Results 1-14 of 14 for israel speaker:Ned O'Sullivan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Ned O'Sullivan: I support Senator Dooley's call for a debate on recent developments in the Middle East in the context of the unprecedented attack by Iran against the State of Israel, which has been highly condemned all over the world. The fact that the onslaught did not result in widespread death and injury does not lessen the significance and enormity of what Iran did. That there were no widespread...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...will have so much more to say about the great work he did. I was given an opportunity last evening to meet the family of little Emily Hand - her father and her sister - and some other people from Israel whose families have either been slaughtered by Hamas or are currently being held captive by them. It was a very sad and poignant occasion. I was struck mainly by the dignity and the...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...to condemn the Hamas slaughter last week. Some sent mixed signals while testing the political wind. Some ticked the box in a cursory fashion before resuming their unending uninformed attacks on Israel. Many were disgusted to see people outside these gates, megaphones under their oxters, demonstrating against Israel within hours of the Hamas atrocity while the bodies of countless...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: I think the people of Ireland have had their eyes opened in the last ten days, following the savage, inhuman attack on Israel by Hamas. Hamas are a murderous bunch of terrorists.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: There is no other word for them. Israel has been living with the horror of Hamas on a daily and weekly basis. There is hardly a week goes by that some rockets do not come over and there will be some retaliation. Of course, the pro-Palestinian lobby will not notice the initial atrocity but they will immediately attack Israel for responding. This has been the pattern. It has become a kind...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2023)

Ned O'Sullivan: Yesterday there were calls for a debate in the House on the Arab-Israeli conflict. I want to support those calls. It is time that we have a reasoned, logical discussion in the Chamber about the ongoing war between Palestine and Israel. It is fair to say that the narrative on this conflict has been almost entirely one-sided, pro-Palestinian, in these Houses and in this House, particularly...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...church in question was built by Irish priests and brothers. I was disappointed with the general reporting on the issue in our media and politically. It seems we reserve our horror for things that involve Israel or the Americans. It amazes me. It was very unfortunate that the bishop was upset by the comments made by President Higgins. I will not criticise our President because that is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: I did not come into the Chamber to speak about the Middle East but in terms of balance it is important to point out that the most recent bout of violence in Israel started when 11 innocent Israeli citizens were slaughtered by Palestinian terrorists. I did not hear too many shouting about it. It has become an everyday occurrence in Israel for innocent men, women and children to be stabbed at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Amnesty International's Report on Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Ireland Israel Alliance (5 Apr 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...Taylor, who was Minister at the time. I chaired the Seanad last week in the absence of the Cathaoirleach and the Leas-Chathaoirleach and I listened to two speakers challenging and attacking the Israeli position on certain issues. As I was in the Chair, my hands were tied and I was unable to contribute. On the same day, however, it was announced that a sizeable number of Israeli citizens...

Seanad: Situation in the Middle East: Statements (1 Mar 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: I welcome the Government's statement this afternoon. I particularly welcome the Government's decision not to adopt or utilise the term "apartheid" in relation to Israel, a position it shares with a great number of western democracies. Last week, Yoseph Haddad offered an entirely different perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to what we have been hearing in the Houses over the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2022)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...on what she had said. I do not intend to have cross words with any of my colleagues, but I take a totally different view to Senators Black and Gavan on the attack by Amnesty International on Israel. It was a completely uncalled for and unbalanced statement. It brings into question what Amnesty is all about, what its underlying philosophy is and to whom it is answerable. I look forward...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2021)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...her fans who like to read in Hebrew of being able to read her any further in Hebrew because she is not allowing her books to be published in Hebrew hereafter, ostensibly as a protest against Israeli policies. First, not all Hebrew readers are living in Israel, so it seems a very ill-judged protest to me. It sort of opens the door to that sort of cultural hatred that we have witnessed in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: We saw an unfortunate return to violence in the Middle East last week. It is quite clear how it started this time. Hamas launched a missile attack on an area of Israel 50 miles north of Gaza. The Israelis, as they always do, will react multiplied by ten. If this was the other way around and the aggressor had been Israel, we would have many statements in both Houses condemning it....

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

Ned O'Sullivan: ...state to propose the two-state solution. In supporting the Bill and the section, we are very conscious of the wrongs that have been committed by both sides. It is certainly not our intention to alienate Israel or its allies. We fully support Israel's right to self-determination and self-defence. We further believe, and I wish to state on record, that there is an onus on the Palestinian...