Richard Boyd Barrett: Accuses Western allies of Gaza crimes
Richard Boyd Barrett criticised Western leaders for complicity in violence in Gaza and called on the government to distance itself. He said the United States, Germany, Britain, Italy and France are complicit by supplying weapons and demanded an end to facilitating the sale of Israeli war bombs through the central bank.
He contrasted the Taoiseach's condemnation of Putin with claims that US and European leaders are also "brutal warmongers, imperialists and militarists." He accused Trump of giving billions to Israel to "commit a genocide" in Gaza and of promoting ethnic cleansing, criticised Frederick Mertz for inviting Netanyahu and called out Ursula von der Leyen and other European states as complicit.
He argued that Israel could not carry out what he called genocidal massacres in Gaza without weapons provided by the United States, Germany, Britain, Italy and France. He challenged the government to acknowledge that those supplier states are complicit and to call them out for their role in the violence.
He cited testimony from a United States trauma surgeon working in Gaza who described a young infant with limbs "blown to pieces" who would probably require all four limbs to be amputated. He used this account to illustrate the "horror" and "brutality" of the actions he criticised.
He repeatedly asked whether the government would publicly confront allied states over their complicity, distance the country from those allies and stop facilitating the sale of Israeli war bombs through the central bank.
Criticism of Western allies
He contrasted the Taoiseach's condemnation of Putin with claims that US and European leaders are also "brutal warmongers, imperialists and militarists." He accused Trump of giving billions to Israel to "commit a genocide" in Gaza and of promoting ethnic cleansing, criticised Frederick Mertz for inviting Netanyahu and called out Ursula von der Leyen and other European states as complicit.
Weapons and complicity
He argued that Israel could not carry out what he called genocidal massacres in Gaza without weapons provided by the United States, Germany, Britain, Italy and France. He challenged the government to acknowledge that those supplier states are complicit and to call them out for their role in the violence.
Human impact cited
He cited testimony from a United States trauma surgeon working in Gaza who described a young infant with limbs "blown to pieces" who would probably require all four limbs to be amputated. He used this account to illustrate the "horror" and "brutality" of the actions he criticised.
Demands posed to government
He repeatedly asked whether the government would publicly confront allied states over their complicity, distance the country from those allies and stop facilitating the sale of Israeli war bombs through the central bank.
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Transcript
yeah the Taoiseach in his statement is very happy in his regular statements is very happy to say as I am that Putin is a warmonger tyrant and an imperialist but the problem is that the people you want us to ally with in the United States and in Europe are also brutal warmongers imperialists and militarists Trump is giving billions to Israel to commit a genocide in Gaza and is actively promoting the ethnic cleansing of Gaza Frederick Mertz the Chancellor of Germany his first action is to invite Netanyahu wanted war criminal who's guilty of the genocidal massacres in Gaza the horrific actions that Israel are committing against Palestinians he invites that criminal to the country at the same time that he proposes we spend billions more on weapons hundreds of billions to use his phrase similarly Ursula von der Leyen and many of the European states and the US states that you ally yourselves with are complicit with genocide the right to condemn Putin will you acknowledge that European leaders and the US are complicit with genocide will you call them out they couldn't do it Israel could not commit the crimes it is committing without the weapons being provided by the United States Germany Britain Italy France will you say they're complicit with this genocidal horror I heard a trauma surgeon from the United States working Gaza yesterday describing a young infant that he said he saw the worst injuries he'd ever seen in his life where the child's limbs were blown to pieces mutilated and he said that little baby would probably have to have all four limbs amputated this is the horror the brutality the disgusting actions that are being done by Israel with weapons provided by your allies in Europe now will you call them out for their crimes and distance this country from them and will you stop facilitating the sale of Israeli war bombs in the central bank