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- Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...starvation or disease. These are atrocities. Whatever the provocation and however well-founded the anger, submitting entire populations to this level of barbarism cannot be justified either by Israel or by Hamas. Those perpetrating these actions will be harshly judged by history. I acknowledge the strength of feeling of the Irish people on this subject and their feelings of...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...[and so on.] That statement is very clear, as it should be. However, when I turn to the section on the Middle East, the language is far more muddled. It says the European Council acknowledges that Israel is the victim of "brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks". That is entirely right and proper. We all absolutely repudiate the actions of Hamas. The Council describes the...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Military Aircraft (7 Nov 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Shannon Airport is being used by the USA to transport weapons to Israel to potentially be used against the occupied territories of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47401/23]
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...so black and white. It is entirely reasonable to able to say I support Palestine while repudiating the actions of the likes of Hamas, that I can empathise with the bereaved fathers and mothers of Israel while at the same time deploring the actions of the Israel Defense Forces, IDF, for engaging in collective punishment. Being able to sit something within context as António Guterres...
- Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...that "the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice". It is very hard to feel that right now because the violence, the barbarism and the savagery we have seen perpetrated on Israel and in Gaza is egregious and abhorrent but it is not new. This is a recurring nightmare and it is not a status quothat can be maintained. The long lens of history will see this resolved...