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BreakingNews.ie
16-07-2025
- Politics
- BreakingNews.ie
Taoiseach criticises US diplomat who told Irish Government to ‘sober up'
The Taioseach has rejected comments from an American diplomat who said the Irish Government needs to 'sober up'. US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee criticised the Irish Government over its plans to implement legislation that would ban the imports of goods originating in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Advertisement Mr Huckabee wrote in a post on X: 'Did the Irish fall into a vat of Guinness and propose something so stupid that it would be attributed to act of diplomatic intoxication? 'It will harm Arabs as much as Israelis. 'Sober up Ireland! Call (the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Aiffairs) and say you're sorry!' Asked about the comments on Wednesday, Micheál Martin said: 'I reject the comments made by the ambassador. Advertisement 'The situation is very serious in Gaza including an appalling loss of human life. Terrible war crimes are being committed. 'Ireland has consistently condemned Hamas and we equally condemn Israeli breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza. 'The slaughter of children must stop. The slaughter of innocent civilians queuing for food must stop. What is going on is beyond any moral compass. 'Ireland stands for peace and a political pathway forward.' Advertisement Criticism of the Occupied Territories Bill also came from figures in the Israeli government, which Mr Martin has levelled criticism at for the ongoing war in Gaza. Mr Martin said: 'I think Israel needs to focus on ending the war that is slaughtering innocent children and civilians. 'This kind of row is ridiculous, given the enormity of killing and the enormity of the death and destruction that's happening in Gaza – and the continuing shocking behaviour in the West Bank and the freedom that's given to extreme settlers to destroy settlements and housing belonging to Palestinians who've been there on that land for generations. 'The time for this war to end this has long passed.' Advertisement He added: 'There's a moral issue here, there's an ethical issue at this stage. 'People queuing for food have been slaughtered. Bombs are landing on houses and children have been slaughtered.'
New York Times
15-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Huckabee Calls Death of Palestinian-American in West Bank ‘Terrorism'
The United States ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, on Tuesday called on the Israeli authorities to 'aggressively investigate' the death of a 20-year-old Palestinian-American citizen in a clash on Friday with Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, calling his killing a 'murder' and a 'criminal and terrorist act.' Mr. Huckabee, who has been vocal about his support for settlement in the occupied West Bank — which is widely viewed as illegal in the international community — used uncharacteristically strong language in his statement condemning the death of Sayfollah Musallet, a young Floridian who had been visiting his family in the area. 'There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act,' Mr. Huckabee said. The ambassador's demand comes amid a rise in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank during the war with Hamas in Gaza. Mr. Musallet was one of two Palestinian men who died in the violence near the northern West Bank town of Sinjil on Friday. The other, Mohammad Shalabi, 23, was shot during a confrontation between settlers and Palestinians, according to Palestinian health officials, though it was not clear who had shot him as armed settlers and soldiers had both been present on the scene. The Israeli military has neither confirmed nor denied the two deaths, saying only that there had been a violent exchange between Palestinians and Israeli civilians near Sinjil, and that the domestic intelligence agency and police were looking into reported casualties. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has confirmed Mr. Musallet's death, as well as his American citizenship. Exactly how Friday's clash unfolded is unclear. The Israeli military has said that confrontations began when Palestinians hurled stones at Israeli civilians, slightly injuring two Israelis. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
