This Irish Woman Politician Slammed World Leaders For Doing Nothing To Protect The Children In Gaza
“It’s about time that we wake up and smell the white phosphorus, the burning flesh of children torched alive in Gaza.”
In a powerful speech, Clare Daly, an Irish member of the European Parliament, has called out world leaders for failing to protect the children in Gaza.
Since Israel declared war on Hamas on Oct. 7, Daly has been a vocal proponent in the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of Israeli bombardment and in her criticism of politicians’ lack of action.
Daly has criticized politicians for not calling for a ceasefire and went viral after she called European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen “Frau Genocide” for her unconditional support of Israel.
Daly’s speech from World Children’s Day on Nov. 20 has also been widely shared and re-shared, going viral on several platforms.
“It’s about time that we wake up and smell the white phosphorus, the burning flesh of children torched alive in Gaza, wake up and hear their screams over the dead bodies of their parents, their severed limbs, their blinded eyes, their parched lips, their starving stomachs,” Daly said in her speech to the European Parliament on the day.
“Feel their terror day after day, after day, after day, as the bombs rain down on their homes, their schools, their hospitals, on and on it goes.”
She pointed out the hypocrisy in that the countries that signed the UN treaty to protect children do nothing but “sit on their hands” and “pat themselves on the back” in places like the European parliament.
She said that the people of the world have seen through the politicians’ complicity in “not just doing nothing but enabling the Israeli genocide against children to continue.”
“If you mean a morsel of concern for children, stop the slaughter, demand a ceasefire,” she said before sitting down.
More than 20,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israeli airstrikes and a ground offensive since Oct. 7, with the majority of them being women and children.
