Taoiseach Simon Harris says Europe needs to find the ‘moral courage’ to act on the issue
Palestinians walk past damaged buildings in Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip , amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFPMr Higgins called on all EU and UN member states to make “clear” their support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees and repeated his calls for a ceasefire and for the hostages to be released.
“Older people are dragged from their hospital beds and the extraordinarily brave medical staff who have stayed with the most vulnerable are paying with their lives and the threat of arrest. “It is time to stop this horror of history. Palestine and Israel will ultimately have to live together in spaces adjacent to each other.”
Speaking on Tuesday, Taoiseach Simon Harris said that Europe needed to find the “moral courage” to act on this issue. “Unwra is needed, it is absolutely essential and the actions we have seen in the Knesset really are absolutely shameful.
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