Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 91: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he, or representatives of the Government, will be attending celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel which take place in Jerusalem, including those being held in the Knesset. [25920/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have not received an invitation to events to mark the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948. At the invitation of the Speaker of the Knesset and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, our Ambassador in Tel Aviv will attend a special session of the Knesset on 29 November to mark the 60th anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of Resolution 181, on the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question. The Israelis attach great importance to Resolution 181, seeing it as having led to the establishment of the State of Israel.