During the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict he called for an economic, diplomatic and political boycott of Israel, for its ambassador to Ireland to be expelled, and for shops to remove "settler produce" from Israel. He said that Israel had the right to defend itself, but that its disproportionate response meant that "...it can only now be classified as a terror state".
During the 2008-2009 Israel-Gaza conflict, this individual called for an economic, diplomatic, and political boycott of Israel. He also demanded the expulsion of Israel's ambassador to Ireland and urged shops to remove "settler produce" from Israel. While acknowledging Israel's right to defend itself, he argued that its disproportionate response rendered it a "terror state".