In Ireland, the anti-Israel animus is promoted at the very top: “Welcome to ‘Paddystine,’” by Ben Cohen, JNS, December 22, 2024:
In Egypt? Given that Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula in 1982, not even the most seasoned supporter of Hamas could find actual material evidence that this is Israel’s intention. Higgins had met with his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, earlier that week, and it’s quite possible that el-Sisi told him something along these lines or had referred to the dispute between Jerusalem and Cairo over the Philadelphi Corridor that runs along the border between Egypt and Gaza. Whatever the content of their conversation, what is absolutely clear is that Higgins has a disposition to believe the most outlandish lies about Israel and that he will respond to any criticism by saying that opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies is not the same as antisemitism—encouraging his audience to think that his beef is with Israel’s leadership and not the Jewish state itself.
No one knows if El-Sisi told Higgins that Israel had plans to take permanent control of part of Egypt. This, of course, is preposterous, and I doubt that he would have done so. El-Sisi may have mentioned Israel’s intention to hold onto the Philadelphi Corridor, for security reasons, but that strip of land is in Gaza, on the Egyptian border, not in Egypt. In any case, if Israel had wanted to take over Egyptian territory, why would it have handed back the entire Sinai to Egypt in 1982?
As for Israel’s supposed desire to seize land in Lebanon, this is hogwash. Israel’s only desire is that Hezbollah stop firing rockets into northern Israel from southern Lebanon, thereby allowing 60,000 displaced Israelis to return to their homes in the north. The IDF is currently removing its troops from southern Lebanon, as it fulfills its commitments under the current ceasefire. Israel has no intention of keeping any Lebanese territory. And in Syria, Israel has taken control of the Syrian side of the Golan, but has publicly stated that its presence there is, as Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon, “limited and temporary,” and will end when the situation in Syria becomes clearer and Israel deems it safe to do so.
But according to Michael Higgins, Israel has plans to undermine the sovereignty of Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt by taking land belonging to each country. It’s going to be a massive land grab by those aggressive Israelis, Higgins wants his countrymen to believe, and too many of them do.
Ireland chooses to join the lawfare against Israel begun by South Africa at the ICJ , accusing the Jewish state of “genocide.” But since the legal definition of “genocide” requires intent, and there is no “intent” by the IDF to mass murder Gazan civilians — quite the contrary, the IDF makes tremendous efforts to warn civilians to leave sites about to be targeted — Ireland is trying to expand the definition of “genocide.” As Ben Cohen notes elsewhere, “Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin advocated for a revision of the legal understanding of genocide, arguing that ‘a very narrow interpretation of what constitutes genocide leads to a culture of impunity in which the protection of civilians is minimized.’ Put another way, if your enemy is a terrorist organization that deliberately hides its weapons and its fighters among civilians, you risk being accused of genocide if you deploy your military in response to their attacks. Were the mass murderer Yahya Sinwar, who met his fate at the hands of the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza, still alive, there is little doubt that he would regard that evolution of understanding as among the greatest of his achievements.”
Under President Michael Higgins, Taoiseach Simon Harris, and Foreign Minister Micheál Martin, Ireland will continue to alienate the many supporters of Israel worldwide, especially in the United States. Ireland will be seen, rightly, as exhibiting an anti-Israel animus so deep that it has descended into antisemitism. There will be political and economic consequences, beginning with barring Irish access to Israeli high tech, and the possible imposition of American tariffs on some Irish imports, and a likely decline in American tourism to Ireland. The moral consequences of such a descent will be even greater for the country now proud to call itself “Paddystine.”
Wellington says
Ireland is now led for the most part by fools, and malicious fools at that (rather like the Roman Catholic Church is and many other Christian denominations too). And, sadly, I don’t see a correction of this moral idiocy anytime soon if ever. Sure hope that I’m especially wrong on the “if ever” element.
tgusa says
They all are trying so hard to be do-gooders that they have resorted to having sympathy for the devil. It is a shame because they could have done some real good for people if they weren’t infected with that hideous virus of moral idiocy.
ploome says
does “if ever” include the malice and moral idiocy perpetrated by the church fathers who founded “Christianity”demonized, criminalized and managed to alienate Jesus from his totally Jewish heritage and message?
Demetrios Constantelos: The Historical Development of Greek Orthodoxy
From: Understanding the Greek Orthodox Church, Hellenic College Press, Boston 1990.
” Christianity is Greek not only in form but to great degree in content as well. As we have seen, Greek religious and philosophical thought had penetrated into the mind and thought of later Judaism and Greek thought had thoroughly imbued the whole of the Roman Empire. The fusion of Greek classical and religious material was present not only in theological and philosophical writing but also in mystical and spiritual. Christian thinkers were in constant dialogue with ancient Greek thought and religious experience. Hellenization affected every aspect of early Christianity including worship.”
and
The Religion of Jesus the Jew Paperback – March 1, 1993
by Geza Vermes
ploome says
FWIW,
Myriobiblos: The Etext Library of the Church of Greece
bill says
A person in his postion as leader of a country should be fully acquainted with the situation in the ME. There has been enough publicity and it is his reponsibility to see all sides of the question. However he, like many others including the top people in the UN, are so biased wtih their anti semitism, they cannot assess the facts. He is clearly a fool in office but it is the Irish people’s fault for electing him.
HurtingAngel says
True.
If they read “Philistine2 The Great Deception” it would be an eye opener for people who don’t know history or biblical prophecy.
tgusa says
What is this guy doing there? Higgins is nearly 83 and way too old to be president of anything besides the Bridge Club at the local old folks home. I honestly believe that these old leaders are way too out there mentally to understand what they are doing that will gravely affect the younger generations. As far as the younger ones doing things that will gravely affect younger generations. I dont have an answer for that.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Although Israel has no designs on Egyptian territory, one thing needs to happen: the Sinai needs to become a demilitarized zone once again, as per the Camp David accords. Over the last 12 years, that hasn’t been the case since President el-Sisi came to power, since Israel welcomes the idea of Egyptian troops fighting ISIS. But that fighting had ended a while ago
Caroline Glick or someone mentioned a few weeks ago on JNS that Israel needs the buffer zone to be in Sinai, not Negev, and that the real border of Egypt needs to be at the Suez Canal. Just like Israel needs a buffer zone in Syria especially after the agreement w/ Assad collapsed b’cos Assad is no longer there, similarly Israel needs one on their southwestern border, just in case el-Sisi ever gets replaced by a regime similar to HTS
Similarly in Lebanon, Israel needs a buffer zone south of the Litani river, even if that includes Tyre. They can’t have muslim militias – either sunni or shi’a – in that area. Something like the South Lebanon Army that Israel had throughout the 80s & 90s, but which was betrayed in the Israeli withdrawal in 2000. Israel will have quite a job finding a Christian militia willing to trust it again
James Lincoln says
࿗Infidel࿘,
Your worldwide geopolitical knowledge base is so vast that you should be a consultant for the US State Department.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Thank you, James. Although what I said above was from watching some JNS videos from last week
somehistory says
But, you remember what you see and hear, Infidel. Sometimes, I feel envious of your ability to recall so much of what you have learned.
My memory is no longer as it once was, and I forget.
Thank you for posting so much of what you know.
Jerry Glenn says
Ireland surges in the international Islamopandering derby.
bagsgroove says
Bring back the signs “Irish not welcome”
Tony says
Leftists have allied with Islam and its Muslims against Israel, America, and all Non-Muslims to help gain ultimate power and control.
James Lincoln says
Yes, Tony.
What the Leftists do not realize is that muslims will turn on them in the end – just like they did to the communist Tedeh Party following the 1979 Iranian revolution.
bagsgroove says
Bring back the signs “Irish not welcome”
Vince says
If you’ve lived in Ireland [the south] you eventually come to realise that Irish politics, even at the very top, is stuffed with conspiracy theorists about how “England” rules the world.
They believe Israel is a British colonial outpost, and is supressing the Palestinians, just like the English supressed the Irish.
It’s quite insane. No amount of prosperity or education can eradicate the ” victim” mentality of the Irish.
I thing the pub culture keeps it alive.