Dáil debates
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
12:10 pm
Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
There is also the option of removing the diplomatic status of the ambassador.
Yesterday, the Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau joined with the French President Macron in telling Israel that the killing of babies must stop. The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reacted angrily and stated that "the forces of civilisation” must back Israel in defeating “Hamas’s barbarism". There is nothing civilised about the Israeli war machine or its enablers in the West.
What can we do when Israel will not even agree to protect babies? More words? When Israel is not listening, not even to its closest friends, we have exhausted all our words. The Government intends to deny the Dáil a vote on the Social Democrats motion this evening. Does he intend to adopt any of the actions we have suggested? Does he plan on matching any of his words with any actions at all, or is he satisfied Israel will face no economic or diplomatic consequences for its massacre in Gaza?
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