Results 1-20 of 70 for israel speaker:Ivana Bacik

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...visit to Ratoath, in County Meath, when seven-year-old Minnie McDermott gave me a hand written letter she asked me to pass on to the Taoiseach, asking him to take stronger action to ban trade with Israel. She was distressed, as many children across Ireland are, to know about the boys and girls her age in Gaza being killed, living under siege and facing famine. Across the island,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Last week, US President Joe Biden approved €26 billion in new funding for the Israeli regime. He said that funding for weapons for Israel is conditional on compliance with international humanitarian law, yet the evidence that Netanyahu and the Israeli Government are breaking international law is overwhelming as we see that nearly 35,000 civilians in Gaza have now been killed. Gaza's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...welcomed the announcement this week of some divestments by the NTMA, nonetheless there is much more we can do, even if Ireland has to move without all the other European states. In 2022, Ireland was Israel's fourth largest export customer. UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese has said that countries like Ireland need to match words with deeds when it comes to sanctions against Israel. What...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ..., and children are dying in such numbers. Many children are suffering from malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza. This is not due to natural disasters or drought; their hunger is man-made. As we know, the Israeli Government is shamefully using famine as a weapon of war against a civilian population already on its knees. This is just one of the war crimes in the collective punishment of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Reports from Gaza this week reflect the utterly horrific and worsening suffering of people there. It is not only the 30,000 dead under the brutal Israeli bombardment but now we are seeing children in Gaza dying of starvation. It is appalling, a man-made famine unfolding before our eyes in Gaza, with despairing families and aid workers, and stalling on peace talks. We still see this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...defended UNRWA when other countries were not doing so, and we acknowledge that from the Opposition. I am glad to hear the Taoiseach spoke yesterday with the President of the EU Commission on the EU-Israel trade agreement, but we need to do more. The Taoiseach has spoken previously in the House on working with like-minded EU member states on seeking to press further at EU level. What...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: The death toll in Gaza has reached more than 30,000 people. Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas in the world and under Israeli bombardment, its people have been brutally displaced and forced into ever more cramped and overcrowded spaces, most recently into Rafah. They are still being bombarded, even now in Rafah. We are witnessing Armageddon. There is nowhere left for a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Since the House last sat, provisional orders have been made by the International Court of Justice in the case taken by South Africa against Israel. This represents a significant step forward towards achieving justice for the people of Gaza. As we know, the court has now affirmed the gravity of the accusations against Israel and has called for preservation of human life for allowing...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...of the ICJ on preliminary measures, which are final and binding on the parties concerned, and urge all parties to the Genocide Convention to also do so; — make an intervention in the South Africa v Israel case at the ICJ, as a matter of urgency after the Court has made its order on preliminary measures and the filing by South Africa of its memorial in the case, which is the only...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: .... We have all been watching, over the past 100 days, with increasing distress and horror the carnage in Gaza and the utter devastation of a civilian population as a result of the brutal Israeli bombardment. Since the attack by Hamas on 7 October, which was itself brutal and resulted in appalling death and the taking of hostages, we have seen a death toll in Gaza that has surpassed...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...on both sides of the House seeking signatures of support for a cross-party motion on Gaza, drafted by the Sadaka organisation, which calls for Irish support for the South African case against Israel. In 2021, this House made history when it spoke with one voice, representing the will of the people of Ireland, in condemning the annexation of Palestine by the Israeli authorities. I ask...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I support the call for a debate on Ireland joining South Africa in the case against Israel. That is a crucial ask. I will return to that on Questions on Promised Legislation but we need that debate and, if possible, to agree cross-party a motion on Ireland joining South Africa in that case. Can I ask about a Private Member's Bill that we in Labour are putting forward tomorrow evening in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise with the Taoiseach again the suffering of the people of Gaza as they continue to endure the relentless bombing by Israel with over 18,000 now dead. I very much welcome the Government's announcement that it has been working with like-minded governments in the EU, namely, Belgium, Spain and Malta, to press the European Council this Thursday and Friday for a ceasefire. That is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...Africa's brutal apartheid regime? We can do more domestically, as well as doing more at international level, to press our EU partners to look for a permanent ceasefire. We can do more to impose trade sanctions on Israel, to pass the occupied territories Bill and to recognise Palestinian statehood.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...and move on. Where to go? There is nowhere to go for people in Gaza. Nearly all of us in the House condemned the brutal attack by Hamas when it was carried out on 7 October. Nothing excuses Israel's brutal retaliation, bombardment and carpet bombing of Gaza. Israel's breach of international law and resultant commission of war crimes have effectively turned Gaza into a city of ruin....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The prospect of a temporary end to Israel’s brutal bombardment of Gaza and the expected and hoped-for release by Hamas of women and children hostages including, we hope, Emily Hand, offers a glimmer of hope in what are very dark days. However, we all appreciate that work must continue and diplomatic efforts internationally must intensify until a permanent ceasefire can be agreed. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Government. While we need to continue all forms of constructive engagement to secure the release of Emily Hand and the 40 Irish citizens who are trapped and effectively being held hostage by the Israeli Government in Gaza, we must also continue to call out and condemn the breaches of international law by Netanyahu’s Government. At the weekend, I was glad to join with other...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...Cross, ICRC. We are hearing increasingly desperate reports from the United Nations, Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, and other aid workers on the ground telling us hospitals are overwhelmed due to Israel's complete siege on Gaza and the ongoing bombardment with air and artillery strikes. We have seen appalling loss of civilian life on the streets of Gaza, over 11,000 civilians,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I return to the issue of Gaza. Today marks one month since the brutal massacre of civilians in Israel by Hamas. It is a devastating anniversary. Since then, we have seen the brutal bombardment by Israel of the people of Gaza, bringing about 10,000 deaths, including 4,000 children and unprecedented numbers of journalists and aid workers killed so brutally. Our thoughts go to all those...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...know and as we have heard from UN workers on the ground in Gaza. What we need to see is a unanimous call at the Council meetings on Thursday and Friday from European leaders for the release of Israeli hostages by Hamas but also for a humanitarian ceasefire, as the UN has sought and as the vast majority of this House, both Government and Opposition, called for in our cross-party motion...