Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

It has been reported that the main hospital in Gaza is burying patients in a mass grave. A doctor in the hospital said that bodies are littered around the hospital complex and there is no longer any electricity for the morgues. He stated that 7 babies and 29 patients who were in intensive care are among the dead. This is an indictment of the war Israel is waging. It is also an indictment of the international community.

The Tánaiste stated that one of the reasons we should not expel the Israeli ambassador is that Ireland could have a position as an interlocutor in the peace process. However, when I asked the Taoiseach last week whether the Government has made any material effort to approach Israel or Palestine about becoming an interlocutor, mediator or facilitator for peace, he admitted that it has not. No effort has been made by this State to put ourselves in that position, despite the fact that we have a competency in peacebuilding. Will the Tánaiste make a material effort on his trip to the Middle East this week to put Ireland in a situation where it can be a mediator for peace?

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