It seems like a Jewish right wing are determined to start a Middle East war and WWIII . Israel is the equivalent of a Fascist state and it’s time to call them out as such .
Intel sites compete against each other for production. If they decide to set up a new line or expand/upgrade an existing one, all the applicable sites compete to take on the new production. If Israel doesn't get a new fab but the demand for product still exists then one or more of the other sites stands to gain.
The arguing over the definition of genocide is getting old. We may as well be taking apart posters for their spelling and grammar to avoid facing the bigger picture. Israel is purposely bombing schools, hospitals and refugee camps. They are targeting relief workers. They are preventing journalists from doing their jobs and are now trying to get UN observers out of Lebanon. Whatever you call what they're doing, they don't want witnesses.
Even if none of this matters, does it make Israel any safer?
Curious as to where the British and UN got the right to give away the land of the natives to colonisers?
IDF reports tank trying to evacuate injured soldiers backs over Italian PM?
Why did it take so long?
Interesting the Italian PM is planning on visiting Lebanon. I guess its one way to stop Israel form attacking the troops there.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/15/giorgia-meloni-plans-lebanon-visit-as-fears-grow-for-un-peacekeeping-troops
Who are the anti US crowd gonna complain about now?
There was no plan. The Zionists accepted the 1947 Partition Plan, most of which was either Jewish owned land or worthless desert in the Negev. It was everyone else in the region that rejected it, that's why there was a war, and that's why Israel expanded to the 1967 borders.
And the problems since then are because various groups want Israel to wiped off the map.
intel are teetering on bankruptcy as is having completely missed the AI train
Intel are far more invested here than they are in Israel. Intel fabs in Leixlip are essential to the company's survival. They will not divest from Ireland
What jobs will be destroyed? Next to none
"IP" is a good not a service, in accounting speak. Tech IP and profits will simply be moved around to other jurisdictions not direct to Ireland.
No jobs will be lost.
And any killing of civilians will be described as human shields. I'm amazed that Israeli even tried to call UN troops human shields.
Does it matter? If someone flees their home during a war, they should be allowed return afterwards.
BTW, It happened before, during and after. By the time of the first arab israeli war about 200k had fled. That was part of the reason that the Arabs started fighting. At that point the haganah were performing operations designed to ethnically cleanse the land.
Here's something you might not have heard of. It's where the haganah poisoned wells in arab villages with Typhus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cast_Thy_Bread
But if I were you, I'd just read up on the whole strategy they had. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Palestinian_expulsion_and_flight
there was a deliberate plan to clear palestine of non jews.
Also, Israel knew an attack was imminent, The Egyptians warned them and the Israelis choose to do nothing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67082047
After this is all over, 'Right to defend ourselves' will be seen as the new 'Just following orders'
Did this happen before or after the rest of the Arab world declared war on the newly formed State of Israel that had been established along the UN 1947 partition plan lines?
"Intel employs 4,900 people in Ireland, making it one of the State's largest employers. Opening here in 1989, Intel has bases in Leixlip and Shannon and has invested more than €30bn in Ireland since its establishment 35 years ago, the company said.2 Aug 2024"
If they pull out, and all of these people lose their jobs, as well as the losses to associate businesses, cafes etc - I'll be interested to hear how much people really care about settlements etc. It always comes down to your own bottom line.
Oranges with a few sodastreams?
I wonder is it dodgy accounting for our tax haven or actual products. I don't recall ever seeing Made in Israel on any products. They are a long way away so it can only be niche.
That’s a good question, I am assuming microchip related
So we just shift to other suppliers. We've just been through Brexit. Israel will be easy in comparison. Sure, they'd need to plan it out and give notice for some of the harder to source products, but in the end it would be fine.
What are the products we import?
CSO says goods, but regardless
There is an election coming
Which party will run on “destroy thousands of jobs in X,Y,Z constituencies for Gaza” platform?
Yep. 750,000 civilians were driven out of what is now Israel and they were never allowed back to their homes. their homes were taken over by Israeli settlers and some towns were even just demolished. I don't believe they were even given compensation for property that was taken. That's the homes of 750,000 people just stolen.
It's possible that, over time, that may be less the case. Intel has delayed (ie:stopped) building the fab in Kiryat Gat. There's an issue with what's been reported as a brain drain in Israel - high skill workers are (quietly, for obvious reasons) moving away to other countries. America First policies along with concern over Taiwan is leading to more building in US locations (also massive piles of free money). They are downsizing staff in Israel but they're doing that everywhere.
On the other hand, maybe nothing will change. It doesn't stop Ireland doing what it can.
The majority of this is IP however which can simply be rerouted. In terms of tangible goods we do not rank highly
That was removed very quickly. They don't seem to like it.
Not sure where to put this, it's probably not in the Hamas attack thread so I think here will have to do.
There's one bit at 9:40 where she fills out the contact us page on a real estate website that sells houses in the occupied territories. She got back a one line reply saying "This is a Muslim".
To Israel the killing of one Hamas member would be a huge success and the 50 innocent civilians a bonus. That's seemingly the way they think.
So it seems Ireland imports so much from Israel (largest export destination in EU for them) primarily down to one company, Intel
I am now looking forward to how David McWilliams proposes we strangle that golden goose that provides so much good employment (and taxes) both directly and indirectly in Dublin
Israel while being absolute war mongers are not aiming to destroy a nation or a ethnic group. If they were, they wouldn't have any Arab nationals in their country, and most certainly not have Arabs in high positions of power.
Lets be clear here. The very existence of israel was built on the genocide of the Palestinians by zionists. The israeli state could not have been formed without the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and zionists were quite open about driving out Palestinians and calling for mass migration to displace them. Any Arabs inside the occupied territories of israel are merely those Palestinians who israel hasn't genocided yet. Yet being the key term.
Netanyahu himself described the Palestinians as being a "demographic bomb".
