Posted on 11/26/2023 10:30:17 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Israeli foreign minister says he has summoned the Irish ambassador in Tel Aviv “for a reprimand” following Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s statement on the release of Emily Hand.
The Taoiseach last night described nine-year-old Emily’s release as an “enormous joy and relief” on the social media platform X, adding that “an innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and we breathe a massive sigh of relief”.
Many in Israel have taken exception to Mr. Varadkar’s comment, in particular the terms “lost” and “found”.
This afternoon the Taoiseach said the vast majority of people will understand what he was saying when he welcomed Emily’s release, adding that he has always been consistent in his unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and hostage taking.
In response to Mr. Varadkar’s social media remarks, Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen accused the Taoiseach of “losing his moral compass” and needing “a reality check”.
“Emily Hand was not ‘lost’; she was kidnapped by a terror organization worse than ISIS that murdered her stepmother,” he said. He added: “Emily and more than 30 other Israeli children were taken hostage by Hamas, and you Leo Varadkar are trying to legitimize and normalize terror. Shame on you!” …
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This hamas ass kisser has to go.
He’s a half Indian homo. Explains a lot.
>> “Taoiseach”
Uh, most of us in the Western world speak English. That’s handy since most of us don’t have a Gaelic dictionary close by.
That’s what happens when as a country you foolishly dip your political leadership ladle into the urn of foreign spice.
Many all over the world have taken exception...
FTFY.
“Taoiseach” is the title of his position.
I always wince at that too. I never see English media refer to the prime minister of Japan as the 総理大臣 [そうりだいじん (souridaijin)] using Japanese characters. These journalism fools think they are half too smart, but they’d never use something that really looks like a foreign language that most English speaking people can’t read. They just imagine that they are cool if they use some big international-sounding words when written in a Latin alphabet.
The IRA trained with the PLO. “Patriot Games” by Tom Clancy provides accurate details on their close relationship in the 1980s. There are no doubt Irish advisers to Hamas in Gaza
He needs to be kicked out of Israel. He has no business being there.
Hopefully, someone will show him the door.
The men who wrote the American Constitution were wise. It takes a couple generations to fully acclimate into a new society.
That’s the newspeak that John F’ing Kerry called “nuance”....the rest of us call it, “giving the murderous terrorists the benefit of the “doubt”...
With all due respect, if you’re online, you can find an online version.
The word is pronounced (roughly) “tea-shock” and has the literal meaning of “chief/leader” although it was adapted to translate as “prime minister”.
Not to mention, Gaelic and its derivatives are exclusive to “the West” in a geographic sense and do not come from any other part of the world.
What’s a moral compass?
still embassies in Tel Aviv?
To Olog-hai, lefty-lie-spy, TangoLimaSierra, sauropod, and my other dear FReeper friends -
“Taoiseach”. I am quite familiar with the word – but why use it when speaking to an English speaking international audience instead of the locals?
I’m 7/8 Scots-Irish. First generation American on me Mum’s side. I regularly correspond on FB and mail with my family AND root for the home “football” team in Dundrum. I was working in Ireland (Shannon) in ‘75-’76 when the first Gaelic (with English underneath, of course) signage appeared. It was widely agreed by the locals that it was silliness driven by a small, out of touch academic elite. (Much like our current “trans-sexual” movement.)
OK, now 47 years later and they’ve all been dipped in that sh!t. The young ones know nothing different. God forbid any of the boys should have an “English” name that is easily pronounced throughout the world. Sorry – not impressed.
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