Palestine campaigners welcome Irish government Gaza donation, but call for political action too | Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign today welcomed the Irish government’s announcement that it would send €500,000 in emergency aid to the UN emergency appeal for Gaza, but added that aid was not a solution to the ongoing problem of the brutality of Israeli occupation, colonisation and apartheid.
Freda Hughes, IPSC media spokesperson said, “This is a welcome move from the Irish government because Gaza is facing a crisis of unthinkable proportions. However, emergency aid alone is not enough, concrete political action to sanction Israel for its ongoing crimes is required, and required immediately. Over 540 Palestinians, the vast majority of them civilians have been killed in Israel’s latest onslaught. All manner of civilian infrastructure, including hospitals have been deliberately targeted. Whole neighbourhoods have been destroyed. Israel acts in flagrant violation of international law, and is allowed do so with complete impunity. It must be sanctioned by states if those states’ commitments to upholding human rights norms and international law are to be taken seriously.”