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

They are the leaders of the Israeli Government and they should be arrested for war crimes, which Amnesty and Human Rights Watch have rightly said are crimes of apartheid and illegal occupation, and for the crime of passing new laws yesterday to re-legalise illegal settlements, as well as the fact that the Israeli Government has committed to more illegal settlements of Palestinian territory, the illegal transfer of people under occupation and the collective punishment of the people of Gaza. There are no sanctions or arrest warrants, however, or calls for the ICC to investigate the Israeli Government - none at all. In fact, Ireland continues to support the Israeli Government. The European Union continues to give Israel favoured trade status. Major powers in NATO, such as the US, UK and France, continue to arm the Israeli regime to continue its crimes against the Palestinian people. Condemnations by the Government, EU or US Government of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Putin are completely lacking in credibility. It is hypocrisy and double standards to the nth degree because they will not apply the same condemnation, criticism or calls for sanction when it comes to the daily ongoing crimes against humanity, war crimes, apartheid and brutality that are being visited by the Israeli state, which is now waging a genocidal conflict. Essentially, it is calling for the removal of the Palestinian people, but nothing is done.

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