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

This is a perfect example of how rhetoric is used and exaggerated for the means of the individual.

The "journalist" (what did you mean by using the quotation marks?) clearly talks about people taking action to stop their countries from being complicit in genocide. The links between many of the companies and the actions in Palestine are not only known, but applauded and used as marketing by some of the companies within the global corporate circles that they operate. But he says nothing that equates to inciting violence. He talks about going to the companies and harassing them. That can be nothing more than vocal protests or leaving negative feedback for them online?

Is that violence? Even if it stretched to painting the walls of their offices with red paint to indicate the blood they have spilled, is that violence? In your mind? I expect you'll say it is, but A; it is stretching to take that position and B; it is ignoring entirely the absolute categorical violence that, for example elbit systems are involved in, or that many western (including some Irish) people support.

And the Israeli supporting person who tweeted the video, equated this video with the hunting and murdering of Jews during the holocaust.

Do you see how disconnected that association is and how it hijacks the memory of persecuted people to justify the continued real and active (not imagined in an exaggerated way) violence and death being inflicted on Palestinians. We've been watching this manipulation of the sympathies people held towards the Jewish community being used as a tool of oppression in HD for the last almost 3 years. We've had enough

There was a match in Dublin 2 years ago of a Palestinian womens football team. Why don't you watch the videos of that night to see if what you see is love and support for an oppressed people, or a dark sinister undertone amongst the crowd waiting to antagonize and encourage aggression as you are suggesting is what exists within those who support the Palestinian people.

There is zero evidence to suggest that there was a likelihood of violence being targeted at Israeli players or fans which caused this game to be cancelled. Zero.

Throughout history, we've see how rhetoric is used by people in power to target protestors and often it is exactly as you are doing (hell we saw it in HD from the President of the US in 2020) and to suggest that they are the ones with the desire for and the propensity for violence when in reality, we all see where the violence is coming from. You've told us you don't care about Palestine or Israel, why then are you adding your boot to the neck of the suppressed?

You cannot expect us to believe this post above, particularly the first sentence AND this post below, particularly the last.

Which is it, you do not have expertise in how sport works, or you can't understand how the violent actions of Israeli football fans in Israel could be influential in the considerations around Israeli football fans if they come to Ireland.