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

Like Qatar, Afghanistan or the Palestinians for example. Or do those mistreatments from those not register on your moral compass at all

The Gardai aren't there to make decisions for the FAI. They are there to advise on what issues may arise etc.

And those conversations are not always going to be made public.

There is more then just the behaviour of football fans to consider.

You do get that, right?

So the Gardai for example wont be looking online at potential threats to public safety, or talking to their counterparts in the UK about the terrorist Palestine Action group, some of whom were sent to jail last week, one of whom hit a police officer with a sledge hammer?

Of course they will look at football fans, but it wont exclusively be left at that.

The Gardai would have been asked their thoughts on the football match. That's it. That's all the FAI have control over.

Once the Gardai confirmed it was a bad idea to have Israeli fans in Dublin, that was the end of it.

Have you got a source on that? Or have you just made that up and are lying?

The Gardai remit is public order, the bigger picture. So of course it extends beyond the Aviva stadium and the inevitable protests from those beyond football supporters.

The Aviva is not a military airbase or run by an Israeli weapons company. Pure speculation on your part.

Zara Belfast is not a military base run by israeli weapons company either. But there was a protest there.

Croke park is not a military base run by the Israelis but there have been protests there too over a sponsorship deal with Allianz. Including people disrupting the GAA Congress.

So there is a very real possibility of protest. Which has potential to be violent. It is naive in the extreme to think otherwise.

The gardai do not just advise the FAI about the football match. It is a UEFA stipulation regarding security. "Before, during and after". Visiting teams are afforded a security detail including a garda escort to and from the stadium. Thats the FAI responsibility to organise for games in Dublin.

We often see on TV of 6n games for example the team bus of both sides arriving in Aviva with Garda motorbike escort. Now, I dont think Israelis would attack their own team bus, but I most definitely believe there is scope for "protests" which would become violent.

again, Have you any evidence that the Gardai were consulted solely about the football match? Anything to back that up or are you just lying?

The discussions would have been about the few days the Israeli were in Dublin and the potential issues which will arise. The FAI have obligations there. Every host nation does. Its in the UEFA rules.

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So if Ireland V Israel was played in Dublin. There would be no protests? Because every TD has been mouthing off about the right to protest being taken away from them since it was moved from Dublin.

Football is literally littered with a history of violence, LOI is no different. So yes there is potential for trouble inside the stadium. And outside.

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I've never seen such circumstances at a football game - have you? All we've seen is a few tennis balls chucked onto the pitch - by football fans.

I seem to recall, you (IIRC) were outraged by the pushing and shoving at the Albania v Israel game and objects been thrown onto the pitch. Now the narrative is you "have never seen such circumstances". Then you talk about tennis balls being thrown.

Have you any proof of that. Ir are you just lying?