Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)

The Israeli finance minister stated, “We are annihilating everything that remains in the Strip”, “we are conquering, clearing and staying”, and “the world still hasn’t stopped us”. That is the Israeli finance minister admitting in plain sight that Israel is carrying out a genocide. Food trucks are sitting by with baby food and baby formula, and 14,000 babies are set to face death in the next 48 hours, according to the UN. What does malnutrition actually look like? It is a shutting down of the body’s mechanisms. It is absolutely the most horrible way for people to die. The Taoiseach said “no business as usual” but it is business as usual.

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