Opposition motions calling for a range of sanctions against Israel were voted down in the Dail parliament on Wednesday.

Opposition motions calling for a range of economic and diplomatic sanctions, including the expulsion of Israel’s ambassador in Dublin Dana Erlich, were defeated in the Dail on Wednesday evening.

Proposals for Ireland to refer Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC) were also voted down.

While the Government did not expel Russia’s ambassador after the invasion of Ukraine, it did back EU sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime and also referred its actions to the ICC.

    • letmesleep@feddit.deEnglish
      15·
      11 months ago

      Show me one in Palestine. The situation in Gaza is horrible, but it’s not even remotely coming close to “terror bombing”. That was used in WW2. If it were used here, we’d see roughly a hundred times more victims.

      • anachronist@midwest.socialEnglish
        21·
        11 months ago

        There are 10,000+ dead after a few weeks of bombing. 100 times that would be one million dead (or half the pre-attack population). I guess by your standard the Israelis are allowed to murder up to a million people before it becomes terror bombing?

        Your comparison to WWII is more apt than you think. Consider the firebombing of Dresden. What was the death toll? According to wiki “up to” 25,000. And 55% of the city destroyed. Currently Isreal’s body count is nearly half of a Dresden, with Gaza City virtually leveled! Even the blitz at 40,000 killed, the firebombing of Hamburg at 45,000 and the firebombing of Tokyo, which was the most deadly terror bombing campaign in history at 100,000 dead, are far below your number of one million.

        https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/gaza-rising-death-toll-civilians/

        • letmesleep@feddit.deEnglish
          11·
          11 months ago

          What was the death toll? According to wiki “up to” 25,000. And 55% of the city destroyed.

          Yeah, in a cities with an established system of bunkers. In Gaza however those don’t exist (well, Hamas has some, but it’s not letting civilians use those) Also: Dresden was about two days. This war has been going on for six weeks.

          So yeah, if it were comparable to strategic bombing we would be in the millions regarding deaths now. And of course that would be a war crime. But it’s also a pure hypothetical.

          Edit: Also: where did you get the 55% for the Dresden bombings from? The destroyed area was around 6.5km² according to wikipedia. That’s about 2% of the city (at the time, it’s bigger now).