Irish religious leaders express ‘shock’ at violence in the Holy Land
Palestinians leave al-Karama neighbourhood in Gaza City to safer areas on October 11th, as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continued for the fifth consecutive day. Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP
The Tánaiste added: “I’m a person who’s had a consistent interest in the Middle East. And I was there recently. I’ve always argued with Israeli interlocutors, I always feel that their policies almost facilitated the hardliners to approach as opposed to the moderates, to emerge.
Earlier, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney, formerly a minister for Foreign Affairs, said the brutality of Hamas in slaughtering over a thousand Israelis needed to be condemned. The Jewish Representative Council of Ireland has also expressed its “profound shock” at recent events in Israel and extended its sympathies “to the innocent people of Gaza, many of whom have and will undoubtedly continue to face repercussions due to the decisions of their leadership”.
In a statement, the Jewish Representative Council said “Irish citizens of the Jewish faith” expressed profound shock and condemnation of the weekend’s “unprecedented terrorist attack against ordinary, innocent Israeli citizens. This heinous act has resulted in the tragic loss of hundreds of lives and left thousands grievously wounded”.
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