The Tánaiste has announced an “immediate” €13 million aid package for Palestinian people following recent violence in the Middle East. Micheál Martin said the aid package includes €10 million for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and €3 million for the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs. Speaking in the Dáil, Mr. Martin called on European Union and regional partners “to step up now to provide whatever financial support they can to UNRWA”, the agency to which Ireland is giving its “unwavering support”. He said that Ireland’s assistance to Palestinians was to have been €16 million this year, but this...