Since the Dáil last met, South Africa has shone a light on the humanitarian catastrophe that has been unleashed in Gaza by bringing a case against Israel under the Genocide Convention to the International Court of Justice, ICJ. On 22 November, we tabled a motion calling on the Government to instigate action under the genocide convention over Israel's genocide in Gaza. Will the Government do what Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh did and show some honour from this country by joining the South African case against the massacre and genocide that Israel is committing against the people of Gaza?
Four Groups have requested a debate this week----- Please resume your seat. -----and the Minister has not even agreed to a debate next week,----- Please resume your seat. -----let alone a debate this week. Is the Government going to give us a debate on a genocide that is happening and the ICJ case?
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin; Níl, Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 55–76 |
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