Arafat, Oslo and the Second Intifada
A comment on Shany Mor’s ‘War has Consequences: 20-year Scars of the Second Intifada’ (6 July 2022) Shany Mor’s recent article in State 0f Tel
13/07/2022
BDS supports the Zionist agenda, and other strange stories!
A major rift is appearing in the ranks of BDS supporters, with battle lines drawn over just how much antisemitism is acceptable in the BDS
11/07/2022
Israeli government welcomes Unilever announcement on Ben & Jerry’s
Just under a year ago, Ben & Jerry’s (the American ice-cream company) announced that it would stop selling its ice cream in Israeli communities in
30/06/2022
An overdue slap on the wrist for Trócaire
Trócaire needs to jettison what seems to be an Israel-hating cabal that has apparently hijacked the organisation. It’s that simple. Regular readers of this website
06/06/2022
Samidoun and the Irish connection
“Samidoun:Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network” describes itself as “an international network of organizers and activists working to build solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in their struggle for
29/05/2022
How Irish newspapers covered Israel’s 1956 Suez war
In all of the wars forced on Israel, the country has stood alone against its enemies. In all, that is, except one. The exception was
21/05/2022
Shireen Abu Akleh and the rush to judgment
The facts available to the public about the tragic death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist for Al Jazeera are sparse. The Israel Defence
12/05/2022
A bridge over intolerance: The Mary Elmes story
While there is ample room for everyone, there is no segregation between cyclists and pedestrians thereby requiring all users of the bridge to show a
05/05/2022
Infernal Opportunism: The Nezar Hindawi Affair
Remember the next time that the people at the airport check-in desk ask you if you packed your bags yourself, that question is as a
18/04/2022
How Irish newspapers covered the birth of modern Israel
Introduction The hostility of Irish media to Israel over the past 25 years, with a few exceptions, is too well known to need retelling. The
11/04/2022
Singular obsession and double standards: The Irish Left
Pleas from Ukrainian leaders from right across the democratic spectrum for boycotts of Russia are not just ignored but are cited as reasons to be
07/04/2022
State of Israel Bonds – what’s not to like?
My long-standing interest in Israel as a Christian started in the late 1970s. I had been reading popular prophetic authors like Hal Lindsay and Derek
23/03/2022