Israeli troops fire on Unifil positions in south Lebanon region where Irish troops based
Israeli troops fire on Unifil positions in south Lebanon region where Irish troops based
Defence Forces will issue statement that ‘all Irish troops are accounted for and are well’, Martin tells the Dáil
I wonder what "Irish American Zionist" Joe Biden thinks of this?
Oh no. Who could have predicted this, other than literally everybody.
Israel is out of control (and has been for a long while) and must be stopped.
Israel doesn’t have much love for the Irish given they are pretty sympathetic and outspoken about the Palestinian plight for obvious reasons. What a fucking mess
The colonizing people of the world see themselves in Israel.
The colonized people of the world see themselves in Palestine.
I dont know who said it first, but it rings true every day.
It's so obvious yet hard to notice. Great observation to whoever said that.
Actually it goes back farther.
The IRA was trained, in part, by the PLO.
The early anti-guerilla operations by the British in Palestine, before Israel was a state but when Palestine was fighting Zionists (literally what they called themselves, with a stated goal of just taking over Palestine and getting rid of the native population which includes Palestinian Jews), were just "well the Crown says we can't do this in Ireland but they're not looking here in Palestine."
This includes literally tying Palestinian captives to grilles or loading them onto forward-mounted trailers in a convoy to act as human shields. This includes retributive strikes against guerilla's families and friends.
Ireland has a HELL of a good reason to be close to Palestine, because it literally actually happened to them.
The UN should shoot back.
Apparently the paperwork to let them shoot is insane.
Mr Martin, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, told the Dáil that “Israel is not listening to its allies in terms of progressing its agenda” and “seems to be [at] all out war”. He said the IDF’s actions were “unacceptable” with “destructive warfare” leading to community, health and education services being “destroyed”. He said Israel’s actions were “a clear breach of international humanitarian law”.
isreal fucking around a WHOLE LOT these days, pretty soon they're gonna find out.
They will not find out. You are delusional.
That’s fucked up, but I’m glad it’s stiffening the peacekeepers’ resolve. The IDF isn’t gonna stop shooting at UN personnel, and a lot of company size units of jumpy conscripts are gonna have some bad days before this is over. From un.org:
The IDF is filled with religious fanatical nutters and they knows exactly where the Irish command have positioned their troops. Someone decided to take revenge because the Irish are against the entire shit show in Gaza and West Bank.
This is highly likely. They also shot at and injured Indonesian peacekeepers since Indonesia is also one of other country that is vocal against Israel.
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I didn't realize there were UN peacekeepers in Southern Lebanon. This article has a good overview of the history of that: