An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-11-07
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

I want to return to the question of Gaza. A calendar month ago, horror was visited on Israeli civilians and we remain in condemnation of that action by Hamas. Since then, as has been said, Gaza has become a graveyard for children, with a child killed every ten minutes. It is very clear that Israel is not acting within international law in pursuing its self-defence. The Taoiseach has acknowledged that and I commend him for doing so. I also commend him for calling out collective punishment. I think that was important. However, I want to query the Taoiseach on his definition of ceasefire. He referred to a humanitarian ceasefire, a pause so that foreign passport holders can come out, hostages might be released, which we all support, and aid can go in. I put it to him that we need more than that. We need a full, complete cessation. That is what is required. We need to stop Gaza being that graveyard for children.

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