The government cannot even condemn the slaughter of school girls.
It is shameful that the government will meet with Trump and give him a bowl of shamrocks all while they unleash hell in the Middle East.
We must condemn Israeli and US imperialism.
Israelis rape Palestinian men to death with rods. They detain thousands of Palestinians without legal representation or charge. They cut off the water in the West Bank over 900x.
They torture livestock, bulldoze hundred-years-old olive groves, spray toxins on crops, set houses on fire, block ambulances from saving the Palestinians they shoot. They block aid by blockade and with their bodies and babies in strollers, they kill fisherman fishing.
They decimate cemeteries and cover their mass graves. They execute medics, bomb ambulances, hospitals, schools, universities, shelters and refugee camps. They evict Christians and tax Palestinians out of Bethlehem. They shoot children in the chest and head with drones, double bomb sites to hit rescuers, and leave babies in incubators to die alone after turning the electricity off.
Israel is a MONSTER state, a Jewish Supremacist ethnic state with the majority of Jews supporting the genocide in Gaza, the bombing in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen, Iran.
Israel has no respect for human life, international law, or the rights of sovereign nations.
And the United States government allowed Israeli madness to infiltrate our elections, bribe and blackmail our politicians and run multi-billion dollar campaigns against โAmerica Firstโ candidates.
The United States government have given Israel our bombs, military technology and billions in tax payer aid to defend their Supremacist state, expand their illegal settlements and to commit genocide and human atrocities.
No. The U.S. and Israel are not saving any people in Iran. No. The U.S. and Israel donโt care about civilian casualties. No. The U.S. and Israel donโt care about anything but expanding the Jewish Supremacist state and the hold they have over the region, and the leverage they have over the world not to stop them.
While Israel is bombing Iran, they are spraying toxic chemicals over crops in southern Lebanon, terrorizing Palestinians in the West Bank while stealing more land, bulldozing properties in East Jerusalem, and shutting both gates to Gaza CLOSED to finish their genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian prisoners living in tents and rubble.
This is not a drill. Israel must be stopped by any means necessary. Trump, who is clearly either willfully controlled or blackmailed by Israel, must be removed from power along with his enablers.
All war criminals must be brought to justice. People must pay for their crimes against humanity and Israel must cease existing for it cannot live in peace, nor deserve land acquired through colonial settlement and genocide.
This. Is. Not. A. Drill.
My friend Mohammed Saad AlโDin from North Gaza holds deep love and sincere gratitude for Ireland and its people for their solidarity and humane positions. Mohammed is the coach of the Gaza Freedom Skaters team. In this war, he lost a number of the teamโs young members and children, and his home and source of livelihood were destroyed, yet he remains steadfast, holding on to hope.
@Sport4Palestine@IvanOConnor16
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Manchester Unitedโs anthem โTake Me Home, United Road,โ
popularly known as โThe United Road Song,โ has been voted the best football anthem in the world ๐ฅ๐กโฝ๐ต
Growing up in Germany, the Netherlands, and the American Midwest, I was extremely pro-Jewish and extremely pro-Israel. I believed every bit of the narrative we were fed. I even had a Palestinian guy in my class, and whenever he talked about his situation, Iโd get angry. I called him an anti-Semite more than once. Looking back, I feel ashamed of how deeply I had internalized that mindset.
I genuinely thought Judaism was the best religion in the world. I even considered converting at one point to support these โpoor, prosecuted peopleโ. Thatโs how far gone I was. And all of that happened without me even knowing any Jews in real life. I had met maybe one or two in my life until a few years ago.
That started to change during my PhD. We had a research partnership with a Hebrew university. The academics we worked with were hardcore Zionists. They talked about Palestinians like animals. Justified the killings. Brushed off the land theft. Thatโs when the mask began to fall.
I started digging. I learned about the Balfour Declaration, how American Zionists played a role in destabilizing my own country of birth. I learned about the Nakba. How settlers destroyed water wells and entire orchards. How people who had lived there for centuries were treated like subhumans. I saw the ugly truth no one ever talks about.
Even up to October 7th, I still thought: there are good Jews and bad Jews, just like in any group. But since then, what Iโve witnessed is beyond shocking. Almost every Jewish voice Iโve come across, online, in media, in real life, has been defending genocide. Demonizing anyone who dares speak up for Palestinians. Calling people Nazis, animals, anti-Semites, just for standing on the side of humanity.
That kind of moral blackmail used to work on me. Being called an anti-Semite as a German? That was the worst thing you could say. But not anymore. Not after seeing whoโs really fueling the hate. Not after hearing the things that are being saidโฆ things that sound like they came straight from hell.
What changed me was not hate, it was clarity. I realized Zionism is not about survival but dominance, and it has nothing in common with Christian values, either.
And honestly, what still puzzles me, what I genuinely donโt understand, is why they behave the way they do.
They say they want peace. They say theyโve been hated throughout history, kicked out of country after country, persecuted without reason. But then you look at how they act,right now. They smear anyone who dares to criticize Israel. They slander. They donโt try to make allies, they issue threats. They demand people be canceled. They justify war crimes. They talk about exterminating others.
If they really want to be liked, if they want to live in peace, if they want people to stop criticizing them, then why do they act like this? Why donโt they try kindness, truth, humility? Why not show some decency, some humanity, especially now that the entire world is watching?
It makes no sense, unless domination is the goal. Not peace. Not coexistence.
Because when I listen to people like Mark Levin or Ben Shapiro or that Randy Fine dude, what I hear isnโt just propaganda, but pure venom. Itโs a kind of moral filth that feels like it crawled out of hell. The arrogance. The dehumanization. The glee in war and death.
You canโt act like this and expect the world like you. You canโt demand sympathy while trying to silence those who demand the truth. You canโt play eternal victim while behaving like a tyrant. Eventually, people wake up. Just like I did.
I used to believe everything they told me. Now I see it clearly. Thank you! ๐๐ผ
Why are the Irish so pro-Palestine?
๐ฎ๐ช: โWe have a history of occupation as wellโ.
๐ฎ๐ช: โWe ourselves were colonized to play an oppressor.โ
๐ฎ๐ช: โIt's Britain's first colonial project here in Ireland.โ
๐ฎ๐ช: โ it's something we fought back against for 800 years.โ
@suemcco11 The late Craig Breen left us with two great quotes before he died.
Dont let anyone ever put you down.only you know your true potenial. And the second one was
Don't forget to enjoy,don't forget to have fun,life is very short.
@Rebex32 I suppose it depends what your into. Along with the football i love Rallying and most of the rally family are on facebook. Plus a lot of local people and stuff would be on it.
@Rebex32 I never get a reaction to anything on X. Just Facebook. I much prefare facebook. Probably because most of my friends use it more than X. And as a Rally fan it gives more coverage.
TT legend @jm130tt has paid tribute to his former teammate Joey Dunlop, 25 years on from the death of the motorsport icon.
A pop-up exhibition has been created in the Mercury Club at the TT Grandstand, showcasing some items from his racing career.