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Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Patricia Ryan: ...unlawful and arbitrary killing. How much more carnage must Palestinian people endure before we fellow humans call "Halt"? According to the Gaza Ministry of health, 14,000-plus people have been killed by Israeli attacks since 7 October, almost half of whom were innocent children. Cén luach atá ar shaol leanaí? What price for the life of a child or anybody's life?...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing this motion and I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in support of it. Most, if not all, of us are horrified by the devastation inflicted by the Israeli Government on the people of Gaza in recent weeks. Gaza is now a graveyard with men, women, children, old people and disabled buried under the remains of Gaza city. We have Israeli bombs...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

Patricia Ryan: ...territory is much worse than it was when last we met to discuss it. We stand here 75 years on from Nakba, with Palestinians still enduring appalling human rights abuses at the hands of the Israeli state. This week, the Dáil can send a potent message, as we have done in the case of Ukraine, of Ireland's unyielding commitment to Palestinian human rights. We made our stance clear...

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Patricia Ryan: ...are precariously threading on the line that separates legal operations from complicity in oppressive acts and human rights violations. In May 2021, the Dáil unanimously passed a motion condemning Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem and its settlement activity. Successive Irish Governments have declared the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as illegal...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Patricia Ryan: I would like to express my condolences to the family and colleagues of Shireen Abu Akleh who was killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank earlier this month. She was shot in the face by an Israeli soldier because of the job she was doing in shining a spotlight on the genocidal actions of Israel. The Israeli spin machine started immediately. Israel’s Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett,...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Patricia Ryan: While I welcome the attention that is rightly being focused on Ukraine, we must not forget the genocide that is being perpetrated by Israel on the Palestinian people. I support the calls for the Russian ambassador to be expelled, but the Israeli ambassador should have been expelled a long time ago. There have been double standards on the part of many, not least some members of Kildare...

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Patricia Ryan: ...68/262 which clearly recognises the territorial integrity of Ukraine. There must be consequences. We cannot have a situation like the one that exists in Palestine, where the Government of Israel is in breach of almost 50 UN resolutions. Almost half of the country-specific resolutions have related to Israel. What is good for the goose must be good for the gander. Ireland knows...

Situation in Belarus: Motion (1 Jun 2021)

Patricia Ryan: ...Government and there must be a commensurate response. Otherwise, it will set a dangerous precedent. Where is the UN on this matter? The UN needs fundamental reform. It is not acceptable that Israel has acted with impunity or for Belarus to do the same. Freedom of the press is an important part of democracy. It plays a vital role in informing citizens about public affairs and...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Patricia Ryan: ...who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana is also known to have said that "Only the dead have seen the end of war". Those are two very appropriate sayings for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I recently watched two films, namely, "Schindler's List" and "Born in Gaza". There are many similarities between them but one that stood out to me was the use of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: Page 112 of the programme for Government states that the Government will honour Ireland's commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. Last month, Israel issued tenders for 2,500 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, has condemned the decision to build new settlement units and said the Israeli Government is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (3 Mar 2021)

Patricia Ryan: 370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use Ireland’s influence to stop Israel from destroying Palestinian villages such as Khirbet Humsah; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/21]