A โthree-state solutionโ is the best scenario for a peaceful Syria ๐ธ๐พ:
๐ด Red area: Shiite and Alawite state (controlled by Assad)
๐ข Green area: Sunni state
๐ก Yellow area: Kurd and Druze state (allies of America and Israel, to border Iraq, Jordan, and Israel)
The Amsterdam Pogrom
- Israelis were ambushed
- Several are reported missing
- People were thrown into the river
- Several incidents of people run over by cars
- Attackers had knives and baseball bats
- Passports were stolen and published online
- Families with children were attacked by mobs
- Women were beaten
- Several men were beaten unconscious
- Local authorities lost control of the city
- Muslim migrants broke into hotels, threw incendiary devices through windows and burned Israeli flags
Are Irish school children being taught to hate?
I am repeatedly asked why Ireland is so hostile towards Israel & why is there a selective empathy on the subject of the Israel-Palestinian issue.
Although Israel has many supporters in Ireland, they are largely eclipsed by anti Israel groups, a strong bias against Israel in mainstream Irish media and in political discourse, where only a few voices are brave enough to offer a dissenting voice to a biased narrative.
I tried finding explanations for this in the context of Irish history, yet if you explore it, the history of the Jewish people shares many similarities with Irish history & suffering. For example, the Irish & the Jews were forced to leave our homelands, we overcame national traumas, & we each have vibrant diaspora communities. We revived our nations after British rule, & we revived our ancient languages too. We both made painful compromises in order to promote peace.
Sadly, it seems that those people who speak against Israel, do not want to see these similarities, nor acknowledge the Palestinian rejection of the UN partition which would have established two states, living in peace & security.
After reading the shocking report that has just been published by @IMPACT_SE regarding the biases & antisemitism found in Irish school books I am compelled to ask whether this is part of the reason for the automatic biases against Israel.
Are Irish children being indoctrinated to look at Jewish people differently? Are they being taught to delegitimize the State of Israel, the only Jewish homeland?
For the future of the Jewish & Israeli communities in Ireland and for the sake of education & tolerance, I hope that the troubling findings in this report are addressed seriously and urgently.
Read the full report: https://t.co/R2C42scNA2