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Hi Seán, I was responding to your accusation against me, which did not include any question! I provide a copy of your accusation below, for your attention: seanomelb | Nov 27, 2012, 06:09 PM EST Eamonn "stands with Israel" and condones the murder of Palestinian children by the terrorist IDF." See, no question! Just an accusation. As for my being "lonely", who on earth would want to be on the side of some of those countries who voted for the motion? Certainly not me! (BTW, your "Do Chara" ending reminded me of the old (very old!!) story of British intelligence finding a very pro-Republican letter in Dublin during the "Troubles" - the original ones! The British were delighted with their discovery of two top Republican names on the letter. They spent many months searching for "A.Chara" and "Mise Le Meas" ("Mize Lemass"). The old ones are still the best!) Oh, nearly forgot, Seán, I trust you are enjoying the great success of the "Arab Spring" in Egypt. Some "student rebellion", what?

No, "Wounded Knee", I am afraid you are wrong there. The opinions voiced by the Hamas supporters were restricted to obscene, vile, vicious anti-Jewish slurs. I did not hear Irish passports being mentioned at all by the Jew-haters. Éamonn.

EamonnDublin: One reason why the folks in Dublin objected to Israel backers singing the Irish national Anthem could be that it's only a few months since the Israelis used an Irish passport in a plot--sadly successful--to murder someone.

No Strongbow: Your appeal is analogous to that of the Israelis.

Israel will fight and Israel will be right. Seano will all the anglo-saxons and picts and vikings and huegonots and Scots and central-european celtsthose from the Iberian penninsula who forcefully settled Ireland please go home now and leave Ireland for those who originally lived here. Oops- my appeal is analogous to that of the Palestinians.

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You know it's wrong to answer a question with a question Eamonn,it's a doging tactic and you know it. 138 countries representing most of the worlsd people voted to give observer status to Palestine. You must feel lonely with the 9 who voted against the motion. U.S. Canada,Panama, Marshall Islands,etc. AS usual you're on the wrong side of justice (and history). Please answer my question below before asking another it's the proper course to take "Eamonn an Cnuic", I hope the hill is not to high or to slippery a slope. Do Chara Sean.

Smyrnian. With the lack of any other logical reason for the targetting of young inocent children. Can we asume they are being targetted for dancing in the streets.

Eamon - well said. The same crowd that cheered, laughed and danced in the streets on 9-11 when thousands of innocent men, women and children were murdered. This is, unfortunately, typical behaviour.

Hi Seán(OMelb) - I was in O'Connell Street last Sunday, in support of the Israeli rally. I was disgusted to witness Irish and non-Irish,flag waving Palestinian and Hamas supporters, booing, jeering and mocking the IRISH national anthem when it was sung by the Israelis and Israeli-supporting people at the end of the rally. Do YOU support such behaviour? Whilst we are at it, in response to your statement that I "condone the murder of Palestinian children", may I therefore assume that YOU support the murder of innocent Israelis by Palestinians sending indiscriminate, non-targetting rockets into Israel? I AM PROUD TO STAND WITH ISRAEL - one of the very few defenders of Western civilization. Best Wishes, Sean (sincerely meant, not being facetious) Éamonn, Dublin, Ireland.

So why focus on the tiny sliver that is Israel? Where is the big initiative with Jordan? Where is the conversation on this forum about Jordan? Does Jordan get a free pass, then. Anyway it was the UN back in 1947 that carved up Palestine between Arabs and Jews, with Arabs getting the largest territory by far.

Israel and Palestine should study the 800 years of oppression Ireland suffered due to the British empire. We hated Britain Religiously and in effect it was a religious war. Christians hating Christians. Irish Catholics were the victims of ethnic cleansing where the faith, customs and language were anihilated by an evil warmongering regime. Go to any Mass Rock and learn why worshipping the Lord and Our Lady was such a heinous crime punishable by death.

Smrnian!! then it should be returned to the Palestinian people Israel and Jordon.

Palestine and Israel have the right to exist side-by-side with each having defensible borders and non-interference by the other. Those who post one side or the other, do not understand the conflict or the participants to the conflict. There is no difference between killing people with rockets and killing people with missiles (from jets). Both are acts of terror aimed at the civilian population and both sides employ that military tactic. Finally, the most telling point to all of this is the little known fact that Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial (the second most visited place in Israel) was built on the ruins of Deir Yassin Massacre (1948), a Palestinian village where 107 villagers, men, women and children were exterminated by the Jewish terror organization, Irgun. The massacre was condemned by the Jewish Agency and by the Haganah which later became the core of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF).

If Israel wants peace adn to stop rocket attacks it needs to sit down and talk to teh leaders elected by teh palestinian people! It needs to accord human rights to all peoples not just jewish peoples. It must not allow jewish people to continue to build homes in palestinian areas and prohibit palestinians access to materials to live a peaceful life. Further Israel should treat others how it wishes to be treated - It is claiming to be a government - the people will treat you as you treat them - Look at the Irish situation. It may not be prefect but it is improving from what it was because people voted and their elected representatives were allowed to join the discussions!