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- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (19 May 2022)
Paul Murphy: In March, the Minister said his Department was studying the Amnesty International report. Has he studied it yet? What conclusions has he drawn from it? Amnesty International indicted Israel for operating a racist and cruel system of apartheid against the Palestinian people, which is a crime against humanity. It stated that Israel deliberately denies Palestinians their basic rights and...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (19 May 2022)
Leo Varadkar: There is no IDA Ireland office in Israel. A part-time business consultant represents IDA Ireland in Israel, which is quite different. There are no plans to have an IDA Ireland office or permanent staff member in Israel. We have part-time consultants in many countries in order that we have some representation on the ground. The settlement policy in Israel is wrong and we condemn it. We...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (19 May 2022)
Leo Varadkar: I am glad that journalists are armed with cameras, as, increasingly, are citizens by means of their smartphones. We would not know as much about what is happening in Ukraine, Israel, Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea, were it not for the fact that we have journalists and cameras. They are not weapons in any military sense, but the fact that journalists are armed with cameras is...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (19 May 2022)
Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reconsider IDA Ireland's expansion of its activities in Israel in view of the finding by Amnesty International that Israel is an apartheid state, the recent murder of a journalist by Israeli forces and subsequent police attack on their funeral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25669/22]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (19 May 2022)
Paul Murphy: In January, IDA Ireland appointed a business development consultant in Israel to deepen links with the state that even Amnesty has now describe as an apartheid state. Given last week's horrific war crimes by Israel with the targeting and assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh, including an illegal invasion of Palestinian territory and the horrific attack on her funeral, will the Government now...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (19 May 2022)
Paul Murphy: The Tánaiste and the Government have condemned the murder of Shireen Abu Akleh, but listen to the spokesperson for the Israeli military, Ran Kochav. He said she was filming and working for a media outlet amid armed Palestinians and stated, "They’re armed with cameras, if you’ll permit me to say so". They see journalists as being armed with cameras because the truth of the...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (19 May 2022)
Leo Varadkar: ...investigation. Accountability must be ensured and those responsible brought to justice. I also condemn the excessive use of force by some police at her funeral. Ireland's opposition to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank informs IDA Ireland's engagement with the state of Israel on a range of bilateral issues, including trade, and will continue to do so. IDA Ireland issued a...