Israel-Hamas War
Harris: Israel ‘has become a country blinded by rage waging a war on children’
Tanáiste Micheal Martin is travelling to Egypt, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
Israel has become a country “blinded by rage waging a war on children”, an Irish government minister has said.
Simon Harris, the minister for higher education, described the attack by Hamas on Israel in October as despicable. However he said while Israel had the right to defend itself, it was not waging a war on children.
Harris was speaking in the Dáil, following a question from Labour leader Ivana Bacik.
She referred to the “appalling ...