The Tánaiste has announced he is to travel to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory later this week.
"I have been engaging intensively with regional counterparts since October 7 and will return to the region this week, following my visit in September, to continue that engagement. He said he is scheduled to meet foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki in the occupied Palestinian territory, adding he"hopes" to see Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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