Ireland vs Israel - To play or not to play, that is the question Read OP for Mod Warning

Virtue signaling? 10 years ago is calling for its vapid "point".

We're hosting the Euros in two year's time. Saying we are not capable of staging a match in Dublin from the point of view of security and have no choice but to move it abroad would be a very bad look for the country.

Just ban away fans from Dublin and no Irish Fans go to Israel, it has already happened with Israeli fans as its known they are racist troublemakers.

Well, in regular qualifying with home and away matches we could concede home advantage. Like Israel do playing in Budapest.

In a tournament game like Euro 2028 then obviously it must take place in the host country.

I'd just like to mention Daniel Lamberts point, which not enough people are focussing on in my view. Israel are breaching UEFAS own statutes, in relation to having teams playing in occupied territories. The penalty for this is suspension or expulsion. We should be making this the focus of the argument, rather than putting the onus on the FAI, or the players, to not play the game. UEFA needs to enforce it's own rules. I recognise the difficulty for the FAI, and while I would applaud any player who refuses to play, I wouldn't expect it of them, or criticise them if they do play. Having said all that, my own view is that we shouldn't play the game. I wonder if one country makes the stand, would it lead to others following ? If enough countries refuse to play Israel then UEFA would be forced to act. Mind you that would require some solidarity, which seems to be in short supply these days.

Good to see the match going ahead.

Hopefully there will be no anti semitism towards the Israeli team.

The Irish team will let the country down if they don't shake hands.

I've stated my position quite clearly.

Its amazing how easily these kinds of arguments are taken apart. And most of the time the original poster then ignores a perfectly reasonable reply, as is the case again here.

Why is that indeed?

He knows this but the edgelord persona he goes on with doesn't allow for acknowledging it.

Mod Edit: Warned for personal abuse

FIFA should be consistent when it comes to banning political activity at games. It should include the rightwing Israeli fans like of Macabee Tel Aviv who were involved in a riot in Amsterdam. The authorities jumped to conclusions in that situation. The fact that some fans were arrested was played down in order to present the fans as the real victims. There were genuine victims on both sides, but the underlying issue is the rightwing Israeli football hooligans, and the impunity with which Western governments treat them, in the process betraying their own nationals. The UK said it was trying to get a match ban involving Macabee Tel Aviv overturned.