Israeli settlement provocation and police brutality in Jerusalem unacceptable and will dangerously escalate conflict
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has called on the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, to condemn Israeli police brutality and repression and Israeli settler provocations against Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa mosque and around the old city of Jerusalem.
He said: “Minister Simon Coveney on behalf of the Irish government must urgently and strongly condemn Israeli settler provocation, the attempted evictions of 28 Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah area of Jerusalem, and Israeli police brutality and repression in and around the Al-Aqsa mosque. I will be calling this week in the Dáil for sanctions to be imposed on Israel following these latest and dangerous examples of Israeli aggression and brutality against the Palestinian people.
“Our government and the international community must urgently speak out against the provocative and illegal evictions of Palestinians by Israel. There must be condemnation and sanctions against Israel for what it is doing in Jerusalem or this situation will escalate in a dangerous way.”ph
