Sinn Fein Leaders to boycott the visit to the White House through the American Gaza Plan | Gaza news

The first minister of northern Ireland Michelle O’Neill says Trump’s commentary on the mass expulsion of Palestinians “something I can’t neglect.”

Sinn Fein leaders say they will not attend the events of St. Patrick’s Day in the White House in protest due to the United States The position of President Donald Trump about Gaza.

“We are all broken by heart while witnesses to the suffering of the Palestinian people and the recent comments of the US president around The mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from GazaIs it something I can’t neglect, “said Northern Irichle Minister Michelle O’Neill at a press conference in Dublin on Friday.

“The decision not to travel to the White House is not easily adopted, but it is aware of the responsibility that each of us because individuals must call for injustice.”

Party leader Sinn Fein Mary Lou McDonald also addressed a press conference saying that he could not visit Washington “while there was a threat of mass expulsion over the Palestinian people.”

Political leaders from northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland usually travel to the US to the annual celebration of the National Day of Ireland on March 17th.

Trump has launched global anger earlier this month when he suggested that the US take control of Gaza’s belt and permanently move their Palestinian residents elsewhere.

Sinn Fein’s decision not to visit the pressure of the place at Prime Minister Micheal Martin, who is expected to continue the meeting with Trump at the White House, but has not yet been officially invited.

Ireland was the vocal critic of Israel’s behavior during a conflict in Gaza and one of the most interesting veterans of Palestinian causes within the European Union.

Trump seems to have had softened his attitude On Friday, saying that he would “recommend” his plan for Gaza rather than impose it.