How many innocent Palestinians does Israel have to slaughter?

On 24 October 2023, Richard Boyd Barrett, TD, dared to say this in the Irish Parliament:

"How many innocent Palestinian civilians men, women and children does Israel have to slaughter? How many war crimes does Israel have to commit? How much death and destruction does Israel have to visit on the people of Gaza and Palestine, before you will call for and impose sanctions on the Israel and expel the Israeli ambassador from this country, and call for the immediate referral of Israel to the international criminal court, for crimes against humanity and war crimes?

Because, in front of the world, by their own admission, Israel is committing war crimes. They have stated it publicly. This isn't a matter of opinion, they declared their intention to force... more than a million Palestinians from their homes in Northern Gaza and ethnically cleanse them, a crime against humanity!

They... have done it in front of the eyes of the world. The intention to deny to 2.2 million people water, electricity, medicine, life-saving equipment. In front of the eyes of the world and they're doing it! Every minute children are being slaughtered by their artillery! The relentless bombardment of residential complexes, of hospitals, of schools, of civilian infrastructure, they just go on and on and on, and you do nothing! Nothing!

Words of concern but no action to hold them to account. And it is clearly premeditated war crimes and genocide! Genocide! We have Jewish people in the United States and Canada, around the world and Israel, calling it genocide! Scholars, academics, saying this is genocidal!

Let me quote you a few things - Israeli General, quote: 'Human animals must be treated as such. There will be no electricity and no water/ There will only be destruction!'

Yov Gallant, a Minister, says: 'We are fighting human animals! We will', quote, 'act accordingly! We will remove', quote, 'every restriction on the IDF!'

Another Minister: 'There is no such thing as the Palestinians!'

The President of Israel refers to the people of Gaza and says: 'They are all responsible!'

Before October the 7th, Netanyahu appeared in front of the UN General Assembly with a map of Israel that had removed all references to Palestine, a clear declaration of intent to

destroy the Palestinian people and steal all of their land! 6,000 Palestinians killed between 2008 before October the 7th. Thousands of Palestinians hostage in administrative detention without trial! When are you going to move beyond words concern and impose sanctions and expel the Israeli ambassador of this murderous State?"

Bravo, Richard.

Western parliamentarians are rarely, if ever, this brave. Since the end of WW2, very few have criticised the Chosen in such starkly honest terms.

Israel and Israels backers and enablers are at war with all of us.

The undefended and, for the most part, weaponless Palestinians bear the savage brunt.