Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I went to Washington three weeks ago and met officials in the White House. I also met Senators and Congressmen. Why? I did it to give them our perspective, but also to get their sense of what is happening. The Deputy will not like to hear this, but notwithstanding everything and the politics of America and Israel and the strength of Israel in American politics, many American politicians want this to end. They want it to end quickly. That is the first point.

The Deputy lacks some degree of credibility in the sense that he correctly condemns what is happening in Gaza but has never publicly condemned Hamas for what it did on 7 October. In fact, his party and others have used language that is tantamount to condoning what Hamas did, or at least they give it as a background-----

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