Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs (Teachta Brady) John Brady has called on government to end its opposition to the Occupied Territories Bill after a successful meeting with the Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland Dr Jilan Abdalmajid.
Speaking at Dr Abdalmajid's residence in Dublin, Wicklow TD Brady also urged government to use its position on the UN Security Council to do right by the Palestinian people.
Teachta Brady said: "I am delighted to have met with Dr Jilan Abdalmajid. An accomplished academic, vastly experienced with the detail of the Irish political arena, I would like to wish Ambassador Abdalmajid every success. This is an important time for the Palestinian people, who sit with the spectre of an impending Israeli annexation of part of the West Bank hanging over them, and also for our legislative assembly here in Ireland.”
Teachta Brady added: "The opposition of a single party Fine Gael - the Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney in particular - has halted the progress of the Occupied Territories Bill through the Dáil. That threatens to impede the efforts of the many concerned citizens of this state, who are appalled at the threat of the Israeli government to annex part of the Jordan Valley.”
