Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Listening to the Taoiseach, the thought struck me as to when the Prime Minister of Spain might recognise the state of Catalonia, but in any case, I welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine insofar as it goes. I do not welcome the fact that the Taoiseach has attempted to link this to the idea of a two-state solution brokered by the international community, in other words, by the US and European Union imperialism first and foremost. That is a formula for a Palestinian Bantustan, not national liberation. There needs to be an end to the genocidal Israeli capitalist regime. It is a barrier to Palestinian liberation that needs to be dismantled. A struggle by the mass of the Palestinians allied with working people in this region is key to winning this. I would welcome any challenge to that regime that would come from the Israeli Jewish working class, who have more in common at the end of the day with their Palestinian counterparts than they have with the war criminals who run their country. Both peoples, in my view, have an equal right to national self-determination. Israel's bloody, genocidal campaign needs to be replied to, not merely with recognition of the state of Palestine but with actions such as expelling the ambassador, kicking the US war machine out of Shannon, passing and implementing the occupied territories Bill and suspending the EU-Israel trade agreement.

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