Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

The horror in Gaza continues to deepen. The latest is the discovery of mass graves at hospitals, including one with more than 300 bodies at a hospital in Khan Younis and another at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza city. The Tánaiste has said the people of Gaza are being collectively punished by Israel and that he believes Israel intends to attack Rafah, where more than 1.5 million people have fled or are attempting to survive and who face being slaughtered in the coming weeks. The question is what the Government is going to do about it. Will it please stop the US military from using Shannon Airport, including, potentially, to transport weapons en route to Israel? Will it expel the Israeli ambassador and impose sanctions on Israel? Why is it left to ordinary people like those who are going to participate in the flotilla to break the blockade or those occupying college campuses in the US and elsewhere?

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