Anglican Church of Ireland Canon David Oxley has claimed that Israelis see Jews as a “master race”: “Irish Catholic Archbishop: Israeli response to Hamas ‘merciless and disproportionate,’” by Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, January 2, 2025: Martin is the latest Irish religious leader to issue harsh criticism of Israel’s conduct during the Israel-Hamas War, with Anglican […]
Irish Archbishop Gives His Imprimatur to the Most Grotesque False Charge Against Israel
Eamon Martin, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, has a spittle-flecked message for Israel:”Irish Catholic Archbishop: Israeli response to Hamas ‘merciless and disproportionate,’” by Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, January 2, 2025: “I highlight Gaza not only because of the severe impact of this conflict but because it is emblematic of the failure […]
The Primate of Ireland Has a Message of Hate for the Jewish State
Eamon Martin, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, has come out with a message of hate for the Jewish state: “Irish Catholic Archbishop: Israeli response to Hamas ‘merciless and disproportionate,’” by Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, January 2, 2025: “International Humanitarian Law says that parties to a conflict cannot use disproportionate measures to […]
Another Grotesque Attack on Israel from Ireland
A straight line can be drawn from Irish President Éamon de Valera, who paid a visit to the senior German diplomat in Dublin to express his condolences to Nazi Germany on the death of Adolf Hitler, to the deep anti-Israel animus, grading into outright antisemitism, expressed recently by Ireland’s current president Michael Higgins, its prime […]
In Ireland, ‘Obsessive Hostility’ to Israel
Finally fed up with the anti-Israel animus expressed by Irish President Michael Higgins, Taoiseach Simon Harris, and Foreign Minister Micheal Martin, and by virtually the entire political establishment, in December Israel recalled its ambassador to Ireland and closed its Dublin embassy. The anti-Israel attitudes in Ireland did not begin with the Gaza war, but have […]
Ireland’s President Claims Israel Plans to Undermine Syrian and Egyptian Sovereignty
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 […]
When Ireland Became ‘Paddystine’
The anti-Israel animus in Ireland keeps increasing in volume, promoted by those at the very top — the Taioseach Simon Harris, President Michael Higgins, and Foreign Minister Micheál Martin. More on how Ireland became “Paddystine” can be found here: “Welcome to ‘Paddystine,’” by Ben Cohen, JNS, December 22, 2024: The other day, during a discussion […]
Ireland Wants to Redefine ‘Genocide’ So As to Charge Israel
Ireland has been overtaken by the virus of antisemitism. It’s on display in the Dáil, in the cabinet, in the office of the Taoiseach, in the media and the universities. Recently, the Irish government chose to join South Africa in its charge against Israel at the International Court of Justice, hoping to have the tiny […]
Irish President Higgins claims Israel wants ‘settlement in Egypt,” Israeli FM calls him ‘antisemitic liar’
There are persistent rumors about Israeli expansionism, which are odd in light of the fact that Israel has repeatedly given up territory to which it had a right in vain efforts to secure peace with its neighbors. “‘Antisemitic liar’: FM blasts Irish president’s claim Israel wants to settle Egypt,” Times of Israel, December 18, 2024: […]
Irish Schoolbooks Inculcate Antisemitism
Everyone knows about the UNRWA schoolbooks that are full of antisemitic texts, and the annual objection to them made by Western donors, who demand that those texts be revised. UNRWA solemnly promises to correct the problem, but it never happens, and those insidious texts continue to poison young minds in UNRWA schools. But it’s not […]