Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Jenin in July 2023 needs to be added to the list of the Israeli state's war crimes. At least 12 Palestinians were killed, at least 100 were hospitalised and 3,000 people were evacuated. The Israel Defense Forces may have withdrawn but Netanyahu holds out the threat of more, stating: "I can say that our extensive activity in Jenin is not a one-time operation". The US Administration has defended the right of the Israeli state to carry out murderous raids of this kind. It is precisely those forces that arm the Israeli state that the Government wants to align the State's foreign policy with. The Palestinian Authority is rightly seen as corrupt and collaborationist by the Palestinian masses and the actions of Hamas offer no way forward. Yesterday, a Palestinian general strike took place on the West Bank. Protests, albeit small, took place on the other side of the Green Line too. These actions of the Palestinian masses and of those on the other side of the Green Line who are prepared to speak out against war point the way forward in the fight against capitalism, imperialism and oppression.

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