Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I utterly condemn the brutal Hamas attack on 7 October, when 1,200 innocent Israeli people died but does the death of 1,200 innocent people equate to the death of 30,000 innocent civilians in Gaza? This number continues to rise daily as the humanitarian crisis grows. Ireland has great friends in the United States Senate and Congress and in the White House. Will the Taoiseach use his influence and that of his Government with contacts in Washington to put pressure on the Biden Administration? Will he use whatever channels are available through the EU to get Israel to call a halt to the slaughter of innocent people, most of whom are women and children, and bring a halt to this humanitarian crisis?

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