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

The Taoiseach has indicated there may be war crimes being committed by Israel in Gaza. Most people have no doubt they are being committed because they are happening right in front of us and, critically, Israel is not hiding it. Leading ministers and military personnel have publicly declared their intention to commit war crimes - to starve the entire population of water, food, gas and electricity. That is a war crime and they have said it. They have described Palestinians as human animals and said there will only be destruction and that they are all responsible. They have declared their intention to target the entire population and then they have committed those war crimes. There is no doubt.

The point is that if we were in any way facilitating the commission of those war crimes, we would also be liable for war crimes. Is the Taoiseach ensuring Shannon Airport is not being used to transport weapons to Israel to commit war crimes? We should remember that in 2006, in the context of a previous Israeli murderous assault on Gaza - of course, the history of this did not begin on 7 October, although some people want to pretend it did - munitions were being transported through Shannon to Israel and the Government of the day, under pressure from protests, made a decision that should end.

Are we checking the airplanes going through Shannon to ensure there are no weapons being transported to Israel? As we also know, the United States Government, including officers who were involved in the US massacres in Fallujah in Iraq, is giving military advice to Israel on how to conduct the attack on Gaza. How shocking is that? Can we also be sure no weapons or military assistance from the United States is going through Shannon Airport to assist Israel at a time when it is committing war crimes in Gaza?

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