Sinn Féin and shoddy research
On 28 March 2023, John Brady, Sinn Féin TD for Wicklow, introduced his Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023 to the Dáil. It is intended
28/04/2023
When is a town not a town?
The use of terms by international media outlets in their coverage of the Israel-Palestine issue has a crucial effect on how the world sees it.
15/03/2023
Stunning reversal for Occupied Territories Bill
IPSC-sponsored EU Citizens Initiative only gathers 27.7% of the required votes With Frances Black’s Occupied Territories Bill languishing in the Dáil after being blocked on
21/02/2023
Perils and persecution – the fate of Palestinian peacemakers
It’s hard to talk about peace this week. It’s hard to talk about peace when days ago two small Jewish boys were deliberately run over
13/02/2023
62 Years Ago Today: The Egoz Disaster
No UN resolution has ever been passed condemning the injustices inflicted on them, and no flag has ever been flown over a public building in
09/01/2023
The IHRA Working Definition: A letter to Elon Musk and Twitter
In a joint letter to Elon Musk, Twitter Management, investors and antisemitism envoys, 180 civil rights groups from around the world, including the Ireland Israel
16/11/2022
Palestinian representative now wants to direct Irish aviation policy
The number one priority of Irish aviation policy should be the well-being of Irish people and the Irish economy. On November 7th last, the Israeli
13/11/2022
An open letter to Richard Boyd-Barrett
I attended the debate between TD Richard Boyd Barrett of People Before Profit and Mark Humphreys of DCU in the Eblana Club, Dun Laoghaire on
01/11/2022
A Deputy and his Daydreams
The Israel-Palestine issue is highly complex and will not be resolved by the fairytales and vague daydreaming of public representatives. On the evening of Thursday,
28/10/2022
Palestinian Apartheid, No Jews (or Christians) at a Bethlehem inn
On 10 October 2022, the Bethlehem Hotel, a 4-star luxury hotel in Manger Street in the Palestinian Authority-controlled city of Bethlehem was attacked by gunfire
13/10/2022
Ireland contributes 30x more per head to the UNRWA than the Arab world
“Bearing in mind Ireland’s continuing no-strings-attached largesse, one can understand Abbas’s warm smile for Michael D. Higgins“ The UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency)
21/09/2022
Commending the Cowards: Mahmoud Abbas and the 1972 Munich Murderers
“The repeated eulogising of the Munich terrorists by Abbas and his clique is a scathing reflection of the low character of Fatah and the Palestinian
05/09/2022