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A motion tabled by Cllr Maria Dollard ‘that this [Kilkenny County] Council calls on the government to actively pursue, with like minded EU member states, a policy to recognise a State of Palestine’ has been passed by fellow elected members.
The motion, considered at this month's full meeting of Kilkenny County Council, also seeks for 'a more meaningful discourse to happen, after the Gaza war has ended, towards a two state solution'.
It further calls on the EU Council and/or EU Commission to review 'the policies and funding afforded to Israel under various bilateral arrangements including under the terms of the EU Israel Association Council that benefit a State that does not appear to genuinely share or cooperate in any way on the issue of a two state solution as understood by the EU and its member states'.
Cllr Dollard originally tabled the motion in February, but it was pushed back numerous times.
“We would’ve been hoping for ceasefire by this time, but that is not the case,” she said during the meeting.
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