Shireen Abu Akleh and the rush to judgment
The facts available to the public about the tragic death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist for Al Jazeera are sparse. The Israel Defence
12/05/2022
Infernal Opportunism: The Nezar Hindawi Affair
Remember the next time that the people at the airport check-in desk ask you if you packed your bags yourself, that question is as a
18/04/2022
How Irish newspapers covered the birth of modern Israel
Introduction The hostility of Irish media to Israel over the past 25 years, with a few exceptions, is too well known to need retelling. The
11/04/2022
Singular obsession and double standards: The Irish Left
Pleas from Ukrainian leaders from right across the democratic spectrum for boycotts of Russia are not just ignored but are cited as reasons to be
07/04/2022
Anonymous Anti-Israel Grumbles from The Phoenix
Readers will wonder if the magazine takes such a dismissive approach to homophobic comments as they do to antisemitic comments. The Phoenix is a fortnightly
12/03/2022
Yoseph Haddad’s Speech to Members of the Oireachtas (24-Feb-2022)
“Are you afraid that I will expose your lies and hypocrisy about the State of Israel as an Israeli Arab? Are you afraid that I
25/02/2022
Amnesty International’s ‘Apartheid Slur’ against Israel
We will update you very shortly on our news surrounding an exciting visit to Ireland by young Arab Israeli Yoseph Haddad, and Emily Schrader, organised
03/02/2022
20 years ago this week: The kidnapping of Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by Al Qaeda terrorists 20 years ago this week on 23 January 2002. Daniel Pearl was a Jewish-American journalist, born in
24/01/2022
Israel battles two viruses
It started in the earliest days of the Covid pandemic. Scarcely had news spread in January 2020 of the arrival of the coronavirus from China
16/12/2021
The Refugees that the World Forgot
To say that they were well integrated with the indigenous people – as some have stated – is completely missing the point. When your ancestors
30/11/2021
On this day in 1947: UN votes to establish Jewish & Arab states in British Mandate Palestine
UN General Assembly votes to establish Jewish & Arab states in British Mandate Palestine, 29 November 1947 Ten years ago, the Arabic word Nakba (‘catastrophe’)
28/11/2021
So Many Things About the Israel-Palestine Conflict Make No Sense Until You Understand One Thing
Fair-minded observers of the Israel-Palestinian conflict are often left gaping at the tone of the statements emanating from the various forces that oppose Israel. The
15/11/2021