Jewish Northern Irish boy physically attacked in history class over Holocaust

People with Aspergers are often clumsy. A person with Asperger’s may struggle with sports, or other activities that require coordination. Now, they picked on the little boy while hiking. For someone with Asperger's that is could be a rather difficult task. To me that makes the kids Bullies first and foremost. Someone Jewish in Ireland is a rarity, too. East target! Double whammy for bullies. I'm wondering what extent these bullies are anti-semitic or just being bullies? As to Brolaur, Israel the country and all Jews have the right to defend themselves ESPECIALLY because of their past.

Maybe now Israelis will understand how the Palestinians feel. If people were allowed to discuss the Holocaust in public we all might feel a bit more enlightened. We live in a democracy so we should be able to speak our minds. Of course what happened to this boy is reprehensible! So is the situation in Palestine

The Ishould remember how much hate and discrimiation they have experienced in the U.S and England. Is it a remnant of the Irish who supported Hitler or some extreme Catholic or Protestant anti semiticism that leads to this behaviour.The guity students should be expelled and imprisoned and talked to away from their peers .Deprogrammed if you like..This is a crime against the civic society and MUST be treated very seriously.This is a horrible reflection on at least a part of the Irish society. Very serious indeed!

How pathetic,less than 1 thousand jews in northern Ireland and the anti-Semitism is still there. whats up with you guys?? whats next, you'll blame your financial disaster on this family.

@VonLiebenitz QUOTE "The republic of Ireland is not anti-jewish in any way. WE dont have hangups about minorities that England, the EU and America has." UNQUOTE. How wrong can you be with that false statement? Firstly the Republic of Ireland has the Roman Catholic Church as the offical Church in Ireland. The recent property taxes do not apply to the clergy of the RC Church. Why not? Isn't that discrimination against other religions such as the jewish religion? In 1922 about 10% of the Republic of Ireland was protestant today its about 3%. The ROI has been ethnically cleansed over time. Isn't that discrimination? The Irish (I am born and bred in Northern Ireland) are full of hatred for black people. What percentage of the Republic of Ireland is of coloured race? A tiny percentage compared to UK or the US. In recent times I have experienced racism against European citizens such at the Polish. What is more surprising is the Irish are unable to provide for their own people and move to the Great Britain, EU or the US whilst at the same time condemning EU citizens for seeking employment in Ireland. Its a typical example of wanting their cake and eating it. I do condemn any race motivated attacks on the Jewish people here in Northern Ireland but this i hope is just one case. May it be the only case. I hope. It has happened and its wrong. The Irish Central newspaper always highlights wrongdoing here in Northern Ireland because it is itself anti protestant. Well I dont believe it has ever employed any protestant people from Northern Ireland. Typical bigots and again attacking the protestant people. Well i expect nothing less from Republicans. The author is probably an hypen so called Irish-American whom has never set foot in Northern Ireland. We will be taking any lessons from them.

No characteristic knee-jerkery from Bythebay to remind us that Northern Ireland is a different country from Ireland proper - perhaps because the story paints NI in negative light. Was young Matthew taught about the Irish holocause called the Famine. Or is this a case of competing persecutionisms?

hateful unbelievable evil.young people did not learn this from books,they learnt it from parents.bullying is the province of the ignorant and the cowardly,to teach such hatred is beyond contempt.whoever it is directed to.for any organisation to preach it,says all you need to know about it.how could teachers allow this young boy to be so abused,contemptible men.

Little wonder that an incident could happen among children who are raised to hate Catholics for the sole reason that they are Catholics. Doesn't take much to transfer that hatred to Jews or Poles. Happens all the time in Northern Ireland. This hatred is encouraged by the single largest quasi-religious/fraternal organization, the Orange Order. But the most upsetting news from this incident was that the school administrators did nothing until they were confronted by the boy's mother. They are the true culprits, them and their OO masters.

Springfield9, are you a student of Jewish law? Your comment is in error. It is up to the Beit Din to make the final determination, however, if the mother is Jewish then the child is Jewish. The Beit Din usually accepts birth records. If the child has birth records tracing maternal lineage, then he would definitely be Jewish. Again, final decision is the Beit Din, not you or I. None of this has anything to do with the Nuremburg Race Laws.

milestogo:" The EU,Governments and churches need to move quickly to educate and persuade the locals of the benefits of immigration". Immigration has nothing to do with the case above--it's just bigotry by young Loyalists. Of course these loyalists are in Ireland because of Mass Immigration 300 years ago. Is this what you mean by the "benefits" of Mass Immigration?

"Jewish" Northern Irish boy is an empty headline. 4 generations ago there was a Jewish mother in his family - that does not make him "Jewish" unles you are still operating under the Nuremberg Race Laws.

Hats off to all the comments who speak for the majority, Ireland is no differnt to anywhere else I'm sure. To the dungeons with parents setting a bad example and make room for teachers who can't get their message across properly. Not a catholic school surely.

Northren Ireland and Ireland are two different countries for a start.Secondly the rebublic of ireland or Ireland proper is not ani jewish in anyway.We dont have the same hangups about minorities that England the EU and America has.While their may be an anti Zionist bias it is in an small minority. Irish people for better or worse are the most unpolitical race on the planet.As for the Zionism thing well Mossad did use 6 I stolen Irish passports to carry out a terrorist attack and Isreal never apologised or aknowledged in any real way.We all know Isreal doesnt respect other countries borders or soveriengty unless it is forced to do so.Irish people cuurently are the most dumbed down cowed slaves on the planet.Something whiich i hope will change this spring summmer with the grassroots resistance against various nefarious and unjust taxes like the housing charge and the proposed metering of water.Water ffs?haha.In ireland of all places?Absurd.Much like the Irish and their Goombean government.

Celticqueen, these are not "bratty" children, these are loyalist children who have been raised to HATE.

No surprise to me. Carrickfergus has a beautiful name. Try spending time there during the marching season. Not so nice. Rightwingers are the same whether they hate Catholics or Jews or immigrants.