12/08/2026
Vice Chair of Labour Intercultural and Wexford Equality Officer Damien Corish calls for the far right to be held accountable for their actions both here and abroad.
Corish says that,
"With the Dáil currently not in action, it is important for us not to lose sight of the actions of the far right both here and abroad, with Israel creating new laws in February, allowing for the expansion into the West Bank, when already 700,000 Israeli settlers lived there.
It is now allowing Israeli private citizens to buy land in Palestinian territory, amounting to a de facto annexation of their land and it is now being classed as an emergency by an UN envoy or in the words of minister Bezalel Smotrich who is banned from Ireland along with Ben Gvir.
"The Israeli Government was continuing the revolution in settlement policy and control over all parts of our country"
These illegal settlements are backed by the Israeli Defence Forces and the Israeli Government, where people are being forced from their homes and their lands are being confiscated under threats and violence.
We in Labour Intercultural reiterate that any Israeli Defence Force members entering our country need to be screened for war crimes and that the banning of a couple of jeering far right ministers doesn't cut it.
We have seen cases taken in Belgium and Brazil, and it is our duty to uphold international law.
While here in Ireland the far right have recently held racist protests in the west and north of the country, while pretending to care for the rights of working people, by drawing attention away from the real culprits of society's conditions, cost of living etc... This is being fuelled by pro-Israeli agitators from the UK.
While it is great to see people protest against Ireland versus Israel in sports and the selling of Israeli war bonds, we need to focus on our own national security issues in terms of the far right and the threat that this genocidal regime poses to the international community and our own. We will be working on a framework to bring to the Dail regarding the screening of IDF members entering the country before its first sitting and making sure we get a response from the minister.
