European country likely to expel Israeli Ambassador over illegal annexation of Palestine land
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DUBLIN – The Irish parliament likely to impose sanctions on Israel following a state-supported motion that condemned Israel’s ‘de facto annexation’ of Palestinian land.
The stern action from the Irish parliament makes it the first European country to stand against Israeli illegal occupation in Palestine.
On Wednesday, an Irish lawmaker called for sanctions on the Jewish state over the war crimes committed against oppressed Palestinians in its latest ethnic cleansing attempt in Gaza.
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney supported the motion and denounced Israel’s atrocities in the occupied land. He also shared a tweet earlier today.
Earlier, Coveney while speaking in the parliament, said ‘The scale, pace, and strategic nature of Israel’s actions on settlement expansion and the intent behind it have brought us to a point where we need to be honest about what is actually happening on the ground.It is de facto annexation’.
He added that ‘This is not something that I, or in my view this house, says lightly. We are the first EU state to do so. But it reflects the huge concern we have about the intent of the actions and, of course, their impact’.
The leader of an Irish political party, Mary Lou MacDonald, took to Twitter about the development. The motion must mark a newly assertive, consistent confrontation of Israeli crimes against Palestine, he wrote in the tweet.
