US Congress group calls for Ireland to be added to Israel boycott list if OTB passed

by theeglitz

31 comments
  1. AIPAC (American Israeli Public Affairs Committee) need to fuck right off

  2. That bag of gee receives thousands in donations from the Israeli lobby groups. She was also in Israel a few weeks ago visiting one Israeli politician who is sanctioned by numerous countries for being a bit of a cunt.

  3. Before people go on about “free palestine and fuck the US” just know that the US provides us with 80% of our corporate taxes.

    Employ 25% of the private workforce

    And we export 30% of our goods to them.

    You can stand up to genocide but one should ask if lighting ourselves on fire while doing so is the right move

    Edit: downvote me all you want, doesnt change the fact that ireland is heavily dependent on the US and the irish people were fine with that for decades

  4. The OTB does nothing practically but will just result in a huge amount of damage to Ireland economically. We’re heavily reliant on the US for our economy and the reality is that Israel has significant influence there. We need to pick our battles

  5. Pharmaceuticals are apparently getting a 250% hit regardless, fuck them & pass the bill, in full

  6. All the more reason to do it.

    Given what’s at stake (the lives of tens of thousands of innocent children), we can survive a bit of choppiness in our relationship for the US for the next year until the US midterms, when democrats will take the US house and US politics will devolve into mostly gridlock again.

    US companies here aren’t going to up and leave in 12 months, and Trump changes his decisions every two weeks anyway. Do the right thing and pass the bill.

  7. Of course the government won’t do it, but the logical next step seems to be calling their bluff and putting proper sanctions on Israel if we do get added to the list. It’s what should have been done in the first place anyway.

  8. I suppose they’ll dial to 11 the “far right” goons they are supporting here.

    More Anto and Steos waving Israeli flags and regurgitating how the government is replacing us with men of military age.

  9. I’ve said it before and will say it again. Fuck Israel, and fuck anyone that defends Israel.

  10. We are watching the U.S. and Israeli governments perpetrate a genocide and deliberately starve an entire civilian population.

    Of course they are going to attack efforts to combat Israel’s theft of Palestinian land.

    Of course we should wear their criticism as a badge of honour. These are soulless ghouls.

  11. *The Congress members’ letter said: “Last month, Irish Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Simon Harris introduced legislation to prohibit the import of goods and services originating from territories under Israeli administration that they characterise as “occupied,” including Judea and Samaria, Gaza, parts of Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.”*

    Smacks of evangelist cuntery when they start using biblical names

  12. Unfortunately, the US is a lost cause for at least the next 4 years.

    Ireland has always stood up to bullies 😤 and we should enact this legislation without delay.

  13. They can go fuck off. Typical imperialism interfering in domestic politics

  14. It’s clear the government have no intention of passing the OTB. For obvious reasons it would be another blow to the irish economy and multinational based here. It’s very clear now that iseral has enough soft global power to stop the bill.

  15. United States of Israel on the wrong side of history once again. What a scourge on humanity

  16. Countries who acknowledged or outright called for a two state solution: 90+

    Countries who oppose a two state solution: Israel, America, Iran.

    Think it bears repeating.

    Also, if Ireland said “right, we’re boycotting goods from Russia, would they be saying:

    >This measure is part of a broader effort aligned with the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to economically isolate [Russia]. Such policies…promote economic discrimination

    Israel is basically the bully who the parents think is an angel, but who looks at you with evil eyes as they hug their mother and then look at her like they were a little puppy.

  17. There’s a lot of Irish people who think that Palestine is “none of our business”, and we should keep our nose out for fear of economic curtailment. Children are being intentionally headhunted , starved , and imprisoned, their families tortured. Settlers are shooting people, driving families from their homes , poisoning animals and curtailing water supplies . Their children are trained to loot aid trucks . None of our business , what a fucking useless position to take . The neo-Israeli Nazi regime have learned a lot from their past, the people who turn a blind eye have learned nothing.

  18. They’re not even hiding the Israel thing anymore.

    It’s right out there for all to see. America loves genocidal cunts.

  19. So much for the supposed Irish American lobby. Seems dormant 

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