Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----is that Fine Gael in particular has no principle left other than to oppose whatever position Sinn Féin takes.

Sinn Féin continue to use any real opportunity we have to say that the bombardment of Gaza and the occupation, annexation and apartheid regime must end because that is the only viable route to peace in the Middle East. Not only that, we will be consistent in our approach. It is the consistency of our approach of demanding adherence to international law and respect for the institutions of the United Nations that gives us our greatest strength. To move to a point where the argument and answer to any question is somehow to send Irish troops to conflict regions without a UN mandate means you are asking yourselves the wrong question.

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