Posted on 10/16/2023 2:03:16 PM PDT by Olog-hai
President Michael D. Higgins has strongly criticized the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen for comments on the Middle East conflict which she made on a visit to Israel last Friday.
Ms. von der Leyen did not include a call for Israel’s retaliation to conform with international law.
President Higgins said he agreed with those who criticized the intervention of the European Commission President.
He said: “I don’t know where the source of those decisions was. I don’t know where the legitimation for it was, and I don’t know where the authority for it is, and I don’t think it was helpful.”
He added: “It may not have been meant to have malevolent consequences, but certainly we need a better performance in relation to European Union diplomacy and practice.”
President Higgins also said that he had read and heard the statements from the Taoiseach and the Tánasite on the escalation of the conflict, and he said that Ms. von der Leyen was “not speaking for Ireland and she wasn’t speaking for the opinions that they hold”. […]
He said it was important to retain and insist on the veracity and cogency of international law.
He said: “To announce in advance that you will break international law and to do so on an innocent population, it reduces all the code that was there from second world war on protection of civilians and it reduces it to tatters.” …
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An observation from several visits to Ireland... Many Irish sympathize with the palestinians as they see them as ultimately victims of the English, as the Irish were for centuries. Just my opinion...
“And in the process made Ireland look more antisemitic and pro-terrorist than ever.”
Every person who ever told me that the Jews killed Jesus was Irish.
That’s how badly the left has twisted their thinking.
The laugh is that they were actually reunited with Britain under the European Union’s aegis, until Britain left 3¾ years ago.
Never mind what the Ottoman Empire was.
I’ve never heard that from any Irish person; not even priests over there, nor any family members.
Ireland has long been anti-semitic, and pro-terrorist.
History may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.
It was never this widespread in the past. It existed of course, but only among the political elite and fringe elements in the cities.
Many individual Irish served in the British armed forces during the war. But again, De Valera’s hatred of the English resulted in Irish neutrality and .. other things.
And this international law... that is the biggest fig leaf of all. International law is whatever two nations agree it is at any one time.
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. It's true that most if not all Irishman have little affinity for the British. The IRA was the result of hatred and resistance against British oppression and subjugation. History will tell you why. As far as Irishmen being antisemitic, on what do you base this opinion?
Buildings in north Dublin, along North Strand Road, got bombed by the Nazis and Irish citizens got killed and de Valera did nothing.
Well other than signing the Condolence book at the German embassy when Hitler ate lead.
De Valera had started a bloody civil war in the 20s.
Maybe he didn't want to do it again.
There’s no question that the IRA was allied with international terrorism. I never liked or trusted the IRA and Gerry Adams. I’m descended from Irish ancestors on both sides of my family.
This is not an issue over which Ireland would have returned to civil war.
years and years and years of personal experience....lived there for many years, family there, followed the “news” and heard it expressed both casually and profoundly too many times to recall
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