Norris should consider the national interest

IT has been argued by thousands of human rights protestors, including Trocaire, in recent years that Ezra Nawi is merely a pacifist protestor in the mould of Mahatma Gandhi who has been unfairly prosecuted and convicted by the Israeli courts when he attempted to halt the Israeli Defence Forces demolition of Palestinians’ homes in South Hebron in July 2007.

But the intervention of Senator David Norris on his behalf more than a decade earlier must cast very serious doubts as to whether the Norris candidacy for President remains tenable in the light of the judgement displayed.

It is of supreme importance to the success of the Office of President that the incumbent is not the subject of prolonged personal controversy.