Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 May 2014
42. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to support calls for the release of Marwan Barghouti; the extent to which discussions in this regard continue to be part of the Middle East peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23495/14]
View answerI would refer the deputy to my reply to Question No. 27 (15397/14) on 3 April concerning this issue. Further to that reply, I am aware that the possibility of including Marwan Barghouti has arisen on a number of occasions when prisoner releases were being discussed between Israel and various Palestinian interlocutors, but to date Israel has refused to consider including him in any of these arrangements. His case has not otherwise been an element in international discussions of the Middle East Peace Process that I am aware of.
