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International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Seán Canney: ...talking about between 8,000 and 10,000 children being killed and over 20,000 people in total being killed in Palestine. What is it all about? We can talk about how it started with the attack on Israel. The consequence is that men, women and, above all, children have been killed. We do not know the extent to which many people have been maimed, physically and mentally, as a result of...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: ...to speak on this very emotive subject. We have seen, over the last month, the murder of innocent children, men, women and families in Palestine. We have also seen the same thing happening in Israel. I condemn both Israel and Hamas for the actions they have taken in using children, men, women and families as a shield for some objective or some righteousness that they think they have on...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: ...to talk to people here. This is a major change from where we were at when our State was founded. It is important, however, that we retain our neutrality. To speak to what has happened in Israel and Palestine in the past two and a half weeks, two wrongs never make a right. I believe the Palestinian people have been used as human shields. They have been starved of water, food and...

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: ...attitude towards them. There has been a lot of suffering there. For some reason, we seem to not want to talk about what is happening on the other side of the world and what is happening between Israel and Palestine. We have to talk about it, however. As a neutral country and a country that suffered a lot over a long period, it is time we stand up to the plate, look at what we can do,...