After Hamas launched an assault in Israel on October 7, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varakdar decried the deadly incursion, during which about 1,200 people were killed and 240 were taken captive.
Michael D Higgins, the 82-year-old Irish president whose role is largely ceremonial, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was not speaking for Ireland when she expressed unconditional support for Israel on October 16 without acknowledging the ongoing occupation of Palestinian lands.
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