Comment: This won’t last forever
It was for this.
It was for this.
Two more airlines – Germany’s national carrier and the US-based Delta Air Lines – have been illegally transporting munitions to Israel through Irish sovereign airspace.
It was up to Paschal Donohoe to answer parliamentary questions last Tuesday.
The airline carrying munitions to Israel – finally confirmed this week by the Department of Transport to have travelled through Irish airspace on nine flights – flew a further 14 flights over Ireland with more than 33 tonnes of explosives on their way to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
For the past year EL Al – Israel’s national airline – has been illegally transporting Lockheed Martin’s Israel-bound munitions through Irish sovereign airspace.
Israel's Ministry of Justice said it was told “through various channels” that Ireland’s Fianna Fáil ceann comhairle would have a “decisive role” in the potential passage of the Occupied Territories Bill.
While finance minister Paschal Donohoe had a secret phone call with his Israeli counterpart to assure him the Irish government would “block” the Occupied Territories Bill.
On 16 June, 2021 attorney general Paul Gallagher wrote to housing minister Darragh O’Brien with legal advice on the state's mica scheme.
A freight company told an airline illegally transporting munitions through Irish airspace that the Israeli government had requested it to prioritise weapons being delivered to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Weapons for Russian allies have flown through Irish sovereign airspace for the past 16 months.
Shannon Airport was used to transport weapons of war from Israel to the United States. Late last year a military engine weighing more than two tonnes went through the county Clare airport.
Eight senators and two TDs are registered as members of the group Oireachtas Friends of Israel. It comprises six Fianna Fáil members, three Fine Gael members and one independent.