As Sinn Fein prepares for a trip to the Whitehouse in a few short weeks the vast majority of citizens on the island of Ireland are horrified at such a prospect.
In what must be regarded as one of the greatest crimes in modern history over 10,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have been obliterated by American supplied munitions in 100 days, whilst the overall death figure of civilians creeps towards 30,000.
Sinn Fein fly Palestine flags from their offices around the country. One can assume from that action they don't wish to be associated with WMD supplier, Joe Biden, yet their stated intention is to do exactly that, why?
As the largest party in Ireland every Sinn Fein member and elected representative are morally obligated to act for the good of humanity. They can do that by publicly lobbying their own leadership to forgo the St Patrick's Day celebrations in Washington this year. By doing so they can let the American Government/people understand what Irish people think of Biden's false claim to encompass Irish values.
Sinn Fein will find a majority of the Irish public will be on their side if they oppose the USA but to wring hands, fly flags and tacitly endorse the trip will be regarded as unforgivable by current and future generations.
A real and pressing opportunity exists to bring global attention to the ongoing destruction of the Palestinian people. It's in the gift of Sinn Fein to galvanise the rest of the Party up and down the country and strike a blow for humanity.
⏩Ciaran McClean is supporter of Palestinian rights.
I think we should all forego Washington.
ReplyDeleteTime to Boycott and Divest, like many are doing to it's puppet state in occupied Palestine.