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 […]
Ireland’s Taoiseach Castigates Israel For Something It Did Not Do
Not to be outdone in anti-Israel animus, the Taoiseach of Ireland, Simon Harris, has in a phone call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced what he described as the “firing on UNIFIL” as “completely unacceptable.” He also has raised his “serious concern” with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog after Israeli forces fired [sic] on UN […]
Ireland: Muslim teen who stabbed Army chaplain ‘holds a radical Islamist mindset’
Here yet again it must be asked: what efforts are Irish authorities making to ensure that no one in Ireland “holds a radical Islamist mindset”? Why, none. None at all. Like authorities all over the West, they’re just complacently expecting mosques and other Islamic institutions to teach moderation and loyalty to the secular state. On […]
Ireland: Muslim teen who stabbed priest was known to police for reposting jihad propaganda
Gardaí would apparently have us believe that this young Muslim was raised to be a good “moderate,” rejecting “extremism,” until he encountered “radicals” online who “brainwashed” him. Why wasn’t the “moderate” Islam he supposedly learned at the local mosque sufficient to withstand the blandishments of the sinister online hijackers of Islam? I doubt Irish authorities […]
Ireland: Muslim teen who stabbed Army chaplain was shouting about Irish military action against jihadis in Mali
The reticence about the fact that this young man was a jihadi continues. The establishment media all over the West thinks that it is of cardinal importance to ensure that no one think ill of Islam of jihad, and so citizens have to read tea leaves in order to determine what is going on. An […]