Mr. John Whyte:

I thank the Senator. It is self-evident that anyone experiencing and enduring this horror for two years is going to be badly scarred by it, even if it ends now. It is not showing any sign of ending any time soon. As the Senator correctly mentioned, many have become orphaned. We have the highest number of child amputees in the world. There is physical trauma and there is psychological trauma, which will endure for generations. The Palestinians still talk about the Nakba, or catastrophe, that happened back in 1948. Can you imagine how many generations, families and children will be affected? It will be permanently seared on their brains, almost in their DNA. Irish people----