Human rights lawyer whose family was target of Israeli bomb attack in plea to Ireland for support

Human rights activist Raji Sourani praises Ireland for being one of a number of European countries which moved to recognise the state of Palestine

Ellen Coyne

Ireland must challenge attempts by the UK government to delay an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister for alleged war crimes, Gaza’s foremost human rights lawyers has said.

Raji Sourani says Europe has committed the crime of genocide twice – first, with its involvement in the Holocaust, and now in being “complicit” in what he described as the genocide in Gaza.