Sinn Fein distanced itself from a councilor in an Irish city who called on the United Nations to bomb Israel. John Hearne, a councilor representing the Sinn Fein party in the southeastern city of Waterford, said in a July 18 radio interview that he believed the United Nations should start shelling Israel in a bid…
Twitter/Newsweek Israel’s embassy in Dublin has deleted a series of tweets showing iconic works of art, including the Mona Lisa, dressed as Jihadists. All images were captioned: “Israel is the last frontier of the free world.” The images, captioned “Israel is the last frontier of the free world,” were sent from the embassy’s official Twitter…
A window was smashed on successive days at a synagogue in Belfast, Ireland. The vandalism at the Belfast Hebrew Congregation took place on Friday night and the following day, the BBC reported. In the latter incident, the replacement window was shattered. Police are treating the vandalism as a religious hate crime. Ulster Unionist leader Mike…
Ireland’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter, the only Jewish lawmaker in the Irish government, has resigned. Shatter offered his surprise resignation Wednesday in advance of a 300-page report from a state-ordered investigation that said his office mishandled the complaints of police corruption by a whistleblower, according to Irish media reports. He has served in the position…
Even with St. Patrick’s Day upon us, it’s hard to say just when and where the first major alliance between the Jews and the Irish was forged in this country, but the Chicago office of Dankmar Adler, architect and engineer, back in 1879, might be a good place to start. There, Adler decided to hire…
A motion supporting a blanket boycott of Israel was passed by students of the National University of Ireland. The result of Thursday’s referendum at the NUI Galway Students Union make it the first student body in Ireland to endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, campaign against Israel, according to the local news site…
A municipal board in Dublin has authorized massive expansion of the city’s Jewish museum despite opposition by many residents. The Irish Jewish Museum requested permission to demolish five houses, including an old synagogue, the Irish Independent reported Monday. Local residents had expressed concern about traffic congestion in the area as the museum’s visitor numbers are…
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement placed yellow stickers on items produced in Israel in a popular supermarket chain in Ireland. The BDS boycott stickers on products in Tesco stores reads “For Justice in Palestine Boycott Israel,” Ynet reported. On some of the products, the stickers are placed alongside official stickers that read “Produce of…
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