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

If you go back through my posts you'll see that my stance has been and remains that until/unless FIFA ban Israel, Ireland must play the game. So the Israeli tech rubbish is moot on me.

I'd be fairly sure Robbie Keane has a top notch accountant who would minimise his income tax - he's probably a business rather PAYE - lots of opportunity to assign that cash to business travel, living abroad and all kinds of tax efficiency write-offs.

So, you going to do the same and admonish Keane for depriving FAI employees of cash or forcing the FAI to make some of them redundant?

You stating that "Palestinian supporters" (which is perjorative) chucking tennis balls is somehow rampant violence is pure nonsense.

And seriously, if the game was held in the Aviva are you suggesting the Irish fans would all of sudden become the hooligans of Europe? No chance.

Youre only projecting that rubbish to support a stance that is a busted flush. If there would have been any violence, it would come from Israeli fans.

Ask the Dutch.

I never said anything about dodging tax. Tax avoidance is perfectly legitimate and used by many for efficiency. I already said, I agree that Robbie Keane did nothing wrong.

The point is you also think that too - but then crib about the poor FAI employees having to suffer. Robbie Keane pocketing half a million quid of FAI money is absolutely going to affect them financially. So, you've a foot in both camps. That's the issue.

If I was Robbie Keane, I'd do exactly the same by the way and have a good old chuckle to myself as I boarded my private jet. Of course, I'm not Robbie Keane. I would have been a far better striker than him and I would have trousered a million.

By the way, I never said Zara was complicit in Genocide. If you recall, you were adamant there was no link to Israel. I said there was a link to Israel. Eventually you had to accede when you read the evidence put to you.

But according to you anyway, anyone with a bloody phone is complicit in Genocide.

If the game is open door, sure, you can let us know. Perhaps you'll go fully togged out in the Ireland kit and find yourself in a bar with the Israeli fans. Might be a few months before you could type anything of course.

If you find yourself in a bar with Irish fans, sure, you'll be grand - but don't fall out their Palestine flags or admonish their use of iPhones. That would be "awkward".

Violent pitch invasions? Are you for real? Even the English couldn't manage that at Lansdowne. You've regressed 20+ years if you think people will be chucking 2 litre bottles of piss around or ripping up seats, let alone invading the pitch.

You got a source for the security reasons being "Palestinian protesters"? With or without their lethal tennis balls?

Stop digging paddy.

You're way off topic and quoting from other threads and you're not even abiding by your own excuses for not answering a question now.

But sure, try and spot the difference here:

Support primarily means to provide assistance, encouragement, or financial backing to help someone or something succeed.

Complicit describes being involved with others in an illegal, unethical, or wrongful activity. It implies shared guilt or responsibility—even if you did not directly commit the act yourself, you assisted, encouraged, or deliberately turned a blind eye

So, I never said Zara was complicit. You lied.

Be that as it may, Israel is currently before the ICJ on charges of committing Genocide - with Israeli individuals alleged to be complicit in Genocidal Acts to the point of the ICC issuing arrest warrants for war Crimes.

FIFA should ban Israel, as they did Russia, and consign them to the warmongering bin that has no part to play in world sports.