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The Palestinians have refused, or they’ve been unwilling, to deliver a government that provided security and economic development for themselves. They allowed 10/7 to occur, and now Gaza has to be rebuilt. Where are the people going to live? Where are they going to go? So it’s part of a conversation with where they’re at right now.”
I don’t know what the role [U.S. troops would play], but they’re obviously a part of it, and I fully support.”
Most Democrats announced their immediate opposition to the proposal, We need an urgent statement from the Taoiseach in condemnation of those comments, which I haven’t yet heard,
It does require a proper debate in the House in terms of a new Bill, essentially, in other words, the Bill to be introduced at second stage, the full impact of it analysed like any other piece of legislation.”
Asked if maintaining this relationship meant sidelining the Occupied Territories Bill, he said If he [Mr Trump] remains on this trajectory towards a policy of ethnic cleansing, then no, we cannot support the Taoiseach going to the US.”
Asked whether Mr Martin should still go to the White House for St Patrick’s Day, Ms Gibney said We have to be so strong in our response. We are calling on Micheál Martin to summon the US ambassador ... and answer for this. We also want Micheál Martin to talk to us about any plans at the EU to co-ordinate a response to this incredible news.”
Earlier in the month, we heard that the Irish Government’s strategy with Donald Trump was to love bomb him, to send him lovely messages hoping that he would just suddenly change tack. Is that still the case? We need to find that out, because there’s been a very hands-off approach to anything that Trump has done.”
I always adopt the approach when it comes to the US administration of: judge them based on what they do and not what they say,
It’s not the first time that I’ve heard that idea, and I think I would agree that Gaza is hell on Earth right now, and has been hell on Earth for the last number of years,
