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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Summits (27 Mar 2019)

David Cullinane: Recently we have seen two unilateral acts by US President Donald Trump in relation to the Middle East, and particularly Israel and Palestine: the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and more recently the statement on the annexation of the Golan Heights. Both of those acts are unnecessary, dangerous and inflammatory. I acknowledge the response by the Tánaiste but I also...

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

David Cullinane: ...the state of Palestine, yet he will not do that. The Minister could send a clear message to the Palestinian people and this State could be a beacon of hope if we were to take the decision to expel the Israeli ambassador. That is not to make this State irrelevant, as the Taoiseach said earlier today. That would make Ireland entirely relevant. It would put us front and centre as a State...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Israel and Palestine; if he drew the attention of the Israeli Prime Minister to Ireland’s opposition to Israel’s occupation of Palestine and the apartheid regime that Israel enforces in Palestine; if he will request that the State officially recognises the state of Palestine; and if he...

Universal Jurisdiction of Human Rights Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Mar 2017)

David Cullinane: ...investigate and prosecute very serious crimes committed outside its own jurisdiction is not a new idea. This concept was first codified in the Geneva Convention in 1949 and it was universal jurisdiction that enabled Israel to prosecute Adolf Eichmann for his role in the Holocaust during the Second World War. The vast majority of states recognise the validity of universal jurisdiction...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Trade Agreements (1 Oct 2014)

David Cullinane: ...enough human rights violation to suspend the agreement. Will one murdered trade unionist suspend it? Will ten murdered landless peasants at a protest suspend it? One only has to look at how Israel has conducted its affairs in recent times to see how low the EU's threshold is for human rights clauses in free trade agreements. Israel indiscriminately bombed Gaza, killing more than 2,188...

Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: The Minister is talking about Ukraine, but I remind him that Israel does not respect UN resolutions.

Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: ...involve either of the latter. Rather, it relates to the truth, facts and reality with regard to what is happening in Gaza. Since 8 July last some 1,300 Palestinian people have been slaughtered by the Israeli state and its military. The vast majority of those individuals were innocent civilians - men, women and children. A total of 22,000 homes have been destroyed and 130 schools, six...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: ...generally. We all respect and accept Senator Quinn's view that a balanced response is needed and we must take a balanced view of developments in that part of the world. The difficulty is that Israel's response to events in Gaza is not remotely balanced. Israeli air strikes have been indiscriminate and have killed civilians. They are not proportionate or balanced and cannot be described...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: I raise the issue of the 14 citizens held captive by Israel. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, should come to the House to discuss the situation. Yesterday, several Senators from the Labour Party and Fine Gael asked what was the big deal. The big deal is that 14 Irish citizens were on a...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: They were refused at gunpoint by a rogue state, which is how I describe Israel. Those involved have prevented Irish citizens from coming back to this country. There is a need for the Tánaiste to get involved at this stage. I commend the work of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Irish consular services. They have provided outstanding support to these 14 citizens but it...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: ...to the effect that the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade should attend the house today to discuss the deplorable and disgraceful way in which Irish citizens are being treated by Israel.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: I join with Senator Ó Murchú in again raising the issue of the 14 Irish citizens who are being detained in Israel. I received the e-mail and I have also been in contact with the families of some of those people who are being held by Israel. Two Sinn Féin councillors, Councillor John Hearne and Councillor Pat Fitzgerald, were on the boat and are now being held captive by Israel. Others...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: ...Trade to the House to discuss the closure of the embassies, but also the disgraceful treatment of 14 Irish citizens on board the MV Saoirse. These people were essentially abducted by the State of Israel and brought to a port in Israel. They have been held there since. They were asked to sign deportation papers which would have been an acknowledgment on their part that they entered...