Belfast Far Right Riots 2026 [Mod Note in OP]

You do not know your facts. Look up Google

County Cork is actually larger than the State of Palestine.

County Cork, covers a total land area of approximately 7,508 square kilometers.

By comparison, the recognized State of Palestine (comprising both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) spans a combined area of about 6,020 square kilometers.

Ah but I say it with love , to help them out. Given the amount of Palestinians has increased tenfold - actually more than tenfold - since 1947, they cannot, all 15,5 million of them now, live in a place smaller that Cork. Why not let a few million of them in here? Their fellow Arabs in neighbouring Egypt will not let them in or help them, why should'nt we show some Christian hospitality and accommodate them? We have plenty of space.

If we let in 2 million of them, we could have over 20 million of them in 79 years time - think of the great soccer team we could have for the world cup then with that amount of extra people to choose from?

Maybe he's measuring 'from the river to the sea'?

Just a joke. You're correct, I've no idea what he's on about.

The thread is about immigration, and immigrants coming from cultures very different to ours. Another poster said some may come because of wars - I pointed out some may come because of overcrowding in the own countries, as well as a higher quality of life here.

If there are 15.5 million Palestinians and Palestine is smaller than Co. Cork, should'nt we help out and let in a few million?

Of all places in the world, they would feel very at home here given the number of Palestinian flags etc?

Wrong. See post no 653 where I wrote: "I never said they all lived in Palestine. That was my point. Lets have a few million of them here, why not?"

I was always aware not all Palestinians live in Palestine. That is my point. 15.5 million Palestinians can not and do not live in Palestine. Some live in Jordan etc. Why should not we do our bit and take in a few million too?

Obviously everyone, well most people, condemn anyone resorting to violence and /or burning people out of their homes. However there are root causes why people come here in the first place. The Sudaese man charged with attempted murder, who came to N.I. via entering the island at Dublin, came here more than likely looking for a better quality of life for himself.

Indeed.

There's a fierce bang of Irish hating little Englander wannabe's off certain types on this site.

relax, normal service will be resumed in the coming weeks!

Wrong. You did not read the post correctly. I wrote " Ah but I say it with love , to help them out. Given the amount of Palestinians has increased tenfold - actually more than tenfold - since 1947, they cannot, all 15,5 million of them now, live in a place smaller that Cork. Why not let a few million of them in here? Their fellow Arabs in neighbouring Egypt will not let them in or help them, why should'nt we show some Christian hospitality and accommodate them? We have plenty of space.

If we let in 2 million of them, we could have over 20 million of them in 79 years time - think of the great soccer team we could have for the world cup then with that amount of extra people to choose from?"

I'm very well aware not all 15.5 million Palestinians live in Palestine. That was my point. Some live elsewhere, for example Jordan. They will not take in any more Palestinians. Their fellow Arab country to the south will not take in any, and has built a massive wall and buffer zone to keep them out. I never mention Israel in this thread at all, but the number of muslims in Israel has increased in recent decades and they do not want any more.

So it is up to us to help out immigrants, no matter where they are from. We have plenty of space in this country. The people rioting against immigrants are all wrong, we can agree on that.

One question. When the Sudanese man who stabbed the person in Belfast came in to the country it was through Dublin airport. Did he enter illegally? Why did he go up North? We can all brace ourselves for further immigration, there will be millions coming.

Look at the positives. We could have a great soccer team, with 40 or 50 million to choose from , in a few generations time.

As a society we also have to look at the negatives: do we want mass immigration or not? And are we willing to have stricter controls at airports if not? There are stories of People tearing up their passports, or the passports being smuggled back out and reused, and people being let in to the country without passports or background checks.

Not new refugees since 2023 though - and they have previously expelled and massacred thousands in the past, so you prove my point: who accuses the Jordanians of Palestinian genocide? Nobody.

So since Oct 2023, Egypt in particular (but also Jordan) did not take in significant numbers of refugees unless they paid large sums of money. So when posters here say that Ireland will be swamped with Palestinian refugees if the situation isn’t solved soon - why should Ireland be involved unless Ireland decides to take them?

Lots of nationalists used to use the same argument though - that we would “outbreed” them. I remember being told (by adults when I was a child) that in every generation there was a majority of catholic children in primary schools but that there was always a majority of unionists in the population of voting age. The point being that sooner or later this majority would disappear. Of course then catholics started using contraception so that put paid to that.

And Palestinians say exactly the same thing, with slogans such as “The wombs of our women are our best weapon”.

So is that islamophobic of them to say that? Or is it ok when they say it’s their strategy?

And when I pointed out that in 2008, the population of the Gaza Strip was approximately 1.44 million…….and by 2026, the population is roughly 2.1 million…..they cannot all live in such a tiny area. Some countries and places have an average birth rate per woman of 6 or 7 : the decision for us in the west is do we allow people from overcrowded countries in to Ireland?