{"id":294508,"date":"2026-02-16T19:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/294508\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:38:11","slug":"irelands-sinn-fein-to-boycott-white-house-st-patricks-day-over-israels-gaza-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/294508\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland&#8217;s Sinn Fein to boycott White House St Patrick\u2019s Day over Israel&#8217;s Gaza genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Sinn Fein will not attend St Patrick\u2019s Day events at the White House for a second consecutive year, with the party\u2019s leadership citing Israel&#8217;s Gaza genocide and the humanitarian crisis facing Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">The party president, Mary Lou McDonald, confirmed the decision on social media on Monday, saying the situation in Gaza and the occupied West Bank had not improved since last year\u2019s boycott.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">\u201cThe situation on the ground in Gaza and the occupied West Bank remains dire. Israeli attacks on Gaza have not ended. The genocide continues,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">\u201cIt is important that Sinn Fein uses its voice to demand that international law is upheld and peace and justice prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">McDonald stressed that the party\u2019s decision should not be interpreted as a rupture in those broader ties.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">\u201cTies between the people of Ireland and the United States are very important,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">\u201cAs a party, we have deep and enduring bonds that go back decades. These relationships were critical in the peace process and in the campaign for Irish reunification. Those relationships will continue,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sinn Fein will not attend St Patrick\u2019s Day events at the White House for a second consecutive year,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-294508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}