Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I stand by what the United Nations declared in Resolution 242 that this is not Israeli territory and that its annexation is therefore illegal and must end. It violates international law.

If, like Senator Marshall, I took the view that things were progressing in the right direction and we were in the middle of a delicate peace process that could be destabilised by unilateral statements from the outside from people who are not exactly involved in the process, I would hesitate. However, I see a different scenario which I will state emphatically. I see the American intervention in Israel under President Trump. I see Jared Kushner's involvement. I see what has been stated by the American Secretary of State and its ambassador to the UN on these issues and it is all going in the wrong direction. I believe the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has to get a message-----