Iran has come out of the shadows and attacked Israel directly. **Read OP before posting**

Would this almost be the same escalation as Israel in Gaza now? Is the same rationale that Israel used for their attacks on Hamas and the Gaza community not also accurate for the Iranians?

And yes, I mean in proportion. What Hamas did was not in proportion to what Israel did in the Iranian consulate but also the recent Iran attack was not in proportion to what Israel has done in Gaza recently.

You could now say the same of Israel. Bibi has been in power for much of the last 20 years. What you need to realise is Hamas and the Israeli right depend on each other to justify the others existence. In the unlikely event Hamas is vanquished from Gaza after this war is over and a moderate opposition somehow takes over, the Israeli right if they are still in power are not going to suddenly be agreeable to a two state solution. Bibi ever since he carried out a mock funeral of Rabin has been clear he has no interest in a two state solution

Qatar is an ally of America, that's why Israel is unlikely to target Hamas leaders in Qatar

From Iranian Embassy in Ireland ( AUDIO embedded in article link ):

When questioned about Iranian funding for groups such as Hamas and Houthis - both of which are labelled as terrorist organisation by a number of western governments - Dr Kazemi compared them to the IRA. 

“Why do they attack Israel? They are resistance groups, they are not terrorist groups,” he said. 

“Look at Irish history, if we had no resistance group in Ireland, we wouldn’t have an independent Ireland.” 

I have no time for Iran their support for Russia and givng them drones but Israel's policies of expansionism and appropriation backed with military force will lead to their own destruction eventually.

hmmm lot of folk don’t seem to like anyone “in power”

Was nauseating to listen to that interview posted above. The guy should have been asked why exactly Iran is aiding Russia to slaughter + make refugees of civilians in Europe with drone and missile barrages? How is it consistent with "UN charter" and its principles? Answer would have been interesting.

Don't think Irish people would have been that comfortable with "resistance groups" as bloodthirsty and indiscriminate as the ones Iran nurtures, esp. the charming Houthis, seems like they are just blowing up and pirating ships from every country in Europe that sails past their coast!

The Iranian govt. should be under exact same EU sanctions as Russia imo. Most of its diplomats incl. him should be given the bums rush out of the EU as well.

I don't think it is a good idea to get rid of any foreign ambassadors. Better to keep direct lines of communciations with any country just im case any of our citizens getin trouble there. The Iranians arent any more nauseating than a lot of foreign ambasadors including the Russians and Israelis.

We have foreign relations with alot of regimes that are bloodthirsty unfortunately.

Israel calling out Iran's missiles that hit an airbase as being antisemitic