A Palestinian man inspects the damage of a six-storey building which was destroyed by an early morning Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City. Picture: APA group of 12 Green Party councillors have called on their Dáil colleagues to support legislation which will introduce a boycott on goods from occupied Israeli territories in Palestine. “The civilian population in the Palestinian territories is defenceless and deprived of basic rights by a state that has overwhelming military power,” they added. Meanwhile the Taoiseach has slammed the “brutality and ruthlessness” of Israeli attacks on Gaza. She said that “negative trends on the ground” including Israeli settlement-building, demolitions and threatened evictions in the West Bank are undermining the potential for a successful conclusion to the conflict.

Source: Irish Independent May 18, 2021 14:37 UTC