‘Irish hatred for Israel is embodied by Gerry Adams’ claims journalist

Jacersagain: That kind of ignorant bigotry has no place here. For every Jewish person who has taken money out of Ireland you'll find a score or more Irish Catholics who have done worse.

Merefalow, you'll get your fill of Palestine and Islam one day when you'll be glad of the protection of the Israelis. Beware the Scimitar.

PERHAPHS ITS MORE A CASE OF A COUNTRY THAT HAS SUFFERED INVASION AND PERSECUTION BY A CRUEL AND POWERFULL MILITARY NATION FOR CENTURIES ,THAT CAN NOT STOMACH SEEING ANOTHER NATION SUFFERING THAT SAME CRUEL AND UNRELENTING FATE, THAT MAKES IRELAND LESS THAN SYMPATHETIC TO THE ISRAELY OCUPATION AND ILLEGAL SEQUESTRATION OF PALESTINE.

As an individual with close business ties to Ireland for 4 decades, I can tell you first hand that hypocricy exists in the hearts of many Irish. If any nationality should abhor anti anything religious or ethnic it is truly the Irish! We have been considered less than human, intellectual midgets, direct decendants of apes and worse for generations by many other nationalities. One only has to look at cartoons published in leading newspapers for over a century which support this claim. Records of speeches made in the halls of government refer to the Irish in the most demeaning fashion...yet today some Irish take the same position in reference to others. I watched lazy,street toughs who lived in Dublin's Corporate (government) housing, harass Polish laborers. These Irish bums wouldn't take a job if handed to them were upset that the Poles were taking Irish work away from the Irish. The same is true here in the US, hard working Mex laborers being abused by welfare cheats for working, talk of hypocrisy. In my long life it has been my experience that most "Jew Haters" are simply jealous. They resent the fact that Jews are willing to work and study harder to achieve more. Jews are "Clannish" out of self defence and statistically when they achieve success, Jews are more likely to give back to the community without strings than most others! Gee that's a great reason to dislike someone, Oh well..............

Typical childish propaganda from Israel. Disagree with their methods an your anti-semitic. Jewish people are wonderful people. Zionists-not so much. There is a difference and please Israel dont lump ordinary decent Jews in with your evil machine. According to Kissineger you will not be around in ten years whatever that means. I hope the ordinary decent Jews will be around to live a normal life and not be associated with your evil and fed fear by your groups. They lost the right to whine about persecution when they are the biggess human rights perpetrator in human history.

Albert Folens come on down!

Surely if Adams had any plan at play against Isreal he would have long since attacked issues such as their infleunce on groups like Bilderberg.

For all the bluff and bluster of the rather tired and hackneyed writings of this journalist he does not produce one fact to support his claim of anti semitism. Opposition to the current violence of the Israeli regime yes, but not anti semiticism. For the benefit of the journalist, most people can spot the difference. It appears to be an ill prepared piece of propaganda that falls due to the siren and unsubstantiated claims made.

Hi, Joe Kelsall. Allow me to respectfully disagree—“Skibereen has revisted the Middle East with a Vengeance.” In your visits over 36 years to Palestine, surely you have seen the assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Arab Nations, the EU, USA, Japan, Eastern European Nations, and a number of international NGOs. The package from 2008-2010 was some 7.7 billion dollars. Furthermore, if you watched Palestinians during last Ramadan on BBC TV, you would have seen considerable buying and selling of merchandise that you and I would like to be able to buy. Can Palestinians get to point of being self-reliant and not needing these huge infusions of international assistance? Of course. It will all start with ceasing attacks on Israel, and they know it. Regards.

I think it has a lot to do with Israel's fondness for jailers, lawyers and writs that steal Palestinians homes whilst the indigenous population has absolutely no say it its present or future.In the 36 years that I have been visiting Palestine I have seen its territory diminish before my very eyes. You, too, can experience this by joining the Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign. Skibereen has revisited the Middle East - with a vengeance.

Hi, BigDaddy. Not all Jews were dispersed by Romans, any more than were all Jews dispersed by Babylonians earlier. More Jews were dispersed in 4th Century to India, but always some stayed in the Land. Other Jews bought their way back into the Land in late XIX and early XX centuries. At time of renewed independence,the land was about 50% Arabs and 50% Jews. If anyone would show up at my place, as you say, with a deed 2000 years old and could back up claim that God Himself gave it to them, I would not mess with them. Poles have no historical presence in Ireland prior to the EU. Neither are “Palestinians” unbroken line from ancient Philistines. If my family would decide to go back to Fermanagh from Sligo and Cavan with deeds that proved our family were legitimate owners there, prior to ethnic cleansing, I would be all for them. Regards.

I have zero time for Palestinians or Islamic terrorists. This does not mean I have any opinion on the Israelis one way or another. I suspect it is the same for a lot of people. Many comments here confuse that point.

A sad commentary about a harsh reality. Ireland sees the Arabs as the underdogs when in fact it is the Jews, the Israeli's who are more identifiable with Ireland and Ireland's past. lookisrael.com

Its this sort of dishonest rubbish that makes people truly hate Zionists. It also is rubbish to pretend that being a Zionist and a jew are the same thing. irish people hate the colonia; mentallity of right wing israeli Zionists and the cruelty, racism and discroimination that leads to blighted lives, appalling injustice and death both physically and mentally for the palestinian people. Put simple the irish hate injustice and bullying by one people against another. They have long experience of it themselves.

Bishop Sean...First, stop believing everything Daniel Pipes says. He is a propagandist for Israel as are many of the neocons. Secondly, if you are referring to the Bible your claim "Israel clearly existed", you might want to read a bit of history. For being how they are, the Jews were dispersed to the four corners of the earth by the Romans. Now, I ask you plainly, if someone showed up at your home with a deed that was almost 2000 years old and said your home was their's because their God gave it to them, what would you say? Lastly, if "having a presence" in a country makes it yours (as you imply with Israel) are you prepared to call Ireland POLAND because of the Polish presence there?