Israel closing their embassy in Dublin *Read OP for Mod Warning added 19/12/24*

What spine have we shown. Madea few critical remarks on Israeli behaviour and joined the case in the ICC. Whether we have spine or not will evident from now on, as the repercussions emerge, starting with our exclusion, I expect from the St. Patrick's day presentation in the White House. Soon we will see how much spine our government has. Personally I have my doubts.

Na this is better. Show them up for the spoilt cry babies that they are.

They can kill scores of children but can't take a bit of criticism without having a flounce.

Btw closing an embassy is the greatest form of political virtue signalling. Pure gesture politics.

Last week was a good week for those of us who back democracy in the middle east.

This week not so good Israel pull the plug on having relationship with a State whose political elite are like a student union, Iran brings in a law for not wearing a hijab that has 15 yr sentences and death penalty option. This is who we are opening an embassy with, largely because they are resolute enemies of the "Jews, gays and wimmin" that make up Israel.

Who knows what else will be fitted in during the next 12 months.

Really we shouldn't be taking a strong stand on any International issues for the simple reason that we have no armed forces and are almost totally reliant on FDI for our economic prosperity.If we were a real country with proper leadership we would have a proper military and also a much healthier domestic economy.Truth is all our stances on international issues are completely hollow and purely done by our politicians to virtue signal.

It's interesting though that we never take a stance against and Arab or Muslim country which has been committing war crimes.Fact is our politicians are filled with student union lefty types who just hate Israel and turn a blind eye when it comes to other atrocities committed by countries.There been **** all criticism from our politicians of Saudi human rights violations and what they did in Yemen, **** all condemnation of Iranian human rights violations, there is definitely an air of Israel being treated differently by politicians in Ireland compared to other countries, and what annoys me about this is that this doesn't reflect the general population who I suspect would rather we just kept our heads down and got on with things and not be started diplomatic rows for the sake of it all the time.Most people in Ireland don't give a toss about what happens in the middle east.

That is a confused post? So your saying we haven't shown any spine. Yet you think we won't have the st.Patricks event at the White house. Which is it?

Israel's need for Golan is more to do with water than physical security.

The expansion of settlements there is just a bonus.

Yes, absolutely this. Ireland is the small boy in the class who thinks he can square up to tougher boys because his big brother will protect him.

Unfortunately - and I mean that sincerely - Irish-American ties are far weaker than were a generation ago, and will not protect us much longer. Especially not if we try to get a sneaky punch in at the other little brothers like Israel just because they're vulnerable (since we don't seem to care much about war and murder anywhere else, and they feel they were attacked first in this instance).

So yeah, especially with Trump arriving, this is a very bad thing for Ireland. And was unnecessary. We managed, for example, not to fall out with Saudi Arabia when they deliberately called in a journalist in order to murder him in cold blood. Or if individuals don't interst you, there are the hundreds of thousands they've killed in Yemen. Crickets about that in Ireland.

Take it an opportunity and go and live there. You spend so much time waxing lyrical about the country and its denizens. You never know, they might even give you automatic weapons and a house belonging to a Palestinian family to say thanks for your support.

I notice the Daily Telegraph has a rather sober headline article on this but can't resist getting the dig in at the very end

The country has long held a policy of neutrality, and in 1945 Eamon da Valera offered Germany condolences on the death of Hitler

Historically, there have been very few jews in Ireland but there still has been at least one incident of organised anti semitism, the limerick boycott, after which the majority of Jewish families left

Shameful that people think Israel should not defend itself against terrorism.

The iriah giv would be better employed trying to sort out this country and leaving other countries to govern themselves.

Simple Simon and his ilk have done an absolute shambles of a job in the.past and should keep their opinions and interference to themselves and get on with what voters put them in their comfy positions.