MEPs on Middle East fact-finding mission

Two Irish MEPs are travelling on a fact-finding mission to Israel and Palestine to discuss humanitarian concerns following the four-week Israeli offensive in Gaza.

MEPs on Middle East fact-finding mission
Tue, 24 Feb, 2009 - 15:59

Two Irish MEPs are travelling on a fact-finding mission to Israel and Palestine to discuss humanitarian concerns following the four-week Israeli offensive in Gaza.

Fine Gael’s Colm Burke and Bairbre de Brun of Sinn Féin will be part of the 15-member European Parliament delegation which arrives in Jerusalem tomorrow.

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