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- Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)
Thomas Pringle: ...Taoiseach two weeks ago. He dismissed my concerns at the time, and the numbers have doubled since then. A Trócaire staff member who is in Gaza with three young children stated: My home is now destroyed. We haven’t electricity, internet or water. Please do something for us. Put pressure on your government and the whole world to do something. We need to put pressure on...
- Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)
Gary Gannon: ...no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly. The Geneva Convention defines genocide as committing specified acts involving "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such". The group is what must be targeted on grounds that include nationality or ethnicity, and it...
- Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)
Seán Crowe: ...and stolen more and more land in direct violation of internal law. Even now, under the cover of attacks on Gaza, settlers are visiting violence on the West Bank, where homes are being burned and destroyed. This is a blatant case of ethnic cleansing. I wish the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin, well as he heads to the region this week. I hope he has success in advocating for...
- Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: ...men, women and children was and is truly shocking but the bloodletting unleashed since by Israel cannot be justified or accepted by the world community. The policy of Israel now seems to be not alone to destroy Hamas but to destroy the very basis of Palestine itself. From our history, we know full well how generational hate festers after unconscionable violence. Lashing out in rage can...