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- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Seán Crowe: ...wants to see consensus at European level but the difficulty in that regard is the guilt in Europe regarding the Second World War. Consensus can be reached in Europe on favourable trade status for Israel but not on actions being taken against Israel because of the aforementioned war guilt. We need to show leadership here. There is no point in the Minister saying that the settlements are...
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: I do not believe that such language is helpful to what we are trying to do. Israel is a state that has a right to exist. It has a right to defend itself and look after legitimate security concerns in a part of the world that is very unstable.
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Minister please get real? Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was not a mistake; it was a calculated declaration of war against the Palestinian people, the Arab world and the Muslim population. If the Minister does not see that, then he is living in cloud cuckoo land. Netanyahu is celebrating. He claims that the European Union will eventually...
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: I do not accept that the two-state solution is now dead. That would be an extraordinarily negative message to send to Palestinians and Israelis for that matter, many of whom I have spoken to. Many Israelis want a lasting peaceful solution and are committed to a two-state solution. The actions of the Israeli Government, especially in the context of settlements, the expansion of...
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: ...for the systematic breaking of international law? The Minister believes sanctions are justified against Syria. Does the Minister believe that at any point sanctions should be imposed against Israel for what it is doing? Does the Minister believe anything other than words of concern should be expressed about the fact that the United States has now legitimised the breaking of...
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: ...we are trying to do within the European Union is get unity and consensus. We have unity and consensus on settlements and a two-state solution. We have consensus on continuing to put pressure on Israel to ensure it comes to the negotiating table. We will continue to do that in an effort to try to get an outcome that is fair to Israelis and Palestinians. That is what we are working...
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Gino Kenny: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he will make known his views on President Donald Trump's formal recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and acknowledge the potentially destructive consequences for the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53037/17]
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Richard Boyd Barrett: ...the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with his counterparts in Europe after the announcement by President Trump to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53230/17]
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Gino Kenny: My question relates to the announcement of Donald Trump's formal recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the consequences for the region.
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: ...decision by the United States and its implications were discussed by EU foreign ministers both at the Foreign Affairs Council on Monday and in the informal meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel which preceded it. Last week, many EU partners, like Ireland, had made statements of their own position following the US announcement. High Representative Mogherini had likewise issued a...
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Gino Kenny: ...solution is non-existent? What happened last week was a deeply incendiary act by Donald Trump and was calculated to cause a reaction in the Middle East. Jerusalem will never be the capital of Israel and should never be formally recognised by the EU. This will only embolden both Donald Trump's reactionary supporters in the United States and the reactionary elements of the Zionist Israel...
- Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)
Gino Kenny: While there is a conflict here, it is a David and Goliath conflict and at the heart of it Israel is fundamentally not the liberal state that the EU paints it as. It is a racist apartheid state, as much as South Africa was back in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The time for treating Israel as a normal state is over. Israel is a cancer in the Middle East. It is there to confront and humiliate...