Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Again and again, the Taoiseach has proclaimed the Government's commitment to international law. In front of the world's eyes, Israel is committing actions that fit the definitions of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide as defined in the Rome Statute. Is the Taoiseach going to do anything about that? The Government could take a case. I met the Spanish social protection minister during the week, along with other MPs and MEPs. They are referring a case under Article 14 to prosecute Benjamin Netanyahu, his ministers and the military officials responsible for the massacres, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed in Gaza. Will the Taoiseach do the same?

I note the Taoiseach is still giving cover to Israel by talking about its right to defend itself. May I ask a question? Prior to 7 October, more than 6,000 Palestinians had been killed by the Israeli military. Do the Palestinians have the right to pursue the killers of those Palestinians in the same way as the Taoiseach seems to think Israel has the right to pursue the protagonists of 7 October?

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