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European Council: Statements (16 Jan 2018)

Helen McEntee: ...but it was agreed to come back to this issue with an ambition to be able to take some decisions by June. The leaders also discussed President Trump's decision to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and agreed to restate the EU's common position, with which the Taoiseach agreed, that EU embassies will remain in Tel Aviv. The European Council also expressed its opposition to...

European Council: Statements (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ..., the Ramallah-based Government, and so he should have. However, that he did not meet elected representatives from Gaza itself is a problem. Let us remember that Gaza was the trigger for the Israeli assaults. Israel did not accept the outcome of a democratic election and then attacked. Last week, the Minister saw some of the consequences of that. He was clearly aware of them, yet he...

European Council: Statements (16 Jan 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...and her mother protesting against the illegal and immoral occupation of Palestinian territory in defiance of any notion of a two-state solution or international law and yet we continue to allow Israel to effectively act with impunity. I want to talk about Gaza, the other part of Palestinian territory, and the shocking humanitarian crisis that is unfolding and worsening there. We often...

European Council: Statements (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise the question of Palestine and the EU's relationship with Israel. I know it was on the Council agenda. I must say goodbye to the Taoiseach. I note his regular departure once Solidarity-People Before Profit Members start to speak.

European Council: Statements (16 Jan 2018)

Paul Murphy: ...off. Obviously, the question of Jerusalem was on the agenda of the European Council meeting. The European Union is not like the US or Donald Trump in enthusiastically endorsing and cheering on Israeli oppression with, for example, the move of the US embassy to Jerusalem. The EU can try to bask in an inverted reflected glory of not being Donald Trump and look as if it is somehow...

European Council: Statements (16 Jan 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...be no fear about an open and reasonable debate on these matters. On foreign policy in the Middle East, I welcome the firm commitment by leaders reiterating support for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine and the fact that the EU position on Jerusalem remains unchanged. It is three years since the Dáil unanimously voted to recognise the state of Palestine. The Irish...

European Council: Statements (16 Jan 2018)

Micheál Martin: ...result for Ireland in the negotiations this year. The bulk of the summit was concerned with other matters. We strongly support the Council's opposition to the unjustified and damaging decision of the Trump Administration to take steps to move the embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and recognise Jerusalem as the capital. I note that the Taoiseach did not refer to what he had stated at the...