627. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports that the Israeli Army has informed Palestinian officials of their imminent plans to forcibly displace more than 1,000 Palestinian residents, including more than 500 children in the Masafer Yatta area of the Southern Occupied West Bank; if he agrees that such forcible transfer of protected residents is a war crime under the Geneva Convention and therefore a grave breach of international humanitarian and human rights laws; the action the Irish Government proposes to take to seek to address this systematic oppression against Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2140/23]

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627. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports that the Israeli Army has informed Palestinian officials of their imminent plans to forcibly displace more than 1,000 Palestinian residents, including more than 500 children in the Masafer Yatta area of the Southern Occupied West Bank; if he agrees that such forcible transfer of protected residents is a war crime under the Geneva Convention and therefore a grave breach of international humanitarian and human rights laws; the action the Irish Government proposes to take to seek to address this systematic oppression against Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2140/23]

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