'Children must never be made prisoners of history': Simon Coveney condemns violence in Gaza

A section of the crowd that attended the Palestinian solidarity rally in Dublin, yesterday. The crowd assembled in O’Connell Street, and subsequently marched to the Israeli embassy in Ballsbridge. Picture: Conor Ó Mearáin

The United Nations Security Council must send a clear and united message that the cycle of violence and bloodshed in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis must end, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has warned. 

Simon Coveney was speaking as the Council met current conflict as violence intensifies in the current conflict.