Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)

Israel must be made accountable for the genocide it is perpetrating upon the Palestinian people. We are seeing the appalling escalation of the ongoing brutal bombardment and now starvation tactics that are being used upon a civilian population in Gaza. We are hearing desperate appeals for help from aid agencies and the UN, and we are seeing so many horrific deaths, including of children and civilians, yet Israel appears to act with impunity. The Taoiseach has described the Israeli actions as war crimes. Those are welcome words from him but the Government is not acting sufficiently as if the actions were war crimes. We need to see more pressure brought to bear on Israel and to do all in our power as a country to bring pressure to bear through economic sanctions, the passage of the occupied territories Bill and cultural, sporting, artistic and academic boycotts.

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