Motion or amendment: Apartheid Israel
Motion or amendment by Mr Gerry Carroll on .
- MLA
- Mr Gerry Carroll
- Party at the time
- People Before Profit Alliance
- Date
- 8 February 2024
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Apartheid Israel
- Assembly identifier
- Document 387442
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Text
Apartheid Israel
That this Assembly agrees that apartheid Israel is engaged in a genocide in Gaza; notes that tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, including over 10,000 children, many more have been seriously injured and traumatised, and that almost 2 million people are displaced and face a catastrophic humanitarian crisis with famine conditions; reiterates its disgust at the level of collective suffering inflicted on the people of Gaza and commends the mass movement that has erupted across Ireland against the violence in recent months; affirms its support for a ceasefire, the boycott divestment and the sanctions campaign, for expulsion of Israeli ambassadors from Britain and Ireland, for Israel to be held accountable by international bodies for war crimes and genocide, and for Palestinian self-determination; further agrees that Israel's murderous campaign of collective punishment is highly dependent on the military, financial and political support of President Biden and the US government in particular; agrees the Biden administration has immorally opposed calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, systematically repeated Israeli war propaganda and that President Biden has personally bypassed Congress to transfer arms to Israel during the genocidal war that will cause widespread death and suffering in Gaza; further agrees to write to the Taoiseach and all political parties on the island of Ireland calling on them not to attend St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the White House, nor to meet with President Biden or any representative of his administration as part of the St. Patrick’s Day events; and agrees to write to Claire Cronin, US Ambassador to Ireland, British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron and Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, calling for an immediate suspension of all military, financial, and diplomatic support for apartheid Israel and its genocidal war on Palestine.
299 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.21 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.59).
- Subject area: Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers.
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.24 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.14 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.03 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.19 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.37 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.36 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.21 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.59 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.04 |
| Adopts it | 0.37 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 0.69 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.15 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.08 |
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.05 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 08:47 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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