This week the Irish government announced they are to join South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in which Israel stands accused of genocide - the most heinous of all state crimes.
Good post Dave. It's always the same: the rules are always changed when the Jews are involved. Story as old as time. Not really a surprise that the only country in the world to send official condolences to Nazi Germany on Hitler's death, would be the country to try this stunt.
"The number of deaths and injuries, the scale of physical damage to property and essential services, the shortages of basic goods, all with no end in sight, should trouble everyone..."
What should trouble everyone is
1) the legitimisation of the terror-tactic of embedding in a civilian population to cause maximum damage to one's own civilians as a propaganda exercise
2) the criminalisation of all forms of self-defense for democratic states acting lawfully.
It's not only Israel in the dock. It's every democratic state. What's so horrific is that western states are so full of hate for Israel that they'll even destroy international law and permanently damage themselves in order to do it.
The number of deaths and injuries has not been "immense" by comparison to other wars. It's been quite minimal under the circumstances, according to military experts and ethicists.
And as for "no end in sight", I find that highly questionable given the collapse of Hamas' sponsors and allies and the decimation of Hamas's leadership. If there was a ceasefire now there would be no end in sight; Hamas would just repeat what it's done after every other war it started - all ended by premature ceasefires on spurious grounds of "ending destruction" - and regroup, rearm and attack again harder. The war needs to be won. It needs Israel to win it. That's the only way the death and destruction can end.
This sounds to me like a first stage in a longer strategy.
On 10/7, the ubiquitous calls of "Death to Israel!" and "Death to the Jews!" on social media told us there is not a crack of light between Israel and Diaspora Jews insofar as the larger world sees us. So any calls that anti-Zionism != antisemitism are bullshit; we in the Diaspora don't live in Israel, we don't pay taxes, and we have no control over what happens there, but we are responsible for everything Israel does. And since Hamas is held responsible for nothing it does, and every atrocity Hamas does is blamed on Israel, then every atrocity Hamas does is also blamed on us. Because the Arab nations are not interested in building their own societies and their only aspiration is the genocide of Jews, because they have lost every war they started against Israel, they know they cannot bring down Israel by themselves. Knowing there is a deep strain of antisemitism and blood libel at the foundation of Western civilization, Hamas's whole strategy was to force Israel to murder as many of its people as possible, in order to generate international outrage, so the West would destroy Israel for them. And Ireland is stepping out to help, right on cue. Of course Hamas is held blameless for the massacre of their own people that they engineered. If Israel can be held responsible for genocide, then it is not a stretch to reason that The Evil Jews Who Killed Christ And Are Responsible For All Evil on the Face of the Earth deserve to suffer their own genocide as recompense.
I always liked the Irish. Good to know how much they want us all dead.
Excellent article. Given Ireland’s neutrality in WWII and what can be perceived as their affinity for Nazi ideology, I can’t help but feel that Ireland sadly remains a country suffused with Catholicism-inspired hatred of Jews.
Good post Dave. It's always the same: the rules are always changed when the Jews are involved. Story as old as time. Not really a surprise that the only country in the world to send official condolences to Nazi Germany on Hitler's death, would be the country to try this stunt.
This from a people who sat out WWII while killing fellow Irishmen and women for decades.
Many Irishmen volunteered & fought bravely against the Third Reich.
But they had to join the British Army to do it...
You could argue that Switzerland & Sweden's "neutrality" (is there such a thing in the real world?) were a necessary evil born of geography.
The Republic did not have that excuse.
That's a great piece Dave. In every conflict Israel's enemies have accused its conduct as being genocide. It's only new to today's accusers.
The old line "Europeans have never forgiven the Jews for the Holocaust" is hardly a joke. It is as if this is their retribution.
"The number of deaths and injuries, the scale of physical damage to property and essential services, the shortages of basic goods, all with no end in sight, should trouble everyone..."
What should trouble everyone is
1) the legitimisation of the terror-tactic of embedding in a civilian population to cause maximum damage to one's own civilians as a propaganda exercise
2) the criminalisation of all forms of self-defense for democratic states acting lawfully.
It's not only Israel in the dock. It's every democratic state. What's so horrific is that western states are so full of hate for Israel that they'll even destroy international law and permanently damage themselves in order to do it.
The number of deaths and injuries has not been "immense" by comparison to other wars. It's been quite minimal under the circumstances, according to military experts and ethicists.
And as for "no end in sight", I find that highly questionable given the collapse of Hamas' sponsors and allies and the decimation of Hamas's leadership. If there was a ceasefire now there would be no end in sight; Hamas would just repeat what it's done after every other war it started - all ended by premature ceasefires on spurious grounds of "ending destruction" - and regroup, rearm and attack again harder. The war needs to be won. It needs Israel to win it. That's the only way the death and destruction can end.
Future Headline: Irish Government Condems Sudanese Islamists, Boko Haram, HTS,
Sorry just joking, They would never do that.
This sounds to me like a first stage in a longer strategy.
On 10/7, the ubiquitous calls of "Death to Israel!" and "Death to the Jews!" on social media told us there is not a crack of light between Israel and Diaspora Jews insofar as the larger world sees us. So any calls that anti-Zionism != antisemitism are bullshit; we in the Diaspora don't live in Israel, we don't pay taxes, and we have no control over what happens there, but we are responsible for everything Israel does. And since Hamas is held responsible for nothing it does, and every atrocity Hamas does is blamed on Israel, then every atrocity Hamas does is also blamed on us. Because the Arab nations are not interested in building their own societies and their only aspiration is the genocide of Jews, because they have lost every war they started against Israel, they know they cannot bring down Israel by themselves. Knowing there is a deep strain of antisemitism and blood libel at the foundation of Western civilization, Hamas's whole strategy was to force Israel to murder as many of its people as possible, in order to generate international outrage, so the West would destroy Israel for them. And Ireland is stepping out to help, right on cue. Of course Hamas is held blameless for the massacre of their own people that they engineered. If Israel can be held responsible for genocide, then it is not a stretch to reason that The Evil Jews Who Killed Christ And Are Responsible For All Evil on the Face of the Earth deserve to suffer their own genocide as recompense.
I always liked the Irish. Good to know how much they want us all dead.
This Irish woman is embarrassed
Excellent article. Given Ireland’s neutrality in WWII and what can be perceived as their affinity for Nazi ideology, I can’t help but feel that Ireland sadly remains a country suffused with Catholicism-inspired hatred of Jews.
Next they’ll be changing the definition of alcoholism.