Justification for Gaza bombing 'cynical', says son of decorated RUC officer

The son of a decorated RUC officer has pointed to his family’s experience of the Northern Ireland conflict as proof positive of the immorality and cynicism of Israel’s stance on the bombing of Gaza.

In a personal subsmission to irishexaminer.com, Richard Irvine argues that if the thinking which seems to inform and justify Israeli actions in Gaza held sway in the North during that conflict, the bloodshed which took place would have been immeasurably worse.

He writes: "According to the Israeli discourse given credence today my home would have been classed as a command and control centre - he took telephone calls from his colleagues and sometimes they even came round for drinks and I don't know what else.