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Ambassador to Ireland Slams Call for Israel Boycott
[Jerusalem Post ] Jonny Paul - Ambassador to Ireland Zion Evrony condemned last week's decision by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) to call for a boycott and disinvestment campaign against Israel. ICTU President Patricia McKeown, who had visited the area in November, said in a report, "We witnessed [in Gaza] the consequences of a siege which international law defines as the collective punishment of a people and consequently a war crime." According to Evrony, the ICTU report "erroneously absolves the Palestinians of any responsibility for the conflict and the current situation. It ignores the death and destruction caused by Palestinian terrorists and Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel's right to exist." An Irish government spokesman said they oppose any form of boycott directed towards Israel. "A biased, simplistic approach to the conflict, demonizing one side and totally ignoring the responsibility of the other side, will neither help the Palestinians nor will it promote peace," the spokesman said.