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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)
Leo Varadkar: I think the Deputy may be incorrect and we can check the record. I believe I said the Deputy's party only mentioned Hamas in the context of its crimes on 7 October which it says does not justify Israel's response.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)
Holly Cairns: .... The Tánaiste had no such reluctance when it came to Russia. Less than two months after Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine he labelled it a genocide. The double standard beggars belief. Israel claims that it is doing everything in its power to protect civilians in Gaza. It says that while it is dropping 2,000-pound bombs on densely populated residential areas. These enormous...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)
Leo Varadkar: As I mentioned earlier, the Attorney General will travel to the ICJ in The Hague on 22 February and will make Ireland's intervention in respect of the case relating to Israel and Palestine and the actions happening in that regard in person. This demonstrates that we take these matters seriously and that we take the ICJ seriously. On the genocide convention case, we will adopt the same...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)
Holly Cairns: ...of the world's hungriest people are now in Gaza. Contagious disease is sweeping through the nearly 2 million displaced people. The healthcare system has been obliterated. Not only are senior Israeli Government officials making regular genocidal statements, but they are also explicitly rejecting a two-state solution. Yesterday, Israel's foreign affairs minister suggested the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)
Leo Varadkar: Like everyone in the House, I am appalled at the ongoing violence that is occurring in Gaza and, indeed, in the West Bank and Israel, where millions of people have been displaced and tens of thousands killed, mostly women and children. We should not forget there are two sides to this conflict. It is the case that many more Palestinians have died than Israelis and many more Palestinians have...