The Irish and Gaza

s rape, mass executions, decapitations, etc. that accompanied it). Foley laments “the killing [by the IDF] of innocent people – God’s children” and goes on to decry the “antisemitism” charge voiced by Israel’s defenders by saying, in effect, that Arabs, “Phoenicians” and “Akkadians” are also “semites,” so they can’t be accused of antisemitism.

Yes, we've heard that one before.

The flood of reportage on Gaza’s suffering in the Irish press appears to stake the moral high ground and Irish righteousness. I wonder whether these newspapers devoted a hundredth of their attention to the world’s other humanitarian crises during the past decades, especially crises in which Muslims slaughtered fellow Muslims actually in their hundreds of thousands.

See here for more on antisemitism in Ireland, including the Limerick Pogrom of 1904.

Comments

  1. John OC Avatar
    John OC

    I find the coverage and attitude of my fellow countrymen so disheartening at the moment.
    One only has to look at the latest article in Slugger O’Toole to see how bad things have gotten: https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/08/04/gaza-a-question-of-intent/

  2. Mick H Avatar
    Mick H

    Hmm. Depressing. After the first few paragraphs I assumed he was making the case against the “genocide” in Gaza, but then…

  3. John OC Avatar
    John OC

    Yeah – it used to be an excellent side but has become an echo chamber on a number of subjects (including this) more recently.

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