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Ireland, the most anti-Israel country in Europe
Spectator World ^ | 10/21/2024 | Ian O’Doherty

Posted on 10/21/2024 8:49:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Is Ireland the most antisemitic country in Europe? Most Irish people would vehemently disagree. But if you asked: “is Ireland the most anti-Israeli country in Europe?” then many people here would actually take the question as a compliment. Hating Israel is not just acceptable in Ireland; it has become virtually mandatory.

The latest evidence for this took place at a county council meeting in Dublin on October 7, the anniversary of the Hamas pogrom. A Fine Gael councilor, Punam Rane, engaged in one of the oldest tropes in the book when she claimed that: “The entire US economy is ruled by the Jews, by Israel.”

Taoiseach Simon Harris condemned her remarks and promised that the disciplinary process against her would be swift. More than week later, there has been no sanctions against her and she has kept her job. It hardly needs saying that if such claims had been made about any other group Rane would have been immediately expelled from her party.

Unfortunately, this pattern of behaviour is now common in Ireland, and it seems to have sanction from the very top.

In May, less than a year after the October 7 attack, Ireland decided to reward Hamas by recognizing an independent Palestinian state. In response the Israeli foreign minister, Israel Katz, recalled the Israeli ambassador to Jerusalem and sarcastically told the Irish that: “Ireland, if your goal is to reward terrorism by declaring support for a Palestinian state, then you’ve achieved it. Hamas thanks you for your service.”

Then there are the increasingly bizarre claims made by Ireland’s octogenarian president, Michael D. Higgins.

Last month, while speaking at a UN press conference in New York, Higgins accused the Israeli embassy in Dublin of leaking a letter of congratulations he wrote to the new Iranian leader, Masoud Pezeshkian. Much to the amusement of his critics, it soon emerged that the source of the “leak” was the Iranian government, who had simply posted the letter on their social media channels.

Did that embarrassment prompt Higgins to keep his counsel? Unfortunately not. Earlier this month he said it was “outrageous” that the IDF were “threatening” Irish peace-keeping forces who are based in southern Lebanon as part of the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) mission.

Higgins failed to mention that in the last year alone, UNIFIL forces have stood idly by while Hezbollah launched more than 10,000 rockets into northern Israel, in direct contravention of Article 1701, which was meant to ensure the demilitarization of the area and the removal of all Hezbollah forces.

Unsurprisingly, just like the mysterious leak, it soon emerged that this threat was false too. Contradicting Higgins’s claims, Andrea Tenenti, UNIFIL’s spokesman confirmed that, “We have not received threats” from the IDF. In reality, the biggest threat to Irish peacekeepers is Hezbollah. It is militants linked to the group who are suspected of murdering an Irish soldier, Sean Rooney, in an ambush in southern Lebanon two years ago.

In parliament, barely a day goes by in the Dáil without some TD accusing Israel of atrocities and committing genocide, while also throwing in the obligatory accusation of “apartheid” for good measure. The Tánaiste Micheál Martin has, for example, accused Israel of committing “war crimes” against the Palestinians in Gaza.

Meanwhile, a Jewish candidate for Social Democrats in the upcoming local elections has been deselected for, what she claims, were her complaints about antisemitism in her party. The Social Democrats simply said she was deselected because she disagreed with their policy on Gaza.

On the local level, matters reached almost joyously absurd levels earlier this week when Cork County Council passed a motion banning Bibi Netanyahu from entering Ireland’s second city. It also prohibited, “any future entry to Cork city by the prime minister of Israel, the president of Israel or any member of the Israeli government including its ambassadors.” So, it looks like the Knesset’s annual outing to the famous Cork Guinness Jazz festival will be canceled this year.

Sometimes Ireland’s venom towards Israel is baffling. Sometimes it is overtly racist. But it has all contributed to a deeply hostile and sinister atmosphere here, which has long stopped being about mere disagreement with Israeli government policy and has plunged into the realms of pure Jew hatred.

Irish Jewish children have spoken about being abused by fellow pupils who were once their friends. According to one mother, her son’s classmates now make jokes about gassing Jews and give him pictures of Hitler. They didn’t pick that up in their history class.

Lior Tevet moved to Ireland from Israel and has been working at an Irish college for the last six years. She has talked about being heckled by Irish students, including one female student who wore a keffiyeh and scoffed that “this must be triggering for you.” Irish campuses are now rife with antisemitism, led by well-heeled, middle class Irish children who in their ignorance are desperate to shed their own privilege.

Horrendously, one pregnant Jewish woman claims to have attended an appointment in a Dublin hospital only to be challenged about the situation in Gaza by a doctor. While remaining anonymous, she has declared her intention to move to Tel Aviv.

There remains a little over 2,000 Jews in Dublin, and not many more are dotted around the country. Many of them are planning on leaving and few have plans to return.

This month, a commemoration for October 7 took place at the synagogue in the Dublin suburb of Terenure. The mood was one of anger and disbelief. Not just about the terrible actions carried out that day by Hamas, but by the justifications, moral equivalencies and outright denials Irish Jews have been forced to listen to in the days and months since the attack.

Disturbingly, the commemoration had to be kept secret for justified fears of it being disrupted by protests and violent attacks. No Irish cabinet minister or senior representative turned up.

The Republic of Ireland, like the rest of the civilized world, was confronted with a test of its moral character on October 7 last year. It is a test the country has failed.


TOPICS: European Union; Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Hamas; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bloggers; europe; eussr; fartyshadesofgreen; fartyshadesofjihad; fourthreich; ireland; israel; unifil
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1 posted on 10/21/2024 8:49:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
The entire US economy is ruled by the Jews

They misspelled "Joos".

2 posted on 10/21/2024 8:51:43 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, their Deep State certainly is.

I wouldn’t assume the Irish are.


3 posted on 10/21/2024 8:53:24 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Irish Republican Army and the Palestine Liberation Organization Communist “Blood Brothers”


4 posted on 10/21/2024 9:00:33 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ireland has always been a colony

First of the British for 500 years. Now of the WEF globalists


5 posted on 10/21/2024 9:01:36 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: mewzilla

IMHO, someone should tell the Irish that the Muslims try to ban alcohol everywhere, but the Jews are fine with drinking.


6 posted on 10/21/2024 9:01:43 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ireland was very sympathetic with the Nazis in WW2 but has never been DeNazified

Every Irish person we’ve known has been nice and friendly and supportive for Israel and Jewish people. But alas, the current Irish government has gone over to the Dark Side .. talks just like the Third Reich spoke about, slandered Jewish people. Very very evil. It is disgusting!


7 posted on 10/21/2024 9:07:18 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: SeekAndFind

It says to me that education in Ireland is worse than it is here.


8 posted on 10/21/2024 9:11:24 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Nextrush

RE: The Irish Republican Army and the Palestine Liberation Organization Communist “Blood Brothers”

Let’s not confuse NORTHERN IRELAND ( where the IRA is based ) with the Republic of Ireland.


9 posted on 10/21/2024 9:15:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Help me out here. Why do so many people dislike Jews? Arabic nations/Muslims, I get it. The whole Ishmael thing.

Hitler, I always figured, wanted their possessions and trumped up some nationalist agenda (Nietzsche, Superman theory) to do it.

Democrats. I don't get it. Enlighten me. I've had Jewish friends. We played pool together. Arcades. Poker. They were white. Cursed. The whole thing. Just like me.

Enlighten me.

10 posted on 10/21/2024 9:18:25 AM PDT by LouAvul
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To: Tell It Right
someone should tell the Irish that the Muslims try to ban alcohol everywhere, but the Jews are fine with drinking.

Just curious, are you trying to win a dumb comment contest?

11 posted on 10/21/2024 9:23:20 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: LouAvul

95% rooted in age old old envy plain and simple.


12 posted on 10/21/2024 9:23:24 AM PDT by traderrob6 (tHAT)
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To: traderrob6
Yeah, I don't buy that. It's got to be rooted into some inherited prejudices, like southerners in the 60s. They were brainwashed with hatred toward blacks. They were taught hatred from childhood and didn't even know why.

People who hate Jews had to have been ingrained with it from their parents/role models/peers. Taught to hate something they never personally encountered.

If it were mere envy then they'd hate Taylor Smith and Barry Bonds. But they love them.

So the question is, why did their parents hate Jews?

13 posted on 10/21/2024 9:29:49 AM PDT by LouAvul
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RE: Help me out here. Why do so many people dislike Jews?

Several reasons I can think of:

There are stereotypes that portray Jews as manipulative, greedy, or controlling, often tied to their perceived dominance in finance and banking. These stereotypes can lead to resentment and hatred.

Let’s face it, Jews are only a small number of people whereever they live but they tend to punch above their weight in terms of achievements, be it academic, scientific or business. Jews have often been portrayed as greedy or manipulative, particularly in relation to their involvement in finance and banking. This has sometimes led to resentment and hostility from non-Jewish populations.

Jews are frequently are also targeted by conspiracy theories, which claim that they secretly control global events, media, and politics. These theories often have anti-Semitic undertones.

So, there you go....


14 posted on 10/21/2024 9:30:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: mac_truck
Correct me if I'm wrong. Aren't bars legal in Israel? Aren't bars illegal in most Muslim nations?

Surely that's important to the Irish. LOL

15 posted on 10/21/2024 9:30:49 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They loved Hitler, Eamonn De Valera even signed the condolence book at the German Embassy after Hitler assumed room temperature.


16 posted on 10/21/2024 9:31:02 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

All the good Irish emigrated to the US many years ago, leaving just the dregs. My ancestors did in the 1800’s and the Ireland they left behind has been nothing to brag about.


17 posted on 10/21/2024 9:40:11 AM PDT by elpadre
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To: LouAvul

1. Can’t compare “individuals” and “groups”, apples and
oranges.

2. I said it’s all “rooted” in envy. Once the antisemitism becomes rooted passing it on from generation to generation becomes endemic.


18 posted on 10/21/2024 9:44:40 AM PDT by traderrob6 (tHAT)
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To: LouAvul

I think it’s spiritual.

I used to think that was a stupid reason. But the behavior of Leftist is so illogical I grasp for any other explanation.

They hate Jews because God picked Jews.


19 posted on 10/21/2024 9:50:02 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown in)
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To: elpadre

“ All the good Irish emigrated to the US many years ago, leaving just the dregs. My ancestors did in the 1800’s and the Ireland they left behind has been nothing to brag about”

I would posit that is what happened to Germany, too.

The ones who are left are pretty weird.


20 posted on 10/21/2024 9:51:10 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown in)
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