin Ferris: ...affairs above all other regional groups and organisations. The UN needs radical reform, particularly the veto system, which has been abused by the United States to prevent action against Israel. If the UN is further sidelined, however, as is proposed in this Bill, we will undoubtedly witness more illegal wars like that in Iraq and, by virtue of this Bill, Irish Defence Forces could be even...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (14 Dec 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the concept of operations for the EU mission agreed to be undertaken relating to the Agreement on Movement and Access between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority discussed at the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting in Brussels on 21-22 November 2005. [39238/05]

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (14 Dec 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the commitments included in the Agreement on Movement and Access between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority that were referred to by the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council conclusions from its meeting in Brussels on 21-22 November 2005; and the way in which the EU intends to...