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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams addressing the public meeting in the Parish Centre Portlaoise with Deputy Brian Stanley TD who chaired the meeting.
Israel should be referred to the International Criminal Court by the Irish Government for 'war crimes' in Palestine, according to Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley.
The Laois Offaly TD made the call in the Dáil where his party tabled a motion seeking the Government's intervention - a demand that was rejected by the Coalition parties.
Deputy Stanley told fellow TDs what has happened over the past six weeks in the Middle East "has shocked all decent people".
"I condemn the actions of Hamas on 7th October and its attacks on Israeli civilians. In particular, I extend my sympathy to the family of Kim Damti. She is related to the Cooper family in Coolrain near where I come from in south Laois. They have been through a terrible trauma," he said.
However, he reserved most of his comments for the response to Hamas in Gaza.
"The actions of Israel are shocking and horrific. This did not start on 7th October. Palestinians have been driven off their land, murdered, tortured, treated as subhuman, forced to live under an apartheid system, humiliated day in, day out and treated as refugees in their own land for the past 75 years.
"The slaughter of the past five weeks is unprecedented. Whole neighbourhoods have been blown apart. Nowhere is safe in Gaza – hospitals, schools, prayer houses, crèches or homes. Refugees are being bombed and murdered as they flee for their lives. Water, food and medicine are denied. War criminals are doing this. The State of Israel is a war criminal’
“Israel is not listening. The ambassador is simply disseminating propaganda on behalf of the Israeli Government and the army carrying out these horrific actions. Anyone who criticises Israel’s actions is branded “antisemitic”. What a load of rubbish. They seek to defend and justify the war crimes committed by their state.
"Does Israel really believe that it will be safer after all of these actions? That would be ludicrous. Its borders will not be more secure. It is making the whole Middle East, including itself, less secure. It is time to refer Israel to the International Criminal Court.
The TD was insisted that Israel should be charged before in court internationally for its actions.
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