The Taoiseach argued that not enough has been done by the international community to promote a truce in Gaza, reports Breaking News.
Simon Harris said that human rights provisions in the trade agreement were being broken and demanded an immediate review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
Mr. Harris issued a dire warning, saying that the battle will be remembered as a “time of dark shame” by everybody, reports Breaking News.
“Every single day,” according to the Taoiseach, he asks himself what more the Irish government could do.
Speaking in Dublin on Tuesday, he said: “I find the scenes that are happening in the Middle East to be grotesque and almost unimaginable in terms of the scale of catastrophe. I’ve called it a war on children, I believe it to be that. The actions of Israel are utterly disproportionate. I’m also very conscious when it comes to things like trade, that is done at an EU level. To be clear, I do not believe the world, the European Union, has done enough to bring about a ceasefire. I believe when we look back at this period of time, it will be a time of dark shame for the world. Because there are levers that could be pulled at the European level that have not yet been pulled,” reports Breaking News.
He stated he was advocating for a revision of the EU-Israel Association Agreement along with the prime ministers of Slovenia and Spain.
Mr Harris said: “I hope other colleagues will join us should these talks not progress in the hours and days ahead. That is a very practical measure that we can take. What message do we send out to the world when we have human rights clauses in trade association agreements that don’t seem to kick in? I mean, they’re not there just to make the document longer – they have to have meaning,” reports Breaking News.
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