Labhrás Ó Murchú (Fianna Fail)

What happened to the three Palestinian children was official murder. If we do not take a stand on this, we undermine society itself. The danger is that remaining silent will be taken as acquiescence in such criminality. It is absolutely vital for all civilised people, particularly those in the democratic sphere, to stand up and be counted. We can be certain that tomorrow or the day after exactly the same thing will happen again. Young children will have their lives snuffed out at the whim of some official or government. Will we, as a Government which has been so lucky, stand silent and allow that to continue?

I am not happy with the current intervention in the Middle East because it suggests that a wedge is being driven between sections of the Palestinian people which has all the ingredients of a potential civil war. Is that being done on purpose?