Taoiseach said he would not comment on ‘personalised and false attacks and remains focused on the horrific war crimes being perpetrated in Gaza’
Government Buildings said that Mr Harris would not respond to “personalised and false attacks” and again suggested that Israel was guilty of war crimes in its attacks on Palestinian territories.
In a defiant criticism of the decision, Mr Harris said what was truly reprehensible was the scale of the killing in Gaza and the treatment of its entire population by the Israel Defense Forces. “Ireland will continue to do what Ireland always does when it comes to foreign policy, stand up for human rights, stand up for international law. There’s nothing hostile about that. In fact, I think the people of Ireland would be rather shocked if Ireland’s foreign policy wasn’t founded on the principles of supporting international law, supporting the work of international courts and supporting human rights.
Mr Martin, who is also Minister for Foreign Affairs, said supporting the ICJ and the International Criminal Court, which has issued an arrest warrant for Mr Netanyahu, should not be viewed as a hostile act. Mr Martin called for Israel to “open up” Gaza to the international community and the media, to allow them to “bear witness” to what was happening.
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