Ireland’s decision to recognise Palestine ‘no surprise’ to Israel, says Harris

Taoiseach Simon Harris and former UK prime minister Gordon Brown arrive at the inaugural Child Poverty and Wellbeing Summit at Hibernia Conference Centre, Dublin Castle, on Thursday morning. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Mr Harris said he believed it was the “right decision” and was an effort to “try and create momentum towards a peace process, that may seem far away but is absolutely essentially needed”. “What I would say very clearly, to the Israeli government, is we very much recognise the state of Israel and its right to live in peace and security, but you can absolutely say that and also say the next bit - that the people of Palestine have a right to live in peace and security and that the humanitarian catastrophe that’s unfolding in Palestine, in Gaza, needs to end.

“We exchanged views, I outlined the Irish position. So I don’t think anybody in the world, least of all Israel, would have been surprised by the decision that Ireland, Norway and Spain took yesterday,” he said.and its supporters fiercely criticised the move, with its government warning that it was a reward for Hamas and would have diplomatic consequences.returns to Jerusalem for consultations with the foreign ministry there.

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