Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Independent)

We must now ask ourselves whether the State, the Government and we as a people are complicit in genocide. I acknowledge the State’s support for the South African case in the international courts, the Taoiseach’s description of Israeli action in Gaza as a “war crime”, and the statements at the weekend by the Taoiseach and other Government leaders; however, we must do more. We must take action. What is happening in Gaza is the ultimate appalling vista. It is the deliberate destruction of the Palestinian people by bomb, bullet and starvation. This country, because of its Famine and its neutrality, has unique moral authority and, indeed, an obligation to lead the international community in stopping this genocide.

Shockingly, the Government is complicit in genocide. It is allowing the Irish Central Bank to sell Israeli Government war bonds. It is allowing planes carrying arms through Irish airspace, and military planes are going through Shannon. This must stop and we must immediately enact the occupied territories Bill.

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