Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)

Time is measured in blood in Gaza. Those are the words of Bisan, a young Palestinian journalist whose people have endured nearly two years of bombardment, siege, starvation, and displacement, and still, the world watches and still, we do nothing.

Now we hear talk of so-called peace plans - plans pushed by Trump, who shows no regard for international law, and by Tony Blair, an unconvicted war criminal with blood on his hands from the war in Iraq. These men, products of settler colonial states like the US and Britain, have no moral authority to dictate terms to the Palestinian people.

Francesca Albanese called Trump's "deal of the century" exactly what it is: a trap of the century. It was never about peace; it was always about control. The United States - built on stolen land through genocide and slavery - has launched hundreds of military interventions globally, yet it postures as a peace broker. Israel, another settler colony, has been committing genocide in Gaza, and Washington continues to arm and defend it. How dare they claim the right to speak on peace? It is the people of Palestine not warmongers and imperialists who have the right to decide their future.

What about us here in Ireland? American warplanes pass through Shannon Airport without question, using our neutral soil as a military pit stop.

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