By Rebecca Black, Press AssociationActivists have recreated the Nativity scene in Dublin to draw attention to the conflict in Gaza. The Gaza Solidarity Nativity, organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, was enacted beside the Molly Malone Statue in the capital less than a week before Christmas. It also heard a call for the Government to “move beyond empty platitudes, and take concrete measures to stop the current genocide, end the siege of Gaza, and dismantle Israel’s apartheid regime”. Irish Health Workers for Palestine pass the Gaza Solidarity Nativity Scene (Niall Carson/PA)They were joined by scores of doctors with stethoscopes who held pictures of medical colleagues in Gaza who have been killed or detained. People viewing the Gaza Solidarty Nativity Scene (Niall Carson/PA)“The Irish Government must legislate to end Ireland’s complicity in Israel’s war crimes; it must enact the Occupied Territories Bill, goods and services and the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill without further delay.

Source: The Herald December 20, 2025 15:04 UTC