Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-11-21
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

On Shannon, the Taoiseach trusts the United States to tell the truth about what is on those planes. This is the same United States that told us there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and then continued to kill 1 million people in Iraq based on a pack of lies about weapons of mass destruction. We will not even search planes when it is backing up the slaughter that Israel is conducting.
The Taoiseach did not answer the question about genocide. When are we going to start to discuss it? All of the evidence fits the descriptions of genocide. Craig Mokhiber said, "This is a text-book case of genocide." Genocide is the most serious crime that can be committed. It is the most horrendous and obscene crime. That is what I am asking the Taoiseach to respond to. It has not been brought up to date. It has not even been covered by the ICC. I am asking the Taoiseach about the genocide convention and the obligation on a state to do absolutely everything required to prevent a genocide taking place when there is evidence that that is what is happening. I do not know why the Taoiseach is laughing about the use of the term "genocide".

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Sitting date: 2023-11-21