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Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Chris Andrews: ...coercive act and that the EU would respond very strongly. These strong words and plans for actions and sanctions contrast starkly with the weak and watery position and language directed at Israel for the murder and terror inflicted on Palestine over 11 days, which killed 248 Palestinians. Yesterday, EU leaders agreed a range of sanctions and actions against Belarus almost overnight....

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Gino Kenny: ...We have had many duels with the Minister in this Chamber about this matter. I have said that I do not doubt the Minister's sincerity in this regard; what I doubt is his policy of appeasing apartheid Israel. It does not work, and it never will. One cannot appease racists and murderers. Even today, the hypocrisy of the European Union is unbelievable. It says it will sanction Belarus. A...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Pa Daly: ...and was able to counter the narrative that there was a battle and that the Black and Tans had shot the three men in self-defence. With this motion we are countering the narrative that the State of Israel is acting in self-defence, the narrative that there were clashes between Palestinians and Israel, that the attacks by Israel were attacks on Hamas or that it is acceptable to bomb a...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...Gino Kenny, Bríd Smith and Barry. I thank Sinn Féin for introducing its motion. It makes many very important points about the annexation of territory in the West Bank and Jerusalem seized by Israel after 1967. However, our amendment, and I will mainly speak to that, seeks to go further because we believe the crimes of Israel go beyond that. They need to be called out as...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "settlement activity and to regularly update Dáil Éireann": - publicly declare that the State of Israel is guilty of war crimes for its killing of innocent men, women and, most horrifically, 63 children in the Gaza Strip over recent weeks; - acknowledge that: - the recent escalation of violence was provoked by the attempt...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today, the Dáil speaks with one voice. Today, we condemn the illegal and ongoing annexation, the illegal seizure of Palestinian lands by the Israeli occupier. Today, we condemn the illegal displacement of Palestinian families and communities from their homes and from their land. Today, we stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and assert their inalienable right to their...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Pauline Tully: ...that what was happening in Palestine, and Gaza in particular, had to stop. We all welcomed the ceasefire announced last week, but how many ceasefires have there been over the 54 years of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory? How long will this ceasefire last before Israel starts stealing Palestinian land again, while continuing to commit war crimes and forcing the Palestinian...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Dessie Ellis: ...areas of the world. Over 2 million people are squeezed into an area smaller than County Louth, the smallest county in Ireland. The people of Gaza are discriminated against and humiliated by the Israelis on a daily basis. There has been a land, air and sea blockade of the Gaza Strip since the early 1990s, which has resulted in great hardship for its residents and has led to a serious...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

John Brady: I move: That Dáil Éireann: — notes that recent weeks have seen the most serious escalation of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (i.e. the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip) since 2014, with a tragic impact on innocent civilians and loss of life, including the deaths of at least 65 children; — condemns the targeting of...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Simon Coveney: ...human rights law to protect civilians” and substitute the following: “—condemns the violent acts of Hamas and other militant groups, including the firing of rockets and incendiary devices from Gaza into Israel, the disproportionate and indefensible response of Israel bombing civilians and essential infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, the loss of life in both Israel...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Imelda Munster: ...like roads, electricity and water networks. There is nothing new in that. The Palestinian people are forced to live under an apartheid regime. Gaza is an open-air prison enforced by the Israeli occupier. The Palestinian people are subjected to blockades, checkpoints, a lack of access to basic amenities like water and electricity and every possible abuse of human rights imaginable. ...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Jack Chambers: I thank Deputies for their statements on this important issue. The Government is deeply concerned at the intensification of violence in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel in the past two weeks. We welcome the ceasefire on 21 May and I repeat the call of the Minister, Deputy Coveney, for its full and proper implementation, not least to ensure vital humanitarian can reach those in need. We have...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

John Brady: ...on the magnitude of what we are on the cusp of achieving. We will become the first European country to formally acknowledge that the crime of annexation has taken place. The architecture of the Israeli Government strategy on the development of settlements signals the intention of making this a permanent fixture. The EU has talked about the need for Israel to avoid the red line of...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Catherine Connolly: ...on the ground to get cross-party support for this motion, which I believe it is very important. I also see where People Before Profit is coming from with my own sense of impatience but I went with trying to get the most voices on board. I believe the Israeli ambassador needs to be hauled in. I see where People Before Profit is coming from but I will stick to this motion for the moment....

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Mairead Farrell: ...we have a duty to shout "Stop". As Irish people we do not have the luxury to pretend we do not know or understand. We have a duty to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine and call the Israeli actions out for what they are, and that is apartheid. We have seen the continued Israeli settlement expansion, the forced expulsions and the refusal to grant the right of return to...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...were lost. One life lost because of political difference is one life too many. That is not to mention the women and children, homes, hospitals and primary care centres, and the savagery that apartheid Israel - one can call it nothing else - has perpetrated. The demolition and destruction of the Palestinian people is just mind-boggling and shocking. We have a ceasefire, thankfully,...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Michael Collins: We have all seen across our news channels and social media the images of children, women and men who are being left distraught at what has happened between Israel and Palestine. In the past nine days or so, 66 children have been killed. That is 66 children too many. Nearly 450 buildings in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or badly damaged, including six hospitals and nine primary care...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Marian Harkin: I thank Deputy Brady for bringing forward this motion, to which I was happy to add my name. When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there are no easy answers. If there were, we would have found them by now. A two-state solution is the only solution but it only works where there is trust. There is no trust. We have seen one UN Security Council resolution after another...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...of the motion in recent weeks has been on the systematic undermining, if not the shattering, of the basis of a two-state solution to the generations of conflict and violence which have occurred between Israel and Palestine, the Israelis and the Palestinians. We in Ireland know full well that peace can only be brought about when an acceptable situation is negotiated, embraced and agreed...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Pat Buckley: ...us to the present moment, which began with an attempt to evict Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah on the basis of a racist and discriminatory law. Only a reality in which Israelis and Palestinians alike enjoy equal rights and dignity will bring quieter times to this region, and that is the reality towards which we must work together. Ceasefire is not enough; we must...