Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-05
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

Hitler killed 6 million people and he would have killed another 3 million to 6 million people if he could have. Deputy Boyd Barrett takes the view that the killing of 15,000 people in Gaza is a genocide, and it would appear that they intend to kill many more. I will ask this question, however, and I think it is a reasonable one to ask. Is what Hamas has done to Israel not also genocidal?

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Sitting date: 2023-12-05