Varadkar likely was reluctant to speak more clearly about what happened for fear of offending the Muslims he has brought into Ireland, and on whose support he depends.
“Irish PM panned for saying freed hostage child Emily Hand ‘found’ after she was ‘lost,’” Times of Israel, November 26, 2023:
In a tweet that was quickly lambasted, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar welcomed the release Saturday of Israeli-Irish hostage Emily Hand, saying “an innocent child who was lost has now been found.”
The tweet from Varadkar did not mention that the 9-year-old Hand had been held hostage for 50 days in Gaza by Hamas terrorists after she was kidnapped from a sleepover with her friend on October 7 during the terror group’s devastating attack on Israel.
Hand was released along with 12 other Israelis Saturday in the second stage of a 4-part exchange deal with Hamas that included a lull in the fighting that erupted following the attack as Israel vowed to topple the terror group that rules Gaza.
“This is a day of enormous joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family,” Varadkar’s official account tweeted on X, formerly Twitter. “An innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and we breathe a massive sigh of relief. Our prayers have been answered.”
A more formal statement from Varadkar described the circumstances of her abduction and captivity.
Still, he drew flak from Israeli officials and Jewish groups over the tweet’s wording.
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said he had ordered his staff to call in Ireland’s ambassador for a reprimand. In a post on X directed at Varadkar earlier on Sunday, Cohen wrote: “It seems you have lost your moral compass and need a reality check!”
War cabinet minister Benny Gantz panned the remarks, saying in a post on X that “Emily was never ‘Lost’ – she was brutally kidnapped and held hostage by terrorist Hamas.”…
Beneath The Veil of Consciousness says
What a feckless whore.
rick says
Sounds more like a child was lost during a family outing and now was found and brought home. Nothing about terrorists kidnapping and holding a child ( many of them) captive in tunnels for almost two months. What eludes me is why should any politician be so concerned with saying something that might offend anyone with pro-terrorist tendencies. Such people, if they are not legal citizens shouldn’t even be allowed to live in your country let alone cause a politician to self censor his or her speeches.
The istanbulian says
Just like the lost knife in Dublin found the kids?
Pray Hard says
Just another greasy islamoleftist.
Wellington says
A traitor.
FYI says
King Leo of Ireland;a half Indian Homosexual.Diversity at its finest.
muslims don’t like homosexuals:they have brutally killed many of them in the British Isles.
Ironic then that varadkar brings in the very folk who despise his kind.
Leo varadkar'”the man who hates Ireland and the Irish
Goodness,no one has done vmore to destroy that country than Leo and his well paid Treasonous buddies.
FYI says
“Our prayers have been answered” says Varadkar.
Who does varadkar pray to?allah?
“Our thoughts and prayers to the victims” is the standard trite statement of the politicians like the corrupt Sinn feiners…when they created the situation !
Imagine your home was robbed and the robber turns up to say ‘hope you find all your stuff.I’ll pray you do”
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Aside from waiting for the next elections, what are the mechanisms the Irish have for removing him from PM? This was just a foreign policy outrage, but a few days ago, he clearly sided w/ invaders against his own people. He deserves to be executed by a firing squad
OLD GUY says
Just amazing I wonder how much money he receives from islamic countries and donors?