Ireland urged to use UN Security Council role to intervene in Palestine-Israel conflict

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Government is “extremely concerned” by the violence in Israel and the forced resettlement by Israeli forces of Palestinian families in the region.

Palestinian mourners carry the body of 11-year-old Hussain Hamad, who was killed by an explosion during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Picture: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra

Tue, 11 May, 2021 - 16:39

Paul Hosford Political Correspondent

The Irish Government should use its position at the UN Security Council to demand a halt to forced resettlements of Palestinian people in Jerusalem.

Dr Jilan Abdalmajid, ambassador from the Mission of the State of Palestine, was before the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee today to discuss the ongoing violence and said that Ireland should use its position on the UN Security Council in the same manner that New Zealand did in 2016 when it pushed for a resolution condemning the building of Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands.