Letters to the Editor: MEP arms vote shows FG hypocrisy
'Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan has slammed Fine Gael MEPs for recently voting against stopping the EU selling weapons to Israel.' Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins
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185 OFFERKarol Balfe, of ActionAid Ireland, reminds us yet again the increasing indifference by political leaders to the mass killing of civilians in Gaza by Israel and the military IDF (‘Continual massacre in Gaza lays bare shameful global political failure’, Irish Examiner, April 8).
Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan has slammed Fine Gael MEPs for recently voting against stopping the EU selling weapons to Israel, stating: “It is utterly appalling that the Fine Gael MEPs voted against stopping the EU from continuing to sell weapons to Israel.
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