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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Sanctions (5 Feb 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: The Irish Government does not support a policy of Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) in relation to Israel, and does not fund any activities that promote such a policy. However, we also recognise that both NGOs and citizens are entitled to hold and express peaceful political views, including views which are not shared by their Governments. While the Government does not support a...

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: ...might result from the passage of the Bill would be eclipsed by the symbolic victory for their opponents down the road of such a setback at EU level. This would not send the signal to Palestinians and Israel that Deputies in this Chamber hope for. For settlement interests, the overturning of the Bill at EU level could be more than a symbolic victory. If the Bill entered into force and...

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: ...to demonise people who sincerely support this political approach and we will continue to do so. There are few foreign policy matters on which Ireland has been more consistently active than the Israel-Palestine conflict, and I share the major frustration expressed today because of the absence of movement to end the occupation of the Palestinian territory. Settlements and the unjust and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Sanctions (2 Oct 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: .... This area is led on by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in coordination with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. The suggestion of sanctions on Israel has been made many times by the Deputy and others, and discussed here in the House. Restrictions on trade would have to be imposed at EU or UN level. The Government does not support the...

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

Ciarán Cannon: ...that a total of 102 Palestinians, including 12 children, have been killed in the course of the demonstrations since 30 March. These 102 lives were lost primarily as a result of live fire from the Israeli Defence Forces guarding the border fence between Israel and Gaza. The UN reports also that the cumulative number of injured persons has exceeded 12,600, of whom 55% have been...

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

Ciarán Cannon: I mention this because it is necessary to tackle head on the arguments being put forward by some in Israel that these actions could be a justification for the deeply disproportionate Israeli response. I was also very clear that stone throwing does not in any way justify the use of live ammunition on young people and protesters who were unarmed. I was very specific in making this point over...

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

Ciarán Cannon: I also want to acknowledge the efforts made in framing the Bill to differentiate between illegal settlements and Israel itself. It is not an effort to impose a boycott divestment sanctions policy, which the Government would wholly oppose. However, the Bill proposes to regulate international trade, which, ultimately, is a matter of exclusive EU competence, falling under the EU's common...

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

Ciarán Cannon: ...our support of Palestine we have endeavoured to address some of the difficulties faced by the people of Gaza but, ultimately, the two-state solution with an independent Palestine and a democratic Israel, both secure within their borders, is the only possible outcome that will see an end to the decades of violence. This is why the Tánaiste has made, and continues to make, engagement...