879. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he anticipates that a settlement would have to include an arrangement for the return of Palestinian refugees to the property they themselves or their forebears left behind or were forced to leave in the context of his Department’s commitment to recognise a State of Palestine as part of a lasting settlement; his views on whether the principle that both first generation refugees and their descendants have a right to return to their property and that this is firmly entrenched in international law; his further views on whether the apartheid framework operated by Israel in denying Palestinian refugees their right of return while at the same time giving those of Jewish descent an automatic right to immigrate to Israel and gain Israeli citizenship is further evidence of the ethnic cleansing taking place and another major obstacle to a future settlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39675/22]

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879. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he anticipates that a settlement would have to include an arrangement for the return of Palestinian refugees to the property they themselves or their forebears left behind or were forced to leave in the context of his Department’s commitment to recognise a State of Palestine as part of a lasting settlement; his views on whether the principle that both first generation refugees and their descendants have a right to return to their property and that this is firmly entrenched in international law; his further views on whether the apartheid framework operated by Israel in denying Palestinian refugees their right of return while at the same time giving those of Jewish descent an automatic right to immigrate to Israel and gain Israeli citizenship is further evidence of the ethnic cleansing taking place and another major obstacle to a future settlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39675/22]

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