Middle East
Dail Éireann — 2022-10-06
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Gino Kenny (PBP), Dublin Mid-West

What the Minister has said is all well and good but Israel is not a normal state. This year alone, 100 Palestinians have been killed by excessive force and collective punishment by the Israel Defense Forces. As I said, 20 children were among the dead. This is a policy that runs through the Israeli state to crush any Palestinian resistance. That is how states such as Israel exist and continue. They have to use excessive violence to exist. When Palestinians fight back, whether armed or peacefully, they cannot be blamed. They cannot be blamed for fighting back when children are being murdered on a daily basis. What does the Minister say to the Israeli ambassador when this happens? How does he address it at a European level?

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Sitting date: 2022-10-06