Michelle O’Neill, recently elected Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, said on Thursday that the terrorist organization Hamas would eventually be seen as a “partner for future peace” in the Middle East.
In an interview with British broadcaster LBC’s Tonight Andrew Marr, O’Neill compared the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war to ongoing peace negotiations in Northern Ireland and emphasized the importance of communication.
In an interview, Ma asked her if the terrorist organization Hamas would “eventually” be considered a “partner for peace”.
“once upon a time, [Irish Republican Army] The IRA was considered a terrorist organization. “The British government or anyone else could not talk to them. Hamas is seen as a terrorist organization by many people around the world, but ultimately it has to become a partner for peace,” Maher said. Do you think it should?” he said.
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Northern Ireland Prime Minister Michelle O’Neill (left) is interviewed after a press conference at the Foreign Press Association in London, England, on February 8, 2024. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
“Yes,” said Mr. O’Neill. “I think we only need to look at our own example to see how important dialogue is. It is the only way to end conflicts.”
“If the republican party had not talked to the British government, or the British government had not talked to the republican party, we would not have ended up in a scenario where Ireland in the past would have enjoyed the peaceful and much more equal society we have today. ” continued the first nationalist Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
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She also called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the application of international law.
“And I believe that in the coming days and weeks we will get to a point where we will see a ceasefire in the first phase, dialogue will take place, we will recognize a Palestinian state, we will reach a final position of recognizing a Palestinian state. “I sincerely hope that we can reach a two-state solution that the international community supports,” O’Neill said.
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O’Neill argued that Israel was shelling the Palestinian people, not defending them from Hamas terrorists.
O’Neill continued: “This is a daily bombardment, a genocide against Palestinians, so anyone can stretch the Israeli position of being on the defensive.”
First Minister Michelle O’Neill holds a press conference at Stormont Castle in Belfast following the return of the power-sharing executive. (Oliver McVeigh/PA Image via Getty Images)
“This needs to stop and the international community needs to stand firm and stand firm in the courts of international law. That’s where everyone has to do it,” she said. Ta.
“And I believe that in the coming days and weeks we will get to a point where we will see a ceasefire in the first phase, dialogue will take place, we will recognize a Palestinian state, we will reach a final position of recognizing a Palestinian state. I sincerely hope that we will reach a two-state solution as represented by the international community. ”
Thomas Hand (foreground) and Michael Levy look at a poster of Israelis held hostage by Hamas on a fence on East 55th Street in New York City. Hand’s daughter Emily, 8, and Levy’s brother Orr are among the 240 Israelis detained in Gaza. (Sydney Borchers/Fox News Digital)
O’Neill also condemned the unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, saying Israel violated international law by taking hostages.
“From day one, we have maintained that what happened on October 7th was wrong, that it does not apply to international law in any form or manner, and that the hostage-taking was wrong. ” she said.
