Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste has just mentioned the two-state solution. The two-state solution is dead in the water. There are 700,000 illegal settlers in place. How can there ever be a two-state solution when Israel is driving people from land they have owned for generations? Innocent Palestinians are being murdered, tortured and persecuted and the only thing they are guilty of is owning land in the West Bank that the Israelis want for illegal settlers. This has been condemned by the United Nations but the Israelis still do it. I do not have any issues with the Israeli people. This is about the Israeli Government and Netanyahu. He does not care who he kills or tortures or what part of the world they are in. He only cares about his regime, his far-right policies and staying in power. The Tánaiste has said himself that Israel will take out a housing block killing 100 innocent people to get rid of one Hezbollah person. Who is protecting those 100 people? Some 42,000 people have been slaughtered in Gaza. Where is the protection for them? That figure includes 17,000 children. When the history books are written, Europe will be seen as complicit in allowing this genocide to take place. Countries like Germany, France, the US and England can send fighter jets to protect Israel when it is being attacked by Iran. They are not over Lebanon. They are not protecting the Lebanese people. There is a double standard. The European Union says that an immediate ceasefire is needed.

The European Union should immediately stop all weapons going to Israel.

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