Sinn Féin has said the Taoiseach should make it clear that Ireland supports Gaza during an expected St Patrick’s Day visit to the White House.
“There comes a point where political leaders need to stand up for international law,” Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy said.Sinn Féin has said Micheál Martin should make it clear that Ireland stands in support of Gaza during an expected St Patrick’s Day visit to the White House.“It was taken against a backdrop of what is a very serious situation – one of such seriousness that our party felt that a stand needed to be taken,” he said.
“But the threat of mass expulsion of the Palestinian people..., the permanent seizure of Palestinian land and what is a very vocal and obvious walking away from the two-state solution is a really grave escalation.” “We think as a small country, as an independent country with an independent foreign policy, that we have an opportunity on St Patrick’s Day through the Taoiseach," Deputy Carthy said.on US companies, but said he did not think there would be any blowback if the Taoiseach were to discuss Gaza with President Trump.
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