Hamas strike on Israel

which is what?

There can be no doubt that Hamas set a trap for Israel knowing psycho Bibi would be chomping at the bit to exact revenge for the October 7th attack. He didn't disappoint. I imagine they expected that holding hostages would prevent the carnage Israel has wreaked on Gaza. We know differently now.

Israel has revealed itself to be a genocidal maniacal society devoid of humanity, perspective and in the thrall to Zionism which seeks to create a greater Israel by removing the native Palestinians from the river to the sea. I don't think the mask has slipped. Israel has always been overt in it's desire and means of achieving a greater Israel. It's just now it's gone to the point where the world has been forced to face up to the consequences of a settler colonial project which it allowed be created in 1948.

I can't say how exactly Israel will cease to exist as I'm not mystic meg. But I'm confident it is in the end game. A state that perpetrates such a heinous atrocity against a defenceless population has lost it's right to exist. Many see my prediction of Israel's demise as fantasy/wishful thinking. That's fine.

Two years ago nobody would have predicted Israel would stoop to such depravity as to be compared with the Nazis. Yet here we are. Israel has signed her own death warrant. Long live a free Palestine.

I think Hamas probably expected a ground invasion rather than aerial assault due to having hostages, but obviously didn't think the Hannibal Directive would be used on them even though admittedly some hostages were IDF soldiers.

Ground invasion would have meant they get to attack soldiers though they knew it was a suicide mission in the end and Israel would pull out all stops.

Ironically though it did put the Palestinian story at the forefront of world attention whereas before the IDF and settler actions would barely make a news item on anything other than Al Jazeera or France24

Funny, here was me thinking one side having a large majority was the basis of democracy, but I must of got that mixed up.

Democracy for the majority, tyranny for the minority. We have seen it time and time again in history.

Sure, why didn't Ireland remain part of the UK, after all, the majority of the UK didn't want us to leave? Fair is fair.. right?

You think what has happened in Israel/Palestine is better than what occurred in NI? What happened in NI is a drop in the ocean compared to Mandatory Palestine.

Eh?
I am not comparing which is worse or better. But there are differences here. Ireland and the PIRA were eventually prepared to sit down and talk and compromise. The Palestinians had many opportunities to compromise, but refused them all. If you keep being stubborn, keep fighting and losing, then what do you expect after 80 years of losing?

Who created the ethnic mix after WW1? Who backed the creation of a Jewish state? Who ignored the wishes of the Arabs? 

Jews made up a large part of the British Mandate, its not as if there were no Jews there. Many more came after first world war as migrants. That is what migrants do, they migrate to other countries. Are you saying that the Jews should have been prevented from migrating to Palestine, so that the Arabs could maintain an ethnic overall majority?
That is quite a right wing view point, dont you think?

what has the Irish government done other than issue a few sound bites to take the wind out of Sinn Fein’s sales?

We are issuing more “dual use” licenses than ever, irelands continues to be Israel’s second biggest export destination and we are about to purchase a load of drones from an Israeli arms company.
but hey, we recognise Palestine.

Pretty sure Germany got broken up into East and West for 45 years. I must have imagined that. Oh well! Either way Israel is finished. The clock is ticking.

if you read actual news outlets rather than focusing on war porn, you wouldn’t need sources, because they are in every Irish news outlet

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/millions-of-euro-in-dual-use-goods-exported-from-ireland-to-israel-since-october-2023-minister-reveals/a1917551365.html

Millions of euro in dual-use goods exported from Ireland to Israel since October 2023, minister reveals | Irish Independent

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2025/0729/1525966-court-airspace-weapons/

Legal action over weapons transport within Irish airspace

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/22/which-countries-trade-the-most-with-israel-and-what-do-they-buy-and-sell

Which countries trade the most with Israel and what do they buy and sell? | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/08/21/israeli-firms-can-bid-for-army-drones-contract-despite-government-reservations/

Israeli arms companies can bid for Irish drones contract – The Irish Times

I have used “Israel,Slaughter and Palestinians” in the same sentence. I think my views on this are pretty obvious.

Fair play, very telling pieces.

It shows the tokenism political soundbites. The otb's, the recognition of the palestinian state, govt and presidential speeches. Israel hasn't blinked at any of it and continue unabated. The horror screeching is useless, firm action hasn't been implemented by any Western state.

Absolutely.

None of this sh*te feeds starving people, it's all a show.

The world has to force Israel to let in UN aid immediately, no conditions, or risk the strictest sanctions and possibility of a coalition of militaries going into Gaza to ensure aid is distributed.

All this stuff about recognizing a Palestinian state doesn't mean much if all the Gazans are dead - maybe if it happened years ago all of this could have been prevented.

But what type of zionism?

The problem is that if you think that Israel should exist, within it's current borders, then you're a zionist. And I believe that it should. However there's right wing zionists who have said that you're not a zionist unless you support every action that Israel takes,. You're not a zionist unless you support the settlements. You're not a zionists unless you support blocking all aid to gaza etc….

The word has lost almost all meaning. It tells you nearly nothing about the beliefs/opinions of the people who use it.

that is an absolutely pathetic post. It’s as bad as those who claim anyone who doesn’t support Israeli actions is anti semetic.
The Irish government has quite clearly talked the talk but hasn’t even bothered putting its shoes on as far as walking the walk goes because it doesn’t want to upset the US pharma and Tech industry. As the largest importer of Israeli stuff outside of the US (which let’s face it, probably ends up all over Europe but is invoiced to an Irish subsidiary to avoid paying tax) Ireland has a unique position to step up and impose some hard hitting sanctions, but it won’t.