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“It’s that direct experience of the horror faced by Palestinians in Gaza that’s led to my decision that I can’t join St. Patrick’s Day events at the White House this year,” he said.
She continued: “This is about the deep distress that we and our constituents feel practically every hour of the day about what’s going on in Gaza, and our attempt to use whatever opportunities we have — parliamentary and otherwise — to contribute and create international momentum to end this.”
Similarly, in a statement to The Washington Post, republican party Sinn Féin said it was attending to advocate for an end to the war and to strengthen support for Irish peace and reunification.
“The issue of White House attendance for St Patrick’s Day festivities has become hugely politicized in Ireland by Biden’s failure to restrain Israel’s actions in Gaza,” McLoughlin told Newsweek.
“That means that McDonald and the Irish Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, will need to constantly justify their attendance at the White House, stressing that they are using this access to press the U.S. government to do more to achieve peace in the Middle East—and not just pursuing economic and other interests that are also important to Ireland.”
But policy reservations notwithstanding, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and other Irish officials will meet with President Biden in the annual joint recognition of St. Patrick’s Day at the White House later this week.
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There’s not much doubt what the Taoiseach will want to talk about - no wonder they’ve allocated at least an hour!
Update: it happened.
