Israel has a fundamental right to exist and defend itself, a speaker at a pro-Israeli demonstration in Dublin has proclaimed.
Cllr Richard Humphreys, the Labour Party Councillor for the Stillorgan Ward, has said that there needs to be a wider recognition of the right of Israel to exist, and its consequential right to defend itself against the rocket attacks on its citizens launched by Hamas’s terrorist regime in Gaza.
Humphreys was speaking at the historic first major rally in solidarity with Israel, held at the GPO on Sunday 25 November.
“This is a day when we stand in solidarity, friendship and dialogue with Israel. Israel’s right to exist must be acknowledged, as the only Jewish state in the world and the only liberal secular democracy in the Middle East.” Humphreys said.
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“Any state that has a right to exist must also have a right to defend itself. There is no country in the world that could tolerate hundreds of rocket attacks launched on its territory, bringing hardship, fear, disruption, injury and death to its people.”
“This rally for peace in Israel is also a moment of optimism.” Humphreys said. “This first major rally for peace in Israel is a historic moment and a sign that the tide of opinion is turning. There are many signs that Irish society is becoming more balanced and realistic in addressing issues relating to the Middle East. Anti-Semitic attitudes are increasingly being challenged – and the most insidious form of anti-Semitism is the systematic attempt to impose a standard to judgeIsrael which is not used to judge any other country. Many Irish champions of human rights are surprisingly silent about the brutal outrages perpetrated by the terrorist Hamas regime against women, gay people, or political opponents, and about many vicious attacks on human rights in some of Israel’s near neighbours. This double standard is now being challenged, which I find very encouraging.”
“The inherent fascism of the attempt to impose a cultural boycott on Israel is also being named and exposed. As a Labour Party councillor I especially welcome the presence of the Tánaiste and Labour Party Leader Eamon Gilmore at the Israel Film Days, organised by the Embassy of Israel, in November 2011.”
“It is hard to talk about solidarity with Israel without also acknowledging the enormously positive contribution that the Jewish people have made to society, not just in Israel but in Ireland and across the world. On a personal note I come to this issue with an enormous sense of gratitude for the opportunity I had to work for Ireland’s first Jewish cabinet Minister, the Labour Party’s Mervyn Taylor. I am also profoundly grateful for the insights that so many Jewish writers and thinkers have shared with the world. Intellectuals of Jewish heritage such as Jacob Bronowski, Viktor Frankl, Irvin Yalom, Carl Sagan, Alain de Botton and many others are among the most inspiring figures of modern civilization.”
“As well as solidarity and optimism, I think it is also important to emphasise the need for compassion.” Humphreys said. “Each death or injury of an innocent civilian in Gaza is a tragedy which must primarily be lain at the door of Hamas, but which also calls for restraint and for the path of peace. It is essential to recognise that there is a Palestinian perspective and there is Palestinian suffering. Many Arab commentators have taken the lead in pointing out that a great deal of that suffering is self-inflicted but it is real nonetheless. A lasting peace must be founded on dialogue between enemies and on a historic effort to accommodate both sets of identities.”
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.BigDaddy | Dec 01, 2012, 01:57 PM EST
frankie...excellent point. But why did Israel try to sink the Liberty? There are those who would tell you that the Liberty, being an intelligence ship, heard the radio transmissions of Israeli forces marching through the Sinai toward Cairo asking what to do with the 1,000 Egyptian troops that had surrendered to them. They also heard the reply: kill them. That begs the question, what number of murders constitutes the necessary limit to qualify as genocide or, if you will, a Holocaust? The intentional murder of defenseless people just might make it hard for you to play your "Holocaust Card" whenever you felt like it. But maybe not.
frankieblo | Dec 01, 2012, 09:40 AM EST
with even more respect, the only ones who destablised the region were the israelis,and attacked anyone who got in their way, tell that to the familys and survivors of the U.S.S liberty,? the israelis created terrorism before it was heard off, and are using ( what only can be described as) nazi tactics against the people of palestine! wake up and smell the coffee
seamus60 | Dec 01, 2012, 08:39 AM EST
Frankieblo. With respect they will just ask the people right back if being honest. "do you want the cheap oil or not" ? The region is not allowed to become destabalised under any circumstances.
frankieblo | Dec 01, 2012, 08:28 AM EST
hello, my congratulations to the people of palestine on their victory at the U.N.! shame on the U.S.A for not showing the courage and humanity to vote YES! the jewish lobby on capital hill got their demands?, to the people of america who are having hard times to make ends meet, have no jobs,facing cutbacks in welfare,and having a long way to recovery!HAVE to ask the questions! while we do without! why is the U.S.A bankrolling billions in aid every year to the israelis, sending billions of dollars in military aid every year ,WHILE americans find it hard to survive! would these billions of dollars not be better off in american pockets? would it not create jobs ,better infrastructure etc? so ask the white house to explain this ! and demand an end to conflict in the middle east thank you frankie dutton
seanomelb | Nov 30, 2012, 09:06 PM EST
Eamon you're exacerbating you condone the slaughter by your own very words. "I stand by Israel" therefore you agree with their illegal murders and land stealing.
seamus60 | Nov 30, 2012, 08:44 PM EST
Smyrnian. I can find no reason for the indiscriminate targetting of young children by a any country who posess weapons of the calibre Isreal hold via the USA and others. But hey, perhaps their parents danced the streets in celebration of 9/11
EamonnDublin | Nov 30, 2012, 07:21 PM EST
Seán, Have some pride, man! Please don't become as pillocky as the guys on the site who will twist anything to have a go. Where on earth have you seen me say that I "condone the slaughter of the innocent". I won't bother to address the pillocks on here, they're just pathetic. Éamonn.
seanomelb | Nov 30, 2012, 05:56 PM EST
So you do condone the slaugter of the innocent by the Terrorist IDF Eamonn. As for Egypt I will delay ansewering on that point. I have a sneeking suspicion that the Army and the pro Murbarak forces are behind this charade, all will be clear as soon as the propoganda machines loses traction. A fine disertation pcon.
anglo-norman | Nov 30, 2012, 05:54 PM EST
Eamonn- You must do something about your temper son.
EamonnDublin | Nov 30, 2012, 03:59 PM EST
"Wounded Knee" - You missed the important piece once again. "Whenever I debated for a point WHICH I KNEW WAS A LOSER"! Normally, you can be possibly excused for missing the nuance, but this time it's not just nuance, it's hitting you straight in the face and you still don't get it. Did you hurt your head as well? This board should be closed down, it's full of brute force ignorant, lower orders personnel, peasant attitudes, racism, sneering, domineering, pathetic, infantile, gormless, hobos - and that's just me. The rest are even worse. Éamonn.
WoundedKnee | Nov 30, 2012, 02:47 PM EST
EamonDublin: " I spoke total rubbish in a meaningless fashion"... You haven't changed much.
EamonnDublin | Nov 30, 2012, 02:15 PM EST
"Pcon" - Whenever I debated for a point which I knew was a loser in college, I spoke total rubbish in a meaningless fashion, in order that the opposition could not possibly comprehend - for the simple reason that it was both incomprehensible and gibberish. Your piece below brings back many happy memories. Thank you! Éamonn, Dublin.
Smyrnian | Nov 30, 2012, 01:58 PM EST
Seamus - Get a grip, man. What on earth are you trying to say?
pcon | Nov 30, 2012, 12:42 PM EST
What authority bestows rights upon nations? Are we talking about something like the Divine Right of Kings? The US Declaration of Independence states that, "...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..." Clearly, the Palestinians do not consent to Israeli occupation, or "Jewish"-supremacist rule. Israel has no right to exist, any more than did the Third Reich. All the people in the territory occupied by Israel do have inalienable rights, which Israel transgresses as it transgresses international law. A thief may have a right to exist, but deserves incarceration. A murderer has no right to exist, having negated that very right for some other person(s).
IrelandNorth | Nov 30, 2012, 07:50 AM EST
Who decides whether a nation has a right to exist and consequently defend itself? What happens when two such states claim the same geographical territory? Who gets to decide? While you can't have one semitic tribe wandering in the Negev desert for 40 yrs or more, you can't have another semitic tribe being forced to do so consequently. Just as 64% of ROI citizens hope for a united Ireland, so too do many of us hope to see a united Palesrael/Israstine!
EamonnDublin | Nov 30, 2012, 05:01 AM EST
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?
EamonnDublin | Nov 30, 2012, 04:41 AM EST
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.
WoundedKnee | Nov 30, 2012, 03:19 AM EST
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.
WoundedKnee | Nov 30, 2012, 03:16 AM EST
No Strongbow: Your appeal is analogous to that of the Israelis.
Strongbow | Nov 29, 2012, 11:46 PM EST
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.
TayandCake | Nov 29, 2012, 09:11 PM EST
Hamas are a promblem
seanomelb | Nov 29, 2012, 06:17 PM EST
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.
seamus60 | Nov 29, 2012, 02:54 PM EST
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.
Smyrnian | Nov 29, 2012, 11:43 AM EST
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.
EamonnDublin | Nov 29, 2012, 09:00 AM EST
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.
Smyrnian | Nov 29, 2012, 08:04 AM EST
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.
seamusdenais | Nov 28, 2012, 07:21 PM EST
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.
seanomelb | Nov 28, 2012, 05:30 PM EST
Smrnian!! then it should be returned to the Palestinian people Israel and Jordon.
pilib04 | Nov 28, 2012, 08:37 AM EST
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).
maireadinmelb | Nov 28, 2012, 04:15 AM EST
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!
Smyrnian | Nov 27, 2012, 08:30 PM EST
Sean - And the 99% that was once Palestine is present day Jordan. Let them "discuss" that with the Jordanians and see what happens.
seamus60 | Nov 27, 2012, 06:27 PM EST
Strongbow. The false ethos you mention doesn`t need to manifestation. As for giving credit for a big chunk of it to ex provies, the Isreali`s are doing a much better job of that themselves. I can`t believe a whole ten people turned up.
seanomelb | Nov 27, 2012, 06:09 PM EST
Eamonn "stands with Israel" and condones the murder of Palestinian children by the terrorist IDF. What is now israel was once Palestine Smyrnian.
Smyrnian | Nov 27, 2012, 05:19 PM EST
Largely, what was once Palestine is now Jordan.
timmyo | Nov 27, 2012, 02:09 PM EST
Just had my posts pulled from Israel in Ireland facebook page which is run by the Israeli Embassy.They had a photo with a big arrow pointing at a child who was holding a rock behind his back looking at an Israeli soldier. all I said was....yeah the child is holding a rock and what is the israeli soldier holding...an assault rifle.....SO MUCH FOR FREE SPEECH
maryosullivan | Nov 27, 2012, 01:56 PM EST
Wonunded Knee,you are correct ,of course. If this is the best argument twoeagles can put forth one doesn't have too much to fear from him, particularly as it seems he can't quantify. Such a boorish screed doesn't have a single redeeming feature. Does he have anything to say about the rights of Native Americans ?, bet not
AlunPalmer | Nov 27, 2012, 01:40 PM EST
It's a disingenuous statement. Israel started it by occupying Palestine.
WoundedKnee | Nov 27, 2012, 01:04 PM EST
I have reported the racist language of the fool styling himself twoeagles, tho I doubt that Irish Central will do what they ought to do--ban this creep.
twoeagles | Nov 27, 2012, 12:22 PM EST
Jews are indigenous to the region going back past 800 years to the time of Roman occupation , Palestine has never existed as a nation and these people claiming to be Palestinian are actually Jordanian. If you don't want horrific injuries then don't fire rockets at Israel, isn't that simple enough for you camel jockeys to understand?
maryosullivan | Nov 27, 2012, 10:38 AM EST
A country who willing handed over twenty percent of its land to an 800 year-old occupying force can hardly be expected to show any morality,decency or intelligence toward a people who are been genocided out of existence, An honorable politician in Ireland last week had his email account closed down because he was forwarding pictures of the horrific injuries and of dead children received from Gaza Your unwillingness to stand up for your own country cancels any right you think you might have to set forth your opinions on a honorable people who object to having their land stolen and their people murdered , all funded by foreign governments
timmyo | Nov 27, 2012, 07:09 AM EST
I recommend people should look up Israel in Ireland facebook page which is run by the Israeli Embassy which is full of propganda rubbish. By the way most of the commentators on it are either Israeli or Americans
Lacy | Nov 26, 2012, 11:10 PM EST
NO it doesn't. Why is suppose to have a right to exist. Americans can't go back to Europe and claim a piece a land because their ancestors lived there so why should the Jews. They pushed the palestinians off their land in the 40s to make it and the plaestinians have been there for thousands of years too. That caused a problem in dislocation and we've had nothing but problems with it ever since and America is automatically drafted into the problem because it was the big player in setting up. I don't want soldiers sent over there to handle friction from setting up that state. Israel is an arrogant idea.
michaelidaho | Nov 26, 2012, 10:24 PM EST
At the end of the day, it really does not matter who is right or wrong in this whole sordid mess. Basically, what the Palestinians have to realize is that Israel is not going anywhere. If they had pushed for a two state solution through constitutional means after being losers in 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973, then they might have their own peaceful, prosperous country alongside Israel. Instead, they have backed losers like the PLO for decades and now today the even more radical Hamas.
Strongbow | Nov 26, 2012, 09:21 PM EST
When the ira effectively ended their terrot campaign there were many supporters and groupies who became psychologically unhinged and actually went through withdrawal symptoms because their psyche was built around and shored up by naive assumptions and romantic illusions about Irish "exceptionalism" and anything resembling an underdog. Unfortunately this false ethos manifests itself in the virulent anti-semitism evident in Irish society today.
Smyrnian | Nov 26, 2012, 08:36 PM EST
And the Palestinians who stated officially they want to wipe out Israel and all Jews is not ethnic cleansing? Hmm. What was Palestine is largely what is Jordan today. Where is the Palestinian war on their brother Jordanians then?
EamonnDublin | Nov 26, 2012, 07:10 PM EST
I STAND WITH ISRAEL. Éamonn, Dublin.
KevinKehoe | Nov 26, 2012, 06:07 PM EST
Smymian, actually from the Jordan Rift valley, part of Syria and all of what is called Israel and Palestine today was Palestine dating back to 800 BCE according to ancient writings by the Greek’s, Egyptian,s and the Assyrians. There borders have changed many times over the Century’s. When British Mandated Palestine was carved out of Ottoman southern Syria in 1920, the population was 90% Arab,10% Christian and 56,000 Jews. Regardless of what its called now the people that lived there for century’s were driven off there land by brute force from 1940’s on. Its called Ethnic cleansing.
seanomelb | Nov 26, 2012, 05:08 PM EST
The small Zionist rent a crowd fortunately are not representative of the people. The terrorist Israeli state needs to be brought to the international court for crimes against humanity. The slaughter of Palestinian children must stop.
hooligan6a | Nov 26, 2012, 05:02 PM EST
It's the Palestinians that say the Israelis have no right to exist and therefore must be eliminated. The Jews have never said this about the Arabs. Just who is the aggressor here?
Smyrnian | Nov 26, 2012, 04:50 PM EST
Kevin - Actually, what previously had been Palestine is present day Jordan.
timmyo | Nov 26, 2012, 03:35 PM EST
CiaranGR,you say the international media blames Israel as the aggressor,I recommened you watch FOX news,you would enjoy it
KevinKehoe | Nov 26, 2012, 03:20 PM EST
PS. Should have said the Video is on YouTube.
KevinKehoe | Nov 26, 2012, 03:17 PM EST
[1] Gene1961, Native Irish and Catholic watch the video named below and test your Christian believes, better still question your humanity .CiaranGR, The way the international media operate is overwhelming in Israel’s favor. The Palestinian’s are branded terrorist for trying to defend themselves & hold onto there last 20% of land while Israel with 80% of the land are never called what they truly are, a very powerful Terrorist State. “There Killing Children in Palestine 1” uploaded from the west this week.
KevinKehoe | Nov 26, 2012, 03:15 PM EST
[2] Do you not know the full history of that land. Imagine for a moment that we were the Palestinian’s and from 1930’s onward refugees from around the world arrived on our shores. At first we welcomed them, and more and more arrived especially after WW2. Then in the 40’s bands of Israeli Terrorists started attacking us and our institutions and in 1948 the UN granted the terrorists Statehood ?. Since then they ignore 68 UN resolutions with impunity and keep taking more land until the natives are corralled into an area smaller than Kerry, blockaded and all our human dignity obliterated. The sooner the western world stops supporting Israel the sooner they will be forced to meaningful peace talks.
KevinKehoe | Nov 26, 2012, 03:13 PM EST
Humphrey's and his Labour party got elected on a mandate from the Irish people. They lied and betrayed there Irish voters so the Irish people will not heed anything he or his party says. There in it for the money we know that now and one wonders if its for the same monetary reasons he is siding with Israeli war-criminals.
WoundedKnee | Nov 26, 2012, 02:42 PM EST
Timmyo: You were right to raise the question of the use of Irish passports by the Israelis as part of a murder conspiracy. I notice none of the apologists for murder has replied to you!
WoundedKnee | Nov 26, 2012, 02:39 PM EST
CiaranGR: What you say is ignorant nonsense. For every missile fired from palestine there are a hundred fired from Israel. Stop defending the Israeli bombing campoaign.
WoundedKnee | Nov 26, 2012, 02:37 PM EST
shuvonn: "Palestinians in Gaza have NO army". That's ignorant nonsense. The Palestinians have an army in Gaza. The Palestinians are a nation, they have a right to defend themselves.
WoundedKnee | Nov 26, 2012, 02:34 PM EST
Barry: Because there were only 10 people at the pro-Israel rally?
timmyo | Nov 26, 2012, 01:55 PM EST
how about the right of the Palestinians to defend themselves
Gene1961 | Nov 26, 2012, 01:01 PM EST
Well I'm a "Native Irish" and catholic and I support Israels right to exsist and more importantly the right to defend themselves against terrorism!
Barry W | Nov 26, 2012, 12:47 PM EST
Just a quick question. Why did the Irish Central use an old image of a IPSC protest and not one of the Israel rally ?
CiaranGR | Nov 26, 2012, 12:25 PM EST
Timmyo, how many people do you know who support the Hamas strikes on Israel? I don't blame people for thinking that Israel is the aggressor. That's the way the international media operate. There could be days and days of Gazan strikes on Israel. The media don't notice. There's nothing interesting or dramatic about shops and offices and schools being closed in southern Israel. There's nothing hugely of interest to the media when people are sheltering in bunkers. The media want bodies, injured babies. Then, the Israelis say "Feck this" and hit back, killing a couple of Gazan militants. You get some headline like the following in the international papers: TWO KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKE ON GAZA If you're really lucky, you might get some context. But realistically, not many will bother clicking on such a headline. They'll already have made their judgment and it won't be pro-Israel.
CiaranGR | Nov 26, 2012, 12:13 PM EST
Pilib04, I haven't the faintest idea what you mean by your second post. You seem to be saying the Loyalist terrorists have used Israeli missiles to attack Irish border towns.
shuvonn | Nov 26, 2012, 11:45 AM EST
where in being critical of some israeli policies questions israels right to exist? And EVERY country in the world has the right to defend itself, NOT just israel. Palestinians in Gaza have NO army, NO navy, NO airforce, and most importantly NO bomb shelters. And with all of these *surgical strikes* so much *COLLATORAL DAMAGE* has taken place, so yes the PR campaign to make israelis aggression towards the people who lived on the land BEFORE they all immigrated or chose their aliyah has to be justified..And lets not forget Since Israel's creation in 1948, Israeli political and military leaders have demonstrated a pattern of repeatedly violating ceasefires with their enemies in order to gain military advantage, for territorial aggrandizement, or to provoke their opponents into carrying out acts of violence that Israel can then exploit politically and/or use to justify military operations already planned.
pilib04 | Nov 26, 2012, 11:43 AM EST
CiaranGR, if you check your history book you will see that if "Loyalist terrorists" were targeting towns like Cavan, Monaghan, Dundalk or Letterkenny they would be using rockets from the IDF.
pilib04 | Nov 26, 2012, 11:36 AM EST
I agree with Israel's right to exist, what I disagree with is Israel's right to destroy human life any time they choose!
timmyo | Nov 26, 2012, 11:14 AM EST
You say more and more of us, I don,t know one person who supports the Gaza blockade and what about using forged Irish passports to murder someone why did they not use American forged passports
CiaranGR | Nov 26, 2012, 10:28 AM EST
More and more of us are fed up with this endless banging on about Big Bad Israel. There'd be no blockade on Gaza and no conflict if Gazans weren't firing missiles at towns and villages in Israel. If Loyalist terrorists were targeting towns like Cavan, Monaghan, Dundalk or Letterkenny, wouldn't we expect the Irish government to take action?
timmyo | Nov 26, 2012, 10:22 AM EST
This is the same guy that said the murdered Turkish activists on board the flotilla were Turkish terrorists
cillowen | Nov 26, 2012, 09:50 AM EST
The Planted NIRs see themselves as Israelis and view the native irish as palestinians - what we have here are scared quislings who fear the Master Race.