‘Disperse’ Israeli attacks in Gaza — Martin

The foreign minister of Ireland said that Israel’s bombing of Gaza was not fair or needed.

Micheál Martin, who is the deputy prime minister of Ireland, spoke at his party’s yearly meeting on Saturday.

Over 9,000 people have died in Gaza because Israel is attacking in response to an unprecedented attack by Hamas gunmen on 7 October.

Mr Martin said that the continuing attacks in the area were not right and agreed with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s statement that the attacks seemed like a form of revenge.

MrMartin said that there was a lot of anger in Israel, but he believes that the size of the bombing on Gaza was not justified.

I think that what Israel is doing is not fair and is more than what is needed.

“I think this goes against the basic rules of international humanitarian law, where the ideas of needing something and making it fair are important. ”

Mr Martin said that many children and innocent people are dying. He said Israel is going after Hamas, but they are doing it in a very cruel way.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that there won’t be a temporary break in fighting with Hamas in Gaza until all Israeli hostages are set free, as more and more innocent people are getting hurt.

The deputy prime minister stated again that the Irish government wants the fighting to stop right away so that urgent help like medicine can be sent to Gaza.

MrMartin did not outright say that any of Israel’s actions are war crimes. He said that the International Criminal Court will make the final decision on this matter.

Israeli ambassador will not be sent away or removed from their position.

He also said that Ireland will not kick out the Israeli ambassador.

On Friday, the Republic of Ireland’s main opposition party Sinn Féin called the ambassador’s position unmanageable and said they should not have diplomatic status anymore.

Mr Martin said that the decision was aimed at pleasing the general public or gaining their support.

“He said that it is very important to keep connections and ways of communication with other countries in international diplomacy. ”

“Diplomatic relations are important for foreign policy, even though they don’t imply support for another country’s policies. It is crucial to maintain open communication, especially during disputes or conflicts, such as a big war. ”

The Irish government is trying to bring back Irish people who are currently in Gaza. There are around 30 to 40 Irish citizens in Gaza, along with their family members.

“I don’t understand how we can effectively try to get our people out of Gaza,” he said.

If we remove the Israeli ambassador. This means that the Irish ambassador, who is currently working and staying in touch with Irish citizens in Gaza, would have their actions and information documented right away.

I believe it’s an agenda that aims to please the majority of people, but it’s not a serious way to manage our relations with other countries.

MrMartin said that although there are different opinions in the European Union, it would be very difficult to get everyone to agree on punishing Israel.