Posted on 10/22/2023 5:22:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The man with the silver hair and sky blue shirt walked up to me in downtown Tel Aviv last Thursday and inquired, gently, what country I hailed from.
”Ireland,” I said.
He shook his head.
“You are not with us,” he replied, emphasizing the final two words.
Calmly, but with serious intent, he decried the Irish Government’s position on Israel by saying that politicians do not know what they are talking about.
The Irish media are just as bad, he said looking directly into my eyes. […]
Though reluctant to speak on the record, he did want to put me straight about Israel and what he saw as Ireland’s failures.
He contended that Ireland was “indirectly responsible” for the war in Gaza through its blind support for the Palestinian position.
He had a particular anathema for what he viewed as a media trope that there were two sides to the current conflict in Gaza.
There is Israel, he said, and then there is the butcherers. (sic) …
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Yea, well we have an Israel hating Irishman right here on this forum.
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Ireland was neutral during WWII, deValera signed the condolence book at the German Embassy when Hitler put the bullet in his brain.
I’ll wait for Bono to weigh in.
Obviously being sarcastic but that’s good of him.
That’s my favorite picture of Che. Thanks!
“Yea, well we have an Israel hating Irishman right here on this forum.”
I think I know who you mean.
Then he hates Ireland too, AFAIAC.
Ireland’s far left government is aggressively bringing in African “immigrants” by the tens of thousands to replace the indigenous Irish people so I am not surprised that they support the Palestinians against Israel.
Ireland is lost. RIP Ireland. You were once a great nation.
“ Ireland is lost. RIP Ireland. You were once a great nation.”
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The best of Ireland left it behind over a century ago. Lots of truly good and decent Irish-descended people out there, including a very good friend of mine for the last 44 years. Sad that the mother country turned to crap.
Israel permanently got on Ireland’s bad side when the Mossad adopted a standard practice of having its agents travel internationally using forged Irish passports.
Ireland (Southern) was neutral during WW2.
Hated the British more than the Nazis.
As well as the West.
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