{"id":6010,"date":"2024-05-22T13:05:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2024-05-22T13:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:05:41","slug":"cairns-welcomes-recognition-of-the-state-of-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/cairns-welcomes-recognition-of-the-state-of-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Cairns welcomes recognition of the State of Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has warmly welcomed the Government\u2019s decision to recognise the State of Palestine but called for further pressure on Israel to end the carnage in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Social Democrats have long called for the Government to match its strong words of condemnation with action \u2013 and this is a historic move which sends a powerful message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor an imprisoned Palestinian people being massacred by a barbaric occupier, that message is one of hope, peace, justice and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Irish people\u2019s solidarity with the people of Palestine is unbreakable. It is long past time this solidarity was formally acknowledged by our Government with recognition of the State of Palestine \u2013 my only regret is that it did not happen sooner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scale of death and devastation in Gaza is truly horrifying. It is shameful and shocking that so much of the western world has turned a blind eye to the atrocities being carried out against an entire population. Those same countries will criticise Ireland, Norway and Spain for the actions taken today \u2013 but their hollow criticisms will have no credibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Irish Government must now take the next step and enact diplomatic and economic sanctions against Israel. This should include passing the Occupied Territories Bill and the Illegal Israeli Settlement Divestments Bill, as well as committing to enforcing any International Criminal Court warrants issued against the Israeli and Hamas leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>May 22, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has warmly welcomed the Government\u2019s decision to recognise the State of Palestine but called for further pressure on Israel to end the carnage in Gaza. \u201cThe Social Democrats have long called for the Government to match its strong words of condemnation with action \u2013 and this is a historic move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[529,400,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaza","category-holly-cairns","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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