Helen McEntee say Government agrees with president's comments on Middle East conflict

Foreign affairs minister Helen McEntee did not herself label US or Israeli actions in the Middle East as breaching international law.

Foreign affairs minister Helen McEntee has said both she and the Government agrees with President Catherine Connolly's description of recent events in the Middle East as a “breach of international law”.

However, pressed several times, Ms McEntee did not herself label US or Israeli actions in the Middle East as breaching international law.