Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach said he would raise the issue with other EU heads of Government in the coming two days. The desire to deprive people of infrastructure has a genocidal edge to it. This is something our Government should not put up with and we should raise our voice about it. The US, Britain and other European powers finance, arm and back Israel's occupation, including the siege of Gaza, to the hilt. It is not Palestinian rockets that stop Israel lifting the blockade, dismantling its illegal settlements or withdrawing from the West Bank and Gaza; it is the unconditional US and Western support that gives Israel impunity. If Europe continues to back Israel 100%, we will not see a change. The international community must take some responsibility for what is happening in Gaza. It must question the level of violence Israel is implementing. They said they made a mistake in picking the house where they killed 12 civilians but it is clear they are picking houses where civilians live. A Palestinian woman said yesterday that they have nowhere to take their children because they have no bunkers. She said that the Israelis are scared but the Palestinians are dying and there is a massive difference. Any long-term settlement and any truce to be discussed must involve a plan to end Israeli occupation of the area.

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