Micheál Martin says support for court petition accusing Israel of genocide is driven by respect for humanitarian law
Micheál Martin said there was ‘huge anger’ at the ‘level of killing of innocent men, women and children in Gaza’.Micheál Martin said there was ‘huge anger’ at the ‘level of killing of innocent men, women and children in Gaza’.Ireland’s position on the war in Gaza “should not be seen as a hostile act”, the Irish deputy prime minister,citing Ireland’s decision last week to support a petition at the international court of justice accusing Israel of genocide.
Any action taken by the Irish government had “not been motivated by anything other than respect for international humanitarian law”, said Martin, who is also Ireland’s foreign minister. “The utilisation of the international courts by… where there can be international accountability for war crimes in any part of the world, including in Gaza, should not be seen as a hostile act.
Martin, who is expected to be made prime minister in January, said there was “huge anger” at the “level of killing of innocent men, women and children in Gaza”, and that what was happening in the north of the Palestinian territory “defies explanation”. Maurice Cohen, the chair of Ireland’s Jewish Representative Council, said he was “deeply concerned” by the deterioration of relations between the two countries. He said Ireland’s intervention in the ICJ was “oversimplifying a highly complex and tragic conflict” and was “unfairly isolating Israel” while undermining the definition of genocide.
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