#Irish State

[troythecatfish]

Irish MEP Clare Daly calls for tangible action against Israel

Pointing out that formal Irish recognition of Palestine is already decades late, the Independent MEP proposed that more needs to be done. She suggested an arms embargo and the suspension of Irish trade with Israel.

Source: Mintpress

[odinsblog]

Let us be very clear: Hamas breached international law on the 7th of October. Hamas targeted innocent civilians in the most callous and inhumane manner, and their actions have been rightly condemned by right thinking people across the world.

But we should also be very clear, Israel has breached international law, not just every day since October the 7th, but virtually every single day for decades.

Israel occupies Palestinian land, against international law.

Israel blockades Palestinian territory, against international law.

Israel builds and expands illegal settlements, against international law.

Israel enforces an apartheid system that restricts the movements of Palestinians and denies their fundamental rights, against international law.

And Israel regularly and systematically attacks and kills Palestinian civilians, against international law.

So the question that must be answered by all of us in political life is this: How does the world respond to flagrant abuses of international law when it comes to the horrendous war crimes of Hamas? The response was very clear and very consistent. World leaders queued up to say Israel has the right to defend itself. One after another repeated their words the great and the good, including our government.

“Israel has the right to defend itself.”

Repeated in statement after statement, tweet after tweet, despite the full knowledge that those words have become contaminated. The words, “Israel has the right to defend itself” means in practice that Israel takes that right as license to bombard civilians, to bomb schools, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure. And it has now been taken as license to enforce the displacement of 1 million people from one end of an open air prison to another. To deny food, energy, medical supplies to a besieged civilian population, to actually deny them water, to ensure that children, the sick, the disabled, the elderly will literally die of thirst.

“Israel has the right to defend itself” has now become cover for, “Israel has the right to commit genocide.”

Right in front of our eyes. How come we never hear the words, “Palestine has the right to defend itself”?

Not when a humanitarian flotilla bringing essential supplies to Gaza is met with a military assault and the murder by Israel of nine unarmed activists.

Not when Palestinians march in peaceful protests against illegal blockade and are met again with a military assault and the murder of 300 of them.

Not after the countless bombings of Gaza by Israeli forces.

Not even when Israel targeted and murdered four little Palestinian boys playing football on a beach.

And not when Palestinians were dragged from their homes and forced to watch as those homes were destroyed to allow for new illegal Israeli settlements on lands that are clearly defined in international law as part of Palestine.

And not after the countless offensive attacks by Israel against the people of Gaza or the West Bank, have we or any heard anybody in this house or any Western leader uttered the words, “Palestine has the right to defend itself.”

And why not?

And by the way, I'm not asking you to say those words. And in fact, it's just as well you don't. Because we all know that the people of Palestine can't defend themselves, not against one of the most powerful military forces in the world that is backed up by even more powerful military forces.

The truth is that the people of Palestine, just like the innocent people of Israel, don't need the international community to tell them that their leaders have the right to inflict more bombings, more pain, more suffering. They need the international community to say, “Stop.” To release the hostages, to say stop the bombings, the siege, the slaughter. They need the international community to tell Israel to stop the blockade, stop the apartheid, stop the annexations, to stop the genocide.

And they need countries Tánaiste to lead the way. And Ireland should be one of those countries that leads the way.

We know colonialism.

We know oppression.

We know conflict.

But we also know conflict resolution.

We know peace building.

We know nation building.

And because of what we know, what our history has taught us, our call tonight must be clear, immediate, full and unequivocal ceasefire fires and a decisive international intervention that leads to negotiations and to a lasting and just peace settlement and to, at long last, to a free, sovereign and independent Palestine.🇵🇸

[nando161mando]

Pro-Israel Twitter is calling for Ireland to be conquered to 'solve the issue of living space' and so they will 'no longer make fun of Israel'.

https://x.com/metaltxt/status/1843746509348843817

[defleftist]

The only appropriate way to spend St. Patrick’s Day is to continue to stand up against the occupation and oppression of all people around the world. 🇵🇸🇮🇪

[kataraavatara]

nesta only three years older than feyre…three kids in three years was kind of diabolical of papa archeron idk

[agentfascinateur]

Ireland, Spain & Norway to recognize the State of Palestine 🇵🇸 on 28.05.2024

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💜💜💜

[just-ray]

I can't believe it's almost time for erection 2024

[mukuharakazui]

"Alphabet mafia" was funny (courtesy of @birthclod) so here are my alphabet mafia + nationality headcanons for Town of Salem's best faction (sorry to the roles without skins </3)

[dec0ra-grl]

‘But I’m a Cheerleader!’ But it’s Molly O’Shea 1899 edition (PLEASE CLICK ON IT FOR QUALITY)

Poster it’s based off🥳

[thesixthduke]

[auspicioustidings]

i was the anon on glossy’s blog mentioning soap being a rangers supporter, and i just want to say your reblog was so real. cause all my life i kinda seen it as celtic = catholic, and rangers = protestant (also that spelling has just thrown me for a loop??)

The spelling for Protestant is a struggle, it is just one of those words for me! And yeah the sectarian divide is very real in the West coast of Scotland, like if someone asks me what primary school I went to or what football team I support I know they're really asking if I'm Catholic or Protestant, it's like a secret code :')

It also comes with a bunch of other generalisations, like if Soap supports Rangers you would assume he is Protestant, a monarchist and leans tory. Thankfully, these generalisations that once upon a time were correct are now falling away. Today the football team you support doesn't have such a tie to your religious and political leanings as it used to (mostly at least). Still buck wild to have Soap be Roman Catholic but support Rangers though, he'd have gotten horribly bullied in school for it.

Idk the whole sectarian divide is fascinating and has a long and weird history, it's not like I would expect the writers of the American war propaganda game to look into it but they could have asked one Scottish person at least :')

[nando161mando]

White House geopolitics advisor calls for burning UN peacekeepers alive.

[strawb3rryqueer]

Mythical creatures in Ireland, Wales, and the so-called "United States of America" (I censored the word "w*ndigo" for my Native folks out there 💚🪶)! I think these are really cool maps and a great way to visually represent various mythical creatures in these countries

[romanceyourdemons]

still very funny to me that whenever someone looked at that early 1700s french guy who made a living in england by claiming to be taiwanese, and asked him hey why are you white, he would be like “how would you know taiwanese people aren’t white……. unless you’re some kinda JESUIT!! sic em boys!” and a crowd of anglicans would beat that dude up

[bread--quest]

to this day one of the strangest situations i've ever been in is, in the year of our lord 2023, having a debate with a middle-aged woman from texas who was trying to write a graduate thesis over whether or not it was utilizing girl power for american colonist women in the 1770s to remain loyal to the british empire. i think about it a lot.

[razrbladekiss]

one (1) note and i’ll go see gladiator 2 again tonight