LONDON (AA) – Ireland supports investigation into alleged involvement of some UN staff in the October 7 attacks, but will not pause aid for Gaza. “Full confidence in @UNLazzarini’s (agency head Philippe Lazzarini) decision to immediately suspend @UNRWA staff suspected of participation in the heinous attacks of October 7, to i...
LONDON (AA) – Ireland’s foreign minister has welcomed a ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, and said that his country expects Tel Aviv to implement the order. “I strongly welcome the Court’s orders which are final and binding. These are measures that Ireland has been consistently callin...
THE HAGUE (AA) – Irish members of the European Parliament joined a rally in front of the International Court of Justice at The Hague in support of Gaza, stating that this is a trial on international law as much as Israel. Member of the European Parliament Claire Daly said that she was there representing the […]
BERLIN (AA) – An Irish minister has called on Israel not to carry out military operations that risk the lives of civilians in the Gaza Strip. “While recognizing Israel’s right to self-defense, it has to be done proportionately, and in accordance with the international humanitarian law,” Minister of State Thomas Byrne said. He said recent [&hel...
LONDON (AA) – The deadly airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza must be investigated as a war crime, Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins has said. Speaking in Italy, Higgins said that it is “very, very important that there be a reliable investigation as to how it (incident) came to be, who is responsible and […]
