Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

After the horrendous bombing of the Baptist hospital in Gaza, Joe Biden has arrived in Israel. He embraced the war criminal, Netanyahu, and said, "It appears as though it was done by the other team, not you." It was a disgusting comment in line with the disgusting policy of US support for Israeli ethnic cleansing.

Those who have given a green light to genocide by Israel, including Joe Biden and including von der Leyen, have blood on their hands. The denial of Israel is just part and parcel of the regular propaganda machine. They denied killing Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. They blamed it on the Palestinians for months. In 2022, they denied a strike killing five children in Gaza, blaming it on Islamic Jihad before having to admit it. This is just what they do. We should have believed them when they told us what they were going to do. When the army spokesperson said, "The emphasis is on damage and not on accuracy", when the defence minister said, "We will eliminate everything", and when they gave written threats repeatedly to hospitals in Gaza saying they were going to bomb them, we should have believed. The Israeli ambassador on the radio this morning denied doing it but said that Israel has the right to bomb hospitals in Gaza. It is time for action. It is time to expel the Israeli ambassador.

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