On Saturday, Sinn Fein had the audacity to appear on a platform at the US Consulate in Belfast in a rally called to oppose the  Israeli genocide and against the decision by Sinn Fein and others to meeting “Genocide Joe Biden”. 

Sinn Fein was asked to boycott the Patrick’s Day event at the White House to send a message to the Biden administration which continues to facilitate Israel’s war crimes through military, financial and political support. They callously ignored the calls.

They could scarcely have been surprised at the reaction of campaigners present who booed the Sinn Fein speaker and turned their backs on her to demonstrate their disgust.

The tone deaf, duplicitous and sycophantic leadership of Sinn Fein were given a demonstration of people’s anger and disgust. Sinn Fein owes its real allegiance to US imperialism in its quest for a capitalist Ireland.

The Workers Party has repeatedly called for:

• an immediate and permanent ceasefire,
• the expulsion of the Israeli Ambassadors from the UK and Ireland,
• the withdrawal of the US and UK military presence in the area,
• an end to financial and military support for the Israeli state,
• the withdrawal of sanctions,
• an emergency programme of humanitarian aid, and
• the ending of the criminal siege against Gaza.

We stand with Palestine and its people.