Ireland says Gaza peace plan fell short and reaffirms two-state solution

Tishuk said the peace plan for Gaza agreed last October was welcome but insufficient, and he described ongoing Israeli strikes and blocked humanitarian aid that continue to harm civilians. He said, "When the full truth of what has happened, what is still happening in Gaza is finally known... it will shame the world. Nobody will be able to say that we did not know. Let it not be said that we did not act."

He reiterated that Ireland and most gathered states consider a viable outcome to be two states—Israel and Palestine—living "side by side in peace, security, and dignity," and he criticized settlement expansion and violent settler actions in the West Bank as undermining that prospect. Tishuk quoted an Israeli leader's reported statement opposing a Palestinian state as evidence the two-state pathway is being deliberately obstructed.