Posted on 09/23/2024 2:53:35 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Irish President Michael Higgins accuses Israel of leaking the full text of a letter he sent to Iran’s new president as he was sworn in in July, an allegation rejected and denounced by the Israeli embassy.
The July 11 letter congratulating Masoud Pezeshkian — whose existence was made public on July 26 by Ireland’s Foreign Ministry but whose full text was then published online on July 29 — drew backlash for its friendly nature; its claim that Iran will play a “crucial role” in achieving Middle East stability, cooperation and “peaceful resolving of disputes”; and its omission of Tehran’s major role in malign activity and violence against its own people and across the region.
It was slammed by officials including Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and by Israel’s embassy in Dublin. Ambassador Dana Erlich was recalled in May as Jerusalem protested Ireland’s recognition of a Palestinian state.
During a visit to the UN headquarters in New York, Higgins is asked by reporters Sunday about the issue, defending the letter as “standard” and saying it stressed the need for peace and diplomacy.
He then claims that it was the Israeli embassy itself that leaked the letter, without providing evidence and while acknowledging he doesn’t know how the letter was allegedly obtained by the Jewish state. …
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I like the journalist/propagandist phrase “claimed without evidence “, for trying to dismiss an assertion without addressing it.
I wouldn’t regard Michael D. Higgins’ assertions as credible. He’s a fellow traveler of Ireland’s Labour Party. Not to mention proof by assertion is a logical fallacy.
Although, I do understand that the TOI undermines its own credibility by using that worn-out phrase “without evidence”. They are, however, using it on a fellow leftist.
A reminder that the Irish attempted to ally with the Nazis in WWII.
I love Ireland and have visited there, but they have some deep issues.
Funny how they refused to join the Allies when their buddies in Germany dropped bombs on Ireland several times. Worst of those was on the North Strand section of Dublin on 08/26/1941, with 28 deaths. (One bomb even damaged the residence of the Irish president, in a separate incident.)
Which is worse, the letter was “leaked”
Or the letter was written in the first place.
You got caught and it’s the leaking that matters?
Right
The former, of course, given the context. If not, then the “leprechaun” (as my Dublin-born mother calls him) would not be seeking to assign blame so rapidly and onto those who he clearly hates.
I’m no fan of the Irish, but they did not attempt to ally with the Nazis, their policy was of neutrality, but one which leaned towards the allies, since, amongst other things, the crews of German bombers forced to land in Ireland were interned for the duration of the war under close guard whereas allied ones were allowed to hop on a bus or train and go to Northern Ireland and then take a ferry to GB to rejoin their units, despite the fact that under the Hague convention they were technically supposed to intern ANY belligerent caught on their sovereign territory.
Did the Prime Minister check their museums for the narrow stiched bag that the Jews used to spread the plague in the 1300s? What a bunch of sleaze!
“A reminder that the Irish attempted to ally with the Nazis in WWII.”
Total nonsense and bullspit. A few cranks from the IRA, yes, but Ireland stayed scrupulously neutral.
Irish “neutrality” is a farce. Certainly was not “neutral” when de Valera wrote to Germany with condolences over the news of Hitler’s apparent death.
“Scrupulously”?
Speaking of the prime minister and deputy prime minister, they rushed to the defense of the president here.
All of them are EU toadies anyhow.
“Scrupulously”?
Yes. Name one thing Ireland did to help Germany.
“Masoud Pezeshkian — whose existence was made public on July 26 by Ireland’s Foreign Ministry “
So no one knew he existed until Ireland told the world?
Well like Switzerland they remaind “neutral “
Indeed. The letter is a “which”, not a “whose”. Never mind publishing the full text of a living man.
Sadly, you are incorrect.
The only reason they weren’t open allies with the Nazis was fear of the English.
This is so well documented to not merit discussion.
I wonder why the Irish had no love for the English. Probably 800 years of experience.
“Well like Switzerland they remaind “neutral “”
Nonsense. Unlike Switzerland, Ireland wasn’t laundering gold stolen from Jews, selling weapons to the Axis, or allowing the Axis to transport supplies on their railroads.
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