Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Tomorrow will mark exactly two months since most of the world's attention became focused on Israel and Palestine, but the conflict has been going on for much longer than that. Today, we saw that the visa of the UN humanitarian co-ordinator was revoked simply because she made the following statement:

Nowhere is safe in Gaza and there is nowhere left to go. The conditions required to deliver aid to the people of Gaza do not exist. If possible, an even more hellish scenario is about to unfold, one in which humanitarian operations may not be able to respond.

We have been witnessing apartheid in Palestine for many years. We are now witnessing genocide in Gaza and I am concerned that the eyes of the world will begin to look away, that some kind of war fatigue will set in and governments and people will not be as strong in their condemnation. I am horrified to hear that visa was revoked for drawing attention to something that is obvious. There is nowhere safe to go in Gaza at this moment. We cannot allow any kind of fatigue to set in. We need to be as strong as possible because what the Netanyahu government wants is for people to turn away so that his government can force and continue to force Palestinians from north Gaza to south Gaza and continue to bomb then. We know what the intentions of the Israeli Government are. We have seen the genocide unfold. We need the Government and the Oireachtas to be strong and to see people internationally continue to come out in force.

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