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" Every week we seem to witness yet another example of the ugliness that is fast taking over public life in the country, in which innocent bystanders are forced to take sides on a purely political matter. This time it was the turn of a women's basketball match in Latvia."
" like other apolitical targets of the sinister Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, the basketball team had come under heavy pressure from Irish Sport for Palestine to boycott fixtures against Israel. But for the Irish team this was a vital EuroBasket qualifier. Had they boycotted it, they'd have been effectively banned from competition for the next five years. "
"Some players chose not to travel. Then a member of the Israeli team said in an interview that the Irish side were "quite anti-Semitic and it's no secret". Cue absolute outrage from Irish commentators, and the Irish team deciding not to partake in pre-match arrangements like exchanging gifts and formal handshakes. The game was played behind closed doors."
" Fuelled by rampant Republican anti-Semitism over the years, what had been a low-key distrust of Israel in parties such as Sinn Fein seems to have turned to hatred. And hatred is what the Irish Republican leadership excels at spreading, whether it takes the form of terrorism (as in the past) or the propaganda they still devise and popularise so brilliantly. "
"They have long attempted to identify their cause with others who similarly claim to be freedom-fighting victims of oppression. But the role of these carefully selected "oppressed" groups Palestinians, South Americans or whoever else comes in handy in the pursuit of power in Ireland is purely to follow slavishly the (Irish) Republican script. "
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For those who do not recall, the Irish Republican Army had a working relationship with the Palestinians and Libyan intelligence during the Cold War while they carried out their bombing campaign against British and Northern Ireland civilians.
As a descendant of Scots-Irish, I will say that anti-British sentiment is understandable, but the IRA's terrorist connections cannot be excused.
" Every week we seem to witness yet another example of the ugliness that is fast taking over public life in the country, in which innocent bystanders are forced to take sides on a purely political matter. This time it was the turn of a women's basketball match in Latvia."
" like other apolitical targets of the sinister Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, the basketball team had come under heavy pressure from Irish Sport for Palestine to boycott fixtures against Israel. But for the Irish team this was a vital EuroBasket qualifier. Had they boycotted it, they'd have been effectively banned from competition for the next five years. "
"Some players chose not to travel. Then a member of the Israeli team said in an interview that the Irish side were "quite anti-Semitic and it's no secret". Cue absolute outrage from Irish commentators, and the Irish team deciding not to partake in pre-match arrangements like exchanging gifts and formal handshakes. The game was played behind closed doors."
" Fuelled by rampant Republican anti-Semitism over the years, what had been a low-key distrust of Israel in parties such as Sinn Fein seems to have turned to hatred. And hatred is what the Irish Republican leadership excels at spreading, whether it takes the form of terrorism (as in the past) or the propaganda they still devise and popularise so brilliantly. "
"They have long attempted to identify their cause with others who similarly claim to be freedom-fighting victims of oppression. But the role of these carefully selected "oppressed" groups Palestinians, South Americans or whoever else comes in handy in the pursuit of power in Ireland is purely to follow slavishly the (Irish) Republican script. "
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For those who do not recall, the Irish Republican Army had a working relationship with the Palestinians and Libyan intelligence during the Cold War while they carried out their bombing campaign against British and Northern Ireland civilians.
As a descendant of Scots-Irish, I will say that anti-British sentiment is understandable, but the IRA's terrorist connections cannot be excused.
“If you’re going to have crime it should at least be organized crime”
-Havelock Vetinari
-Havelock Vetinari
