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View from the Israeli streets: Ireland is 'not with us'
RTÉ News ^ | Sunday, 22 Oct 2023 15:54 | Paul Cunningham, Political Correspondent, in Israel

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) …

(Excerpt) Read more at rte.ie ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; fartyshadesofgreen; gaza; hamas; ireland; israel; waronterror
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1 posted on 10/22/2023 5:22:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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Yea, well we have an Israel hating Irishman right here on this forum.

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2 posted on 10/22/2023 5:23:17 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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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.


4 posted on 10/22/2023 5:27:24 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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5 posted on 10/22/2023 5:28:05 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai

I’ll wait for Bono to weigh in.


6 posted on 10/22/2023 5:29:50 PM PDT by JZelle
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8 posted on 10/22/2023 5:31:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Levy78

Obviously being sarcastic but that’s good of him.


11 posted on 10/22/2023 5:36:58 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: dfwgator

That’s my favorite picture of Che. Thanks!


12 posted on 10/22/2023 5:37:20 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Lurker

“Yea, well we have an Israel hating Irishman right here on this forum.”

I think I know who you mean.


13 posted on 10/22/2023 5:41:16 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Lurker

Then he hates Ireland too, AFAIAC.


14 posted on 10/22/2023 5:44:09 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

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.


15 posted on 10/22/2023 6:01:39 PM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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To: Olog-hai

Ireland is lost. RIP Ireland. You were once a great nation.


16 posted on 10/22/2023 6:13:53 PM PDT by Boomer (Winter is coming...)
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“ 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.


17 posted on 10/22/2023 7:29:40 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Levy78

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.


18 posted on 10/22/2023 7:50:17 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: Olog-hai

Ireland (Southern) was neutral during WW2.

Hated the British more than the Nazis.


19 posted on 10/22/2023 8:35:35 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: Boomer

As well as the West.


20 posted on 10/22/2023 8:38:52 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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