Debate contribution: Gaza Ceasefire Agreement
Debate contribution by Mr Gerry Carroll on .
- MLA
- Mr Gerry Carroll
- Party at the time
- People Before Profit Alliance
- Date
- 13 October 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Matters of the Day
- Heading
- Gaza Ceasefire Agreement
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5175384
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Despite the self-congratulatory scenes and the back patting in the Knesset, it is awful to see warmongers gloat and celebrate. It remains unclear, at this stage, whether it is a sustainable and long-term plan for peace and justice for Palestinians and everyone in the Middle East, but I hope that it is. Despite saying it a thousand times, it is worth repeating that the violence in the Middle East and the problems in and around Palestine did not begin on 7 October. They began in 1948 with al-Nakba, or the catastrophe, and the decades that preceded it, with the colonial expansion, settlement and theft of land, which was not owned by people who came to Palestine. It was all backed by colonial regimes in Britain, France, America and elsewhere. No doubt, the Palestinians hope and pray that there will be a lasting ceasefire and justice. However, early indications show already that the imperial meddling that has caused so much devastation and destruction for decades looks set to continue. The fingerprints of Tony Blair are all over the deal. He is a warmonger and should have no role in determining the future for people anywhere in the world, least of all the Middle East. In the hours after the deal was finalised, we saw Israel's intentions. Palestinians in Gaza who were relieved and celebrating the ceasefire were still being killed. We saw Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi slaughtered by Israel after the ceasefire was announced, bringing the total number of journalists killed to at least 223, which is higher than all journalists killed in all the wars combined in the 20th century. Journalists are killed because Israel does not want the truth to get out. On top of that, we saw 10 Palestinians killed in Gaza after the ceasefire was announced. There are huge questions about what happens now in the West Bank. Will settlers be allowed to continue their violence and the stealing of land or will that stop? I hope that the ceasefire remains, and despite the genocidal denial going on in the House, hundreds of millions of people across the world will not go back into their boxes and will not go back into their homes. They are awakened to the fight to end apartheid and for a free, sustainable Palestinian state. The Member to my right used the term "idiots". I would not be as ungracious to call anyone an idiot in the House, but I remind him that it is not "infitada". He should maybe go and learn some Arabic, as the word that he is looking for is "intifada", and it is Arabic for uprising, despite his propagation of mistruths.
444 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: 0.20 (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).
- The text adopts the identity-based framing in its own voice (0.48).
- 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 | 0.57 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.21 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.04 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.30 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.51 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.19 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.20 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.26 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.26 |
| Adopts it (chosen) | 0.48 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 0.45 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.34 |
| 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) | 0.07 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.04 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 13:27 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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