Irish Examiner view: Ireland has role to play in putting pressure on Israel over Gaza

Health workers lead chants as hundreds of people march for Palestine in Cork on Saturday, January 27. Picture: Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign

The Government has drawn a lot of international criticism for insisting that the lives of the innocent people of  Gaza are far more important than the seeming need of the Israeli state to wipe Hamas out of existence.

Since the outbreak of the conflict, Irish politicians have largely been on-point regarding the need to protect non- combatants from military action. That has been very much to their credit, as the world has witnessed more than 28,000 civilian deaths within the Gaza Strip.