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European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Helen McEntee: ...the Palestinian situation, there is complete unity among member states that the EU will not emulate the unilateral recognition by the United States President, Mr. Donald Trump, of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The only solution to the conflict is a two-state solution with Jerusalem as the shared capital. Ireland's position in this regard has not changed and is aligned with that of...

European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: ...Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, by stating that we cannot tolerate the actions of the US President in threatening to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of the Israeli State. There is a possible opportunity at this time. The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, today said that the US can no longer be seen as a mediator or accepted as an honest...

European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...done in the last week in declaring war on the people of Palestine and the entire Middle East. He has now legitimised the illegal annexation of East Jerusalem, in defiance of international law, by Israel. It has put two fingers up to the peace process and the two-state solution, which Europe claims it supports. Israel clearly has no interest in that solution. Since 1993 the number of...

European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...will take the opportunity to raise when the broader foreign policy issues are being discussed at the Council. This is the decision by the United States to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move its embassy from Tel Aviv to that city, what the leaders jointly will say about that and the action they propose to take in the light of the reaction across not only the broader Arab...