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March 18, 2024

Why Ireland Hates Israel

Anti-Semitism and pro-terrorist sentiment on the Emerald Isle.

The Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar spent the last week in the U.S., his trip culminating with his participation in St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Washington, DC. On his first stop, in Boston, he gave an address at the JFK Library, and chose the occasion to accuse Israel of imposing “collective punishment” on Palestinians and generally reacting in a way not justified by the horrors of October 7. Such attitudes are widespread in Varadkar’s country. Ben Cohen discussed this fact with the retired Irish Jewish politician Alan Shatter, who explains how Ireland turned against both Israel and the Jews:

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