US EditionEU damaged by 'lethargic' Gaza response, says President
Irish President Michael D Higgins condemned the European Union's slow response to Gaza's humanitarian crisis, highlighting over 240 journalists killed and reputational damage to the EU.
- At a Dublin vigil earlier this month, Irish president Michael D Higgins said the European Union suffered reputational damage from a "lethargic" response to Gaza's daily horror and warned Europe will struggle to repair this damage.
- He pointed to EU measures announced on July 15 intended to allow humanitarian relief into Gaza and asked how many have died since those July 15 measures were announced.
- At the Spire on O'Connell Street, Dublin, a vigil organised by the National Union of Journalists saw reporters read the names of more than 240 journalists killed in Gaza, including those from Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Reuters and Middle East Eye.
- NUJ assistant general secretary Seamus Dooley said journalists are killed for recording Gaza events, and demonstrators at the Dublin vigil demanded an end to killings after strikes at Nasser Hospital and al-Shifa hospital incident on August 10.
- Michael D Higgins said many European leaders have stayed silent and that those who speak lack appropriate language to describe the starvation of hostages in Gaza and children affected by malnutrition.
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