Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald says the Middle East is at “a tipping point” and “words are not enough” from the United States.
Speaking ahead of the annual White House reception marking St Patrick’s Day, she told Sky News that America had got it “dangerously wrong” on the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Referring to the “ongoing, vicious, criminal bombardment of Gaza”, she urged US President Joe Biden to “take a firm position” with Israel and demand an immediate ceasefire.
Image: Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip. Pic: AP
Ms McDonald said she believed most policymakers on Capitol Hill know the violence in Gaza is “unconscionable” and needs to end.
“In that regard, the United States is absolutely key,” she said. “It’s a hugely powerful nation, an ally of Israel, arming and supporting Israel.
“You have to come and confront that, and we do that as a country with a very large population here in the United States and with a very strong historic relationship.”
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The two leaders will meet again on Sunday, Ireland being the only country in the world granted an annual White House reception in honour of its patron saint.
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