Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The encouraging of the large Israeli military convoy into Ramallah led to at least 35 people being wounded, at least 20 of whom received their injuries from live bullets. Israeli forces were ostensibly seeking to demolish the home of a man accused of attacks in Jerusalem last year, but that practice of Israel is described as collective punishment, which is illegal under international and humanitarian law. As the Tánaiste knows, these injuries follow the killing of 112 Palestinians by Israeli forces in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in the first five months of this year. Those 112 people include 27 children but do not include Haitham al-Tamimi, who was shot and injured in June while driving his car with his three-year-old son, Mohammed, who died four days after the attack. These events continue to occur. Israel continues to act with impunity. Unless we undertake a strong international response, these events will continue and we will eventually become culpable.

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