The Israeli ambassador has accused the Irish of taking a one-sided view of the Middle East conflict and portraying Israel as the “single villain”.
Ambassador Dana Ehrlich said people should ask more questions about Hamas’ activities in Gaza.
she said pat kenny show People need to make more balanced criticisms.
“If you look at how this story, this war, is being told here in Ireland, you hear a very one-sided view that paints Israel as the only bad guy and doesn’t point to Hamas as being responsible at all,” she said. Told.
“That is not all attack on october 7th, [but] How they are integrated into the population and how they are used as human shields.
“We need to protect ourselves from them and we need the international community to condemn and condemn them.
“My request to all Irish people listening now is that when you criticize Israel, please raise more questions about the actions of Hamas.
“Think about what UN agencies can do inside Gaza to actually help the Palestinian people.
“When we shout in the streets of Dublin, why don’t we demand the release of civilians abducted by Israel?
“I ask you to be more critical.”
Ambassador Erlich defends Israeli military operation at Nasser Hospital There was a storm last week.
“The operation at Nasser Hospital is an example of many things happening in Gaza right now,” she said.
“This is an example of Hamas’s cynical abuse of civilian infrastructure – the Geneva Conventions, international law and the rules of war do not allow hospitals to be used for military purposes.
“Yet, we witnessed hundreds of terrorists hiding and taking shelter in and under hospitals,” she claimed.
Ambassador Erlich said the Israel Defense Forces are supporting the operation of the hospital.
“During that operation, the hospital was still operational and the Israel Defense Forces helped restore the generator and brought in another generator to ensure electricity was available, but not all of it could be heard. No,” she said.
“When I listen to this report, I hear a very one-sided view.
“What I ask people to do when criticizing Israel is to apply the same criticism to the other side.”
“The responsibility lies with Hamas.”
Ambassador Erlich denied that Israel’s response was disproportionate and insisted that the country’s operations were “in accordance with international and humanitarian law.”
Ambassador Erlich said Hamas, like al-Qaeda, must be eliminated.
“It’s not just Israel saying this. Our neighbors feel the same way, and the world sees it the same way,” she said.
“We must eliminate this terrorist threat in the same way we came together to fight ISIS and al-Qaeda.”
A Palestinian walks in front of a building destroyed by Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip, 3-1-24, Gaza City. Image:Associated Press/AlamyAsking her that Palestinian civilians consider Israel to be terrorists, she said: “They understand that Hamas is responsible for everything, they understand that infrastructure and money is being invested in all the tunnels. I’m doing it,” he said.
They see the large sums of money and reserves hidden in these tunnels and understand that they are being used as human shields in this very cynical and despicable strategy by Hamas.
“I don’t understand why people who are so supportive of the Palestinians here in Ireland don’t condemn them publicly.
“Why aren’t there any voices condemning Hamas?”
Ambassador to the United States Linda Thomas-Greenfield voted against the draft resolution on Palestine at the Security Council meeting on 20-2-24.Image: UN Photo/Manuel EliasYesterday, the United States again vetoed a widely supported UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
It was supported by 13 out of 15 member states, but the UK abstained.
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour criticized the failure to pass a resolution that left some 30,000 Palestinians dead and more than 69,000 injured.
Mansour claimed that in the past 20 days alone, Israel had killed “nearly 4,000 additional Palestinian children and women.”
He denounced this as “a deplorable result of inaction.”