Sinn Fein makes Middle East talks plea

The Government should use its international influence to bring about a return to peace talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis, Sinn Fein argued today.

Sinn Fein national chairman Mitchel McLaughlin urged Bertie Ahern’s government to use its position in the United Nations and European Union to press for dialogue after the shooting dead in Jenin of a British UN aid worker and three Palestinians and the recent wounding of a human rights worker by Israeli soldiers.