Sinn Féin say they won't be present on St. Patrick's Day holiday

When power sharing works, it is a custom of the first and deputy first ministers to travel to Washington.

In a video posted on the Social Media Platform X, McDonald said she had followed the President's comments on Gaza with “increasing concern” and listened to “horror” about the “mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from their homes and the constant seizure of Palestinian Lands. “

“Such an approach is a major violation of international law, deeply destabilizes in the Middle East, and a dangerous deviation from the position of peace and security of the UN for both the Palestinians, the Israelis and the right of the Palestinians to self -determination,” she added.

O'Neal said Trump's comments about “the forced expulsion of the Palestinian people from gas cannot be ignored.”

In X, before Twitter, she said she will continue to deal with senior US for peace and economic growth. “

“In the future, when our children and grandchildren ask us what we did while the Palestinian people withstand unimaginable suffering, I will say that I was firmly on the side of humanity,” she added.

Last week SDLP leader Claire Hannah said her party will refuse an invitation to the White House because of the position of President GazaS

She told the BBC Radio Ulster conversation program that it cannot be “conscientious” as people have clarified their hopes and fears for the Palestinian people.

This is the second consecutive year the party said it would refuse an invitation to St. Patrick's festivities.

The member of the Assembly of the Democratic Trade Union Party (DUP) David Brooks described the SDLP's decision as an “unpleasant cascade”.