FunnyStuff wrote: » I wonder if it had been the US suspected of the assassination, would he have expelled one of their diplomats...... i seriously doubt it.
Nevore wrote: » Anyway, I doubt it'll do much good.
Tyler Spicy Nozzle wrote: » It'll do feck all I bet. I'd love to see what position this Israeli diplomat held, most likely it was someone at the bottom of the ladder. Probably a services officer (messenger) or someone of equally unimportance to the Israeli's or us.
And besides', get rid of their embassador too - infact why do we need ANY foreign embassy staff at all?. Is it not a bit outdated to have embassies all over the world, and no doubt at huge expense too. I doubt there's a thing of importance an embassy does which can not be done over electronic mean's from their home country.
Tyler Spicy Nozzle wrote: » It'll do feck all I bet. I'd love to see what position this Israeli diplomat held, most likely it was someone at the bottom of the ladder. Probably a services officer (messenger) or someone of equally unimportance to the Israeli's or us. And besides', get rid of their embassador too - infact why do we need ANY foreign embassy staff at all?. Is it not a bit outdated to have embassies all over the world, and no doubt at huge expense too. I doubt there's a thing of importance an embassy does which can not be done over electronic mean's from their home country.
Nevore wrote: » We probably don't need one in any of the EU countries or the US though, but maybe keep consular staff in country to help disaster prone Irish tourists abroad.
getz wrote: » i doubt it too,remember the republic has a long history of anti-semitism,so expelling a jewish diplomat is no big deal
Nodin wrote: » His expulsion was perfectly valid, and carried out for the same reasons the British expelled a diplomat over the water. Either show some evidence to back up your assertion re the expulsion, or keep it to yourself.
Dudess wrote: » Like what, for example? The De Valera thing/the Limerick pogrom doesn't mean the republic has a long history of anti semitism.
Sykk wrote: » Words can simply not describe.... how little I care.
Sanjuro wrote: » Utter garbage. The diplomat who is expelled is a representative of a state, not a religion. Whenever somebody cries 'anti-semitism' whenever somebody criticises Israel, or one of it's representatives, his or her argument is automatically devoid of any credibility. Learn the difference between a state and a religion.
aidan24326 wrote: » You can't say a word against Israel now without the old 'anti-semitic' thing coming up. But in a way, that's one country where religion and state are inextricably intertwined, since Israel only really exists as a state at all because apparently god promised that land to the jews
getz wrote: » as far as i see it ,it was two security officers who worked in the embassy that got the irish passports
Tyler Spicy Nozzle wrote: » Is it not a bit outdated to have embassies all over the world, and no doubt at huge expense too. I doubt there's a thing of importance an embassy does which can not be done over electronic mean's from their home country.
Fratton Fred wrote: » Michael Martin has grown a pair, good for him.
getz wrote: » am i the only one that smells a conspiracy ? 1. i did not know that embassies could issue foreign passports,2 even if they could, why would the israel secret service get a passport from the embassy,that would be easily tracked back,when for £100 they could pick a british/irish passport from northern ireland,2,we are not talking about idiots. these people very very good and would be unlikely to make a error like that, PS my passport says paddy goldburg
Nodin wrote: » Your slippy grasp on reality is becoming even more tenuous, I see.
getz wrote: » foreign minister michael martin stated dublin had not found any direct evidence connecting isreal to the use of irish passports,he said the decision was prompted by evidence by other countries who implicated isreal,in other words,because they have we will follow
While our own investigations have discovered no additional evidence linking the Irish passports to Israel, the fact that the forged Irish passports were used by members of the same group who carried the forged British and Australian passports, leads us to the inescapable conclusion that an Israeli government agency was responsible for the misuse and, most likely, the manufacture of the forged Irish passports associated with the murder of Mr. Mabhouh.
