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“Dutch politician Geert Wilders later said that his country’s decision was “antisemitism and disgusting Israel hatred in its purest form”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel cleared for Eurovision 2026 in EBU vote; Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia quit Amy Spiro December 4, 2025 Israel will be allowed to compete in the 2026 Eurovision, following an overwhelming vote by European Broadcasting Union members … Continue reading

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Ireland’s hostility to Israel, and the Jewish people, is nothing new, as Simon Sebag Montefiore’s family well knows

FREE PRESS The Deep Roots of Irish Antisemitism Simon Sebag Montefiore December 17, 2024 On Monday, the Israeli government announced that it was making the “tough decision” to close its embassy in Ireland. Explaining the move, Israel’s ambassador to the … Continue reading

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Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa tells Reuters his party offered its condolences “after the unintentional incident that took place between the residents of al-Aqbieh and individuals from the Irish UN unit”

IRISH EXAMINER Soldier killed in Lebanon named as Private Seán Rooney; Cork soldier among three injured Eoin English and Steven Heaney December 15, 2022 The Irish soldier who was killed in an ambush by a “hostile mob” while on UN … Continue reading

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“When we as Arab Israelis join the IDF, we do it to defend our country too”

VINNEWS Yoseph Haddad’s Brilliant Defense Of Israel In The Irish Parliament March 1, 2022 An amazing defense of Israel was presented last week at the Irish parliament, known as the Oireachtas, by Yoseph Haddad, a passionate defender of Israel in … Continue reading

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Memo to Rooney, the BDS’er : “Boycotting the Hebrew language — spoken by millions of Jews worldwide — has nothing to do with Palestine. It’s just racism”

NEW YORK POST Sally Rooney reportedly banning new novel from being translated to Hebrew By Lee Brown October 12, 2021 It girl novelist Sally Rooney has reportedly refused to allow her new novel to be published in Hebrew because she … Continue reading

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“There’s a particularly sweet spot in the enormous technology deal Israel has just pulled off”

JERUSALEM POST Ireland’s obsessional hatred of Israel by Melanie Phillips February 1, 2019 …Over the next five years, the tech giant Intel will invest a whopping $11 billion in a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Israel. The investment will be … Continue reading

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“In the EU, Ireland became one of Israel’s harshest critics: the country’s very success made it undeserving of sympathy”

BELFAST TELEGRAPH Like the hard Left of Labour, Sinn Fein have for years nursed a bitter streak of anti-Semitism by Ruth Dudley Edwards April 23, 2018 …The Republic of Ireland has been fertile ground for anti-Israeli activists. Pro-Zionist in the Twenties … Continue reading

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“How did the Irish end up so sympathetic to the Palestinian cause?”

FREE BEACON Trump Admin Thwarts Irish Effort to Boycott Israel, Criminalize Trade by Adam Kredo February 5, 2018 The Trump administration played a key role in thwarting a recent effort by the Irish government to boycott Israel and make it … Continue reading

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CAMERA is changing student attitudes in Ireland about Israel

JNS How Israel education efforts are ‘changing opinions’ on Irish university campuses by Eliana Rudee November 8, 2017 At age 18, Tal Hagin is one of the first Zionist and Israeli speakers to present his message on university campuses in … Continue reading

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UN Gaza report incentivizes terror, military experts warn

Thank goodness the United Nations Human Rights Council has such fair-minded unbiased members hard at work, funded to a great extent by US taxpayers. UN WATCH July 1, 2015 Saudi Arabia: “Israel is the worst racist regime in the world. Israel is … Continue reading

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