Gaza: A tolerated humanitarian crisis

IRELAND is unusual among western democracies in its continuing fight to have the plight of the Palestinians addressed.

Mon, 08 Mar, 2010 - 00:00
Ann Cahill

But getting the world to take action on such an obvious humanitarian issue is very difficult.

Foreign Minister Micheál Martin brought the issue to the heart of the European Union at the weekend when he gave a lengthy report on what he described as medieval siege conditions in Gaza.

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