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- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2013)
Joe Costello: Israel is not allowing access through the natural hinterland for Gaza through to Israel and the West Bank. As I said in my reply, we have constantly raised these issues with Israel. They are not security issues. Security measures can be put in place. These are restrictions on a population of 1.2 million, 800,000 of whom are reliant on American Near East Refugee Aid, ANERA, for essential...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: When will there be sanctions? With South Africa's apartheid we reached a point where we said "enough is enough" and imposed sanctions. Surely the clock has run out for Israel to be just asked nicely to stop doing what it is doing to the Palestinian people. Should we not publicly demand that sanctions be imposed? Is it not unbelievable that Europe gives favoured trade status to Israel when...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: .... However, a man-made disaster on a similar scale has been occurring in Gaza every day for years and the humanitarian situation is worsening by the day. When will we say "enough is enough" to Israel? The lack of fuel at Gaza's power plant means there are power outages for between 12 and 17 hours a day. Patients in hospitals with leukaemia and rheumatoid arthritis do not have the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I asked specifically in my question if he could furnish us with copies of communications he had had with Israel, whether with the embassy here or Tel Aviv. We need to know what is being said. The blockade has been ongoing for years and it is just getting worse. I do not doubt that the Minister has taken action. He has made public...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2013)
Joe Costello: ...the Irish Aid programme in the occupied Palestinian territories to see what conditions were like on the ground. Subsequently, I made a report on the visit to the foreign affairs committee. While Israeli restrictions have eased marginally, clearly the overall situation in Gaza has deteriorated in recent months as Egypt has acted against smuggling into Gaza owing to its own security...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2013)
Richard Boyd Barrett: How can we allow this to continue when Israel is doing this to the Palestinians, particularly Gazans?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2013)
Joe Costello: ...made in that area. Meanwhile we will continue to raise the issue at the levels we can, including the EU and our position on the Human Rights Council, and any fora we have on a bilateral basis with Israel.