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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2021)

David Norris: ...on contraception, which was a challenging discussion at that time. He was the first Jewish Cabinet Minister in Ireland. He was also a chairman of the Labour Party. He was devoted, of course, to Israel. The only difference that I had with him was when I spoke out on behalf of the human rights of the Palestinians but that was soon reconciled and covered over. I was several times...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Apr 2019)

David Norris: I support the point made by Senators McDowell and Black regarding Israel. It is perfectly obvious that the policy of the Israeli Government is to drive the Palestinians into the sea. This is a covert policy. Any attempt to propose or promote the gentleman who came second - the former Israeli general - as some kind of liberal is madness. He was in charge of the appalling onslaught on Gaza....

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

David Norris: ...Equality and Attorney General. It has been added to by a renowned authority, Professor Takis Tridimas. I will put all of that to one side, but what I cannot put to one side is the evidence from Israel and, in particular, within the Jewish Israeli community. I have in my hand a letter from ambassador Ilan Baruch who says that, in his view, the legislation will help to "enhance...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

David Norris: I want to put my locus standion the record of the House. I have been going backwards and forwards to Israel and Palestine for 40 years. I had an apartment in Jerusalem for many years which I shared with my partner, Ezra Yitzhak Nawi, who is an Israeli Jewish civil rights activist who has been victimised by the Israeli State for his strong support for the Palestinian people. I am honoured...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

David Norris: ...still heard today. If Ireland accepts this Bill, the voice of Ireland will be heard throughout the ages as well. United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 of 23 December 2016 reaffirms that Israel’s establishment of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory has no legal validity and that Israel's settlement enterprise is a flagrant violation of international law. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

David Norris: .... The latter is extremely regrettable. It is notable that four First Ladies, including President Trump's wife, have criticised this measure. It is also significant that the US cites criticism of Israel as one of the reasons for its withdrawal. Criticism of Israel is perfectly appropriate. More sinisterly, the Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy has issued a...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2018)

David Norris: ...arrogance and impertinence of the American representative to the United Nations in raising, as a matter of urgency, the rather pathetic and amateurish flight of rockets that was sent by Hamas into Israel. As far as I know, no one has been injured or killed in any of these attacks. The rockets may have done some marginal damage. It is, of course, unpleasant. However, where is the sense...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)

David Norris: Oh God, I am weary of speaking about Palestine. I have been speaking about it for 30 years. I know the area very well. I had an apartment in Jerusalem for many years. My partner was an Israeli Jew who was an activist for Palestinian human rights. As a result he has been harassed, arrested, framed, jailed and he has finally had a stroke and not a bloody thing has been done. Just as in...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

David Norris: There was a jubilant celebration of President Trump's ill-advised move of the American Embassy to Jerusalem yesterday, at which the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that Jerusalem had been the capital of Israel for 3,000 years. We have had fake news; now we have fake history. That is absolute, utter rubbish. Sixty people were mown down. These were peaceful civilians...

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2018)

David Norris: ...Trade, former Deputy Eamon Gilmore. He committed himself to this type of position. It is important to emphasise that this concerns only goods originating from the settlements. It is not a boycott of Israel or Israeli produced goods and it is not a boycott of academic institutions. I have been a lifelong supporter of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign but I have broken its picket...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

David Norris: I refer first to President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It is a highly dangerous and provocative move. There is very little that we can do in this country. However, this House has passed a motion calling on the Government to recognise the state of Palestine. That is something that we can do. I ask the Leader to raise this issue with the Minister for...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

David Norris: ...stupid and obnoxious but it was read by two people in Dublin, who passed it, and two people in London who also passed it. He has since apologised for it and is a strong supporter of the State of Israel. The chair of the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland, Maurice Cohen, said Kevin Myers was not anti-Semitic but had inadvertently stumbled into an anti-Semitic joke. He said that...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

David Norris: ...have to laugh when I hear Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael squealing about it now. Where were they when I tabled a motion condemning the Bank of Ireland for unilaterally, at the instigation of the state of Israel, closing down the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign's bank account? It neutered it and it has gone nowhere. Since then I have discovered that the same bank, namely, the Bank...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)

David Norris: ...to raise another issue, which I ask the Leader to bring to the attention of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. I ask them to talk to the Israeli ambassador. There is a very fine museum in east Jerusalem called the Rockefeller Museum. It has been there for many years and has a wonderful library, a collection of archaeological...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

David Norris: ...Green Party colleague, Senator Grace O'Sullivan, the Russians are committing war crimes daily and have been doing so for some time, but the American position is weak because it supported the state of Israel when it was doing exactly the same against Gaza. That is a problem. It remains to me a most extraordinary thing that international politicians at a senior level would seek to move...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

David Norris: I beg the indulgence of the House to express my sympathy to the people of Israel on the death of Shimon Peres, the former President and sometime Prime Minister of that country. I met him several times, the first time being 20 or 30 years ago in Jerusalem. I found him to be a man of extraordinary intelligence and wisdom. He pointed out the centrality of the water problem as one of the big...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza: Discussion (30 Sep 2015)

David Norris: ...Sourani and Mr. Walsh are very welcome. I wonder what we can do. This committee has passed very strong resolutions and has passed them on to the Government. During one summer, as a result of an Israeli blitzkrieg, there was an emergency recall of the Seanad and some very strong speeches, which were broadcast on YouTube and so on, were made. That seems to have had very little effect. ...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Foreign Conflicts (8 Jul 2015)

David Norris: ...Terry Leyden for giving me the opportunity to speak. I know Susiya as I have been there. I also know its people. My friend Ezra Itzhak Nawi has been villified, framed and wrongly charged by Israeli Governments because of his attempts as a Jewish Israeli to support the people of Susiya.Five things need to be done. First, a protective diplomatic presence is needed. If there was a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Foreign Conflicts (8 Jul 2015)

David Norris: ...with the other donors to make sure there is a diplomatic presence. The EUROMED agreement has human rights protocols and it was supposed to be activated when there were human rights violations by Israel. The United Nations Secretary General has spoken of breaches of articles of the Geneva Convention. Surely it is time that the EUROMED agreement be examined in light of Israel's human...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

David Norris: ...Quite a number of European countries have already recognised Palestine. It seems an appropriate measure. The Palestinians have been there for a couple of thousand years, whereas the majority of Israeli citizens have only been there since 1948. Regarding the situation in At-Tuwani, the village was demolished after being there for 200 years because it was supposedly on an archaeological...