Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 April 2017
250. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in the West Bank city of Hebron, who has been engaged in non-violent activities against the Israeli occupation for over a decade; and if he will raise the case with his Israeli counterpart. [16970/17]
View answerI am aware of the case in question. Irish representatives have discussed the case with this person, and attended his most recent court hearing, along with other EU colleagues. It is my understanding that he wishes his case to proceed to a full trial in order to demonstrate injustices in the system applied to Palestinian activists like himself.
More broadly, the increasing use of legal measures to hinder and prevent peaceful protests against occupation policies is a matter of growing concern, which we have raised both in EU level discussions and directly with Israeli authorities.
