Simon Harris, visiting French president at the Élysée Palace, confirmed no consent had been sought for transport
Simon Harris, visiting French president at the Élysée Palace, confirmed no consent had been sought for transport
“I think it’s really important that the facts are established. What I have been informed consistently is that no applications have been sought, consent, if you like, for such transport, to take place over Irish airspace. Once the facts are established, it would be up to the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Defence to provide a further update on this, and I’ll certainly be keeping in contact with both of them.
“Officials are verifying the data being reported and are in the process of engaging with the carrier. This will require further time,” it said.. The idea that Israel would brazenly violate Irish airspace to transport weapons and munitions used to commit these atrocities is unacceptable. It would also represent a conscious and grave breach of Ireland’s neutrality by the Israelis,” she said.
“Ireland’s record, the people of Ireland’s record, and the record of the Government of Ireland in relation to the situation in Gaza is crystal clear, whether it’s how we vote at the UN, how we vote at the EU, recognition of the State of Palestine, calls for the trade agreement between the EU and Israel to be reviewed.
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