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Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Crowe: ...of whom are children. There are 28,200 injured and 2,700 trapped in rubble. By the time this debate ends, 12 more children will have been killed. Children are being wiped out by the murderous Israeli military, which is hell-bent on clearing Gaza of every last Palestinian, and which views hospitals, schools and people queueing up for bread as legitimate targets. No one could condone...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a report will be provided on his recent trip to Israel and Palestine; the persons he met; the issues discussed; the new proposals he will undertake in order to provide support to a two-state solution and an end to the illegal occupation of Palestine by Israel. [53318/19]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...that transformative and ambitious targets for 2025 and 2030 are put in place and met in Ireland and across the EU. I encourage the Taoiseach to raise issues facing the Palestinian people at this European Council meeting. Israel continues to completely ignore international law, build illegal colonial settlements in Palestine, and continues to implement an apartheid regime in Palestine....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a recent ruling by the European Court of Justice that food products from the illegal colonial settlements of Israel in Palestine must be clearly labelled as products originating in occupied territories to allow consumers to make informed choices when they shop; his plans to ensure that products from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Israeli authorities approved plans for 2,342 housing units in illegal Israeli colonial settlements and a new tunnel road in Palestine in October 2019 (details supplied); if he has raised the issue with his Israeli counterpart; and his plans to respond to the alleged continued violations...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Israeli Minister of the Interior has stated that they are taking action to force a person (details supplied) out of Israel; if he has raised the case with his Israeli counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43031/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...Agreement protected. It would be useful to send out a signal from here as to what the Government's thinking is on this proposal. The Palestine situation was not discussed at the Council meetings. We know that Israel is in a political stalemate after its latest election as its parties try to form a government. We are concerned about the rhetoric used during the recent election...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (17 Sep 2019)

Seán Crowe: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent attacks by Israel in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq; his views on the attacks and the increased tension on the border with Israel and Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37237/19]

Other Questions: Israeli Settlements (18 Jun 2019)

Seán Crowe: I tabled this question after I read media reports to the effect that Israel is planning on auctioning off two confiscated prefabricated classrooms that were donated to Palestinian schoolchildren by the EU. Is the Tánaiste aware of this issue? Can he confirm that it is the case? Has he raised it with his Israeli counterpart?

Other Questions: Israeli Settlements (18 Jun 2019)

Seán Crowe: This is just one example of the daily reality of Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine. We all agree that every child should have a right to education and that states have an obligation to protect, respect and fulfil this right. Israel's apartheid regime in Palestine is clearly violating that right. Schools are invaluable safe spaces for children yet here we have an Israeli Government...

Other Questions: Israeli Settlements (18 Jun 2019)

Seán Crowe: According to Haaretz, Israeli officials hope that the postponement will allow time for Israel and the EU to negotiate a solution and head off further deterioration in diplomatic relations. This sounds like a well-worn attempt to lure the EU into so-called co-ordination of aid delivery in area C. In reality, this would be subordinating EU assistance to Israel's agenda. Ireland must state...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Israeli Settlements (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...that have previously sat in coalition with Likud. They will potentially allow Netanyahu to form the next government. These extremists want to formalise the illegal occupation of Palestine, harden Israel's apartheid regime and expand its territory. We cannot brush this aside as being purely an election ploy. Netanyahu has repeatedly spoken out against the two-state solution and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Israeli Settlements (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: .... The approach of Europe and certainly the United States is not working or helping to build a peace settlement. Things are becoming measurably worse for Palestinians every day. The Prime Minister of Israel has stated that he will annex swathes of Palestinian sovereign territory. The US has moved its embassy to Jerusalem and declared that city capital of Israel. It has now also declared...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Israeli Settlements (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the comments of the Israeli Prime Minister that if he wins re-election he will annex illegal Israeli colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank; if he will condemn these comments; and the response he will take if Israel moves towards annexing illegal Israeli colonial settlements in Palestine. [17558/19]

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

Seán Crowe: ...of gross human rights abuses and violations of international law should not be on sale in Ireland. A clear example of how the Bill would work is the stopping of goods and services from illegal Israeli colonial settlements from entering Ireland. Israel has occupied the West Bank region of Palestine since 1967 and in that time transferred more than 600,000 of its citizens to that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn Israel’s unilateral violation of the ceasefire in Gaza by its military forces which has resulted in deaths on both sides; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Gaza remains under an illegal Israeli blockade and that Israel continues to carry out human rights abuses against its inhabitants; and the...

Agreement with Kazakhstan: Motion (6 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...never be enforced or triggered. It amounts to carte blanchefor the regime to carry on its suppression and oppression. One need only look at the European Union's free trade agreements with Colombia and Israel to see this. Colombia remains the most dangerous country in the world in which to be a trade unionist. Hundreds of community leaders have been murdered there with impunity this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...drawn to the immediate threat to the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure that the destruction not take place; and his plans to hold Israel to account if it carries the destruction out. [40111/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (27 Jun 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his views on the calls for the International Criminal Court to open a formal investigation into Israel’s actions in Palestine; and his further views on the demand for third countries to impose targeted sanctions against officials responsible for Israel’s ongoing serious human rights...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Discussion (31 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: .... That was the view expressed by most speakers from all parties. There is an onus on us to respond to what is happening in Gaza which clearly is wrong. We were horrified that on 14 May in Gaza the Israeli army murdered at least 59 Palestinians and injured more than 2,700 others. The Israelis have since killed a further 121 Palestinians in Gaza, while 12,000 have been injured. These...