Letters to the Editor: The State must stop being complacent on Gaza

'Under the Government’s watch, a State institution is directly complicit in the Israeli state’s unconscionable war crimes'
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Monday. Picture: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Monday. Picture: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Thu, 08 May, 2025 - 01:00

Commenting on reports from the World Food Programme that “children are being left starving, and even dying” due to the Israeli state’s ongoing refusal to let aid into Gaza, Tánaiste and minister for foreign affairs Simon Harris has said: “We cannot and will not stand idly by and let this happen.”

To “stand idly by and let this happen” would be bad enough, but how about to actively facilitate the funding of such atrocities?

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