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

Not even with yours.

Trump was never a career politician he was and still is a business man - it's in his interest that Ireland's economy is booming after all he has business interests here…….that will always colour his judgement

Not that dirty though.

Anyone else thinking of the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode where Larry David has sex with the Palestinian woman?

“Fùck me like Israel fúcks my people” etc and so on

The Israeli PR and rhetoric machine is a mighty beast.

Imagine having the temerity to be butthurt by nation like Ireland, (who many see as internationally insignificant), while killing innocent civilians on a daily basis.

They cannot deal with criticism in a mature manner, so ŕesort to the equivalent school yard name calling to distract the international community.

Trying to establish Irelands position on human rights, as somehow worse than Israels actions against human rights.

And idiots fall for it.

Ah sure I suppose life would be dull without them

For well over 16 years Gaza - home to almost 2 million Palestinians is called the largest open air prison in the world and the ''prison wardens'' were and still are their neighbours the jews. What crimes have they committed????

To this day israel continues to illegally occupy more and more Palestinian land field by field, farm by farm, village by village town by town. Palestinians are kicked out, if they resist a bullet awaits them. To date at least 800,000 thousand homes are built and occupied by jews on this illegally occupied territory all armed to the teeth. And it continues and will for years to come because the yanks refuse to shout STOP Much of this construction is indirectly financed by the US treasury in the guise of social / economic assistance etc.

So it's no surprise really that the Palestinians occasionally rise up against their oppressor. It's a David against Goliath scenario……..but without a free Palestine israel will never be at peace - perhaps they should reflect on that.

I think a lot of it is just what I call the "internet right"…those who glean their the talking points off of manipulators (mainly American) and who'll never stop to think just why they're supporting something or why it is that they are repeating the talking points it is that they receive.

In other words their political masters have told them that a certain position is what they should be holding at a present time and they blindly go along with it, purely on the basis that they have an enemy in their head that needs to be defeated.

As an aside, this whole Intel thing is a truly bizarre sideline of fear mongering. Despicable stuff really.

It is not the Jews! It's the Israeli government supported by the US.

The Israeli people are not just of the Judaism religion. It's loads of grey. They're just Israeli.

I/we were called antisemitic. I couldn't give a tuppence fart about religion. What I do give a crap is ME being called out on being called racist and antisemitic.

YOU being called racist and antisemitic.

Us being called the same.

Murder, genocide and war crimes against humanity, are you okay with that?

It makes me tense, and I'm not focusing on your post. Apologies.

We won't lose them. The tiny rock will eventually cause an avalanche. I want no war, but if Europe does not stick up for what is right, then there is no Europe.

they do in their hoop!!

I haven't commented on this thread yet and I am not easily surprised but I was utterly taken aback with some of the reactions to the Israeli embassy closure. I couldn't believe my eyes or ears. Essentially some people were suggesting that we should not have annoyed Israel because of the possible impact their reaction could have to our economy. It was all about the economy, the money. We were warned by some that Israel would pressure the Americans to reduce our FDI/MNC investments etc. People were frightened about the ecomomic impact of…criticising a genocide. The daily murder of women and children was forgotten. I personally see that opinion as extreme cowardice. I have never seen the likes. Have some Irish people become that yellow? Are some people that shallow? Our government had done nothing wrong and yet people could only think of potential money loss. Unbelievable cowardice. Total deference to the Americans and in turn their Israeli allies. How much would our silence cost? These cowards were begging our politicians to stop "poking the bear". For doing what…for criticising an ongoing genocide. Where is the honour within those people? Ireland has done nothing wrong…maybe Israel has? It depressed me that we have so many self serving people without character in this country. Where did it all go wrong? Where is their sense of decency? Extreme cowardice. Depressing. Embarrassing.

What need you, being come to sense,

But fumble in a greasy till

And add the halfpence to the pence

And prayer to shivering prayer, until

You have dried the marrow from the bone;

For men were born to pray and save;

Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,

It's with O'Leary in the grave.

See my previous post. It's Yeats too.

It's a curious thought though. I'm going to think about it. I imagine 10 people could come up with 10 different thoughts about it.