Even five years ago, the notion of an "RTE/Irish Times/Siptu/Simon Harris view of the world" would have been nonsensical. And yet here we are, through the looking-glass.
There used to be the cry “small nations should be free” but not Israel it seems.
October 7 Hamas-Iran strategy was to torpedo a 2 state solution which the Palestinians have been offered several times and refused. Also to scupper the imminent grudging rapprochement with and recognition of Israel by neighbouring Arab Muslim states. It succeeded in achieving both goals and probably permanently co-opted Israeli public opinion, despite a radical change of government, by convincing it that Palestinians can never be trusted not to try it again.
This is what happens when resistance itself becomes the objective and the reason for living. Irish Republicanism and Nationalism has long fed its insatiable addiction to this drug of choice. The King Billys have ironically pissed on their chips by turning themselves into a demographic and electoral minority in The Six Counties. It seems on the cards that a border poll will finally ruin long-term resistance as a means of securing unity.
So the bloodthirsty anti-Christian Pallywallys are an ideal proxy for continuing traditional resistance now that the Brits have become an unworthy foe—being bankrupt, turning into a Caliphate, and so no longer worth a pub, shop, car, or culvert bomb or a bullet from an Armelite.
The Israelis are serious colonial and imperial ogres and Christ killers to boot. Dev would have loved them as substitute target. And no inconvenience of anyone needing to be on hunger strike, on the run or on the blanket.
So Eirinn go brach no longer but up the raping murdering disembowelling suicide bombing hostage taking Palestinians—sticking it to the evil Jews, who oppress them by their very existence, not to mention fighting back, and who rule the world and hoard all its riches.
Never forget- England dropped legally mandated mask wearing in summer 2021 because studies showed as few as 30% of the public were still complying with it. Meanwhile the Fighting Irish acquiesced to it into early 2022 with an estimated 90% plus compliance rate.
When I think about the Palestinian people (those people who describe themselves as Palestinian) I cannot help but think about another group who reside in our own country and which also begins with the letter P. The Pavees are, like the Palestinians, covered by the legacy media in terms of an oppressed, marginalized group who deserve our sympathy and to express any other opinion that might discredit their victimhood is judged to be racist, fascist, far-right, (pick your debate-ending attribute). But there is one salient point which never gets mentioned in the lamestream media. That is, regardless of how much we might sympathize with their plight, nobody would voluntarily want to live next to them. The reason why people do no want to live next to them is that (through no fault of their own) trouble just seems to follow them around wherever they are. As it relates to the Pavees, this can be inferred from records of Irish court proceedings where, albeit they account for less than 1% of the overall population, they comprise c. 10% of the national male prisoner population and c. 22% of females in custody.
Similarly with the Palestinians. Between “Black September” 1970 and July 1971, Jordan engaged a massive military action forcing Palestinian groups out of their country, with the Palestinian fatalities estimated between 3,000 to 5,000. This was in response to the PLOs creation of a state within a state challenging King Hussein’s rule and multiple plane hijackings. Having been expelled from Jordan, these Palestinians next moved onto Lebanon and (through no fault of their own) what was once regarded as middle-east equivalent of the French Riveria turned into a warzone. Lebanon degenerated into a multi-faction civil war and Beirut (the middle-eastern Monaco) became a complete sh*t-hole. The country has still not recovered. This is the reason Egypt built a huge wall on the border between itself and the Gaza Strip. It’s not to keep the Israelis out, it’s to keep the Palestinians from getting in. While the Arabs might sympathize with the plight of the Palestinians, they have learned that (through no fault of their own) trouble just seems to follow the Palestinians around wherever they are.
I’ll not attend a stag or wedding again in Ireland. The lowest common denominator bonding shibboleth is a declaration of support for the Palestine bonus points for Trump is a fascist. It’s like being in one of those David Lynch dream sequences. All for insisting on nuance they think they’ve uncovered a Judas.
You are aware that Palestine is an outlier here, a fringe interest? Its a hobby horse for students and lads in their 50s/ 60s who like to pretend they were in the IRA
I think it's important that those of us who aren't infected with the Gaza mind virus continue to speak out against it so future historians writing about this period of madness will have records to show not everyone was brainwashed by it. In previous eras, written records could be easily destroyed which would lead to incorrect historical narratives. By posting our views online, our digital opinions would be stored in many places which greatly enhances their chances of survival unless a future rogue Ai decides to delete all traces of humanity. There are records of Israel's existence written on stone going back thousands of years .. only for that, it's existence would be completely eradicated from the records.
I recently came across a report released in March this year by the UN Population Fund that was unsettling. It found that as many as a hundred young girls aged between fourteen and sixteen are being forced to marry every week in Gaza. It also found many of them end up committing suicide due to being beaten, tortured, and raped by their husbands. By our standards that is paedophilia and child abuse. I always ask GazaHamas supporters why they support paedophilia and child abuse and liken them to Jeffrey Epstein's supporters or their favourite enemy .. Catholic priests. You'd be surprised how many of them disappear off the online scene after a few rounds of facing these accusations. I always argue that supporting paedophilia makes one a paedophile. I would urge readers to give it a go.
Hey John and Sarah. Is there any evidence the word "Paddystinian" was invented by “Paddystinians” themselves as you claim, and not from Jews mocking Irish people? I remember it originally being used heavily by Zionists as a derisory term combining the stereotypical Irish name with Palestine, and then "reclaimed" by Irish Palestine smypathisers. The first use of the term I can find is by Ben Cohen of the Jewish News Syndicate in late 2024.
One has to wonder if the Irish mainstream media are ignorant of the fact that a majority of Palestinians support the same Islamic supremacist ideology that inspires terror attacks in the west, or if they are aware, but deliberately don’t report it because it conflicts with their left wing biases. The Irish public are not being presented with the facts regarding the predominant Islamic supremacist ideological motivation that is synonymous with the Palestinian cause. Many of the more hardcore pro-Palestine activists are aware and are fine with it as they will side with any anti-western cause because of their extreme left worldview. However, your average RTE viewer, who just accepts what RTE tells them might have far less sympathy for the Palestinians if they were informed that on 9/11 they widely celebrated in the streets at the slaughter of 3000 western citizens including Irish and those of Irish descent.
Great article.
Even five years ago, the notion of an "RTE/Irish Times/Siptu/Simon Harris view of the world" would have been nonsensical. And yet here we are, through the looking-glass.
There used to be the cry “small nations should be free” but not Israel it seems.
October 7 Hamas-Iran strategy was to torpedo a 2 state solution which the Palestinians have been offered several times and refused. Also to scupper the imminent grudging rapprochement with and recognition of Israel by neighbouring Arab Muslim states. It succeeded in achieving both goals and probably permanently co-opted Israeli public opinion, despite a radical change of government, by convincing it that Palestinians can never be trusted not to try it again.
This is what happens when resistance itself becomes the objective and the reason for living. Irish Republicanism and Nationalism has long fed its insatiable addiction to this drug of choice. The King Billys have ironically pissed on their chips by turning themselves into a demographic and electoral minority in The Six Counties. It seems on the cards that a border poll will finally ruin long-term resistance as a means of securing unity.
So the bloodthirsty anti-Christian Pallywallys are an ideal proxy for continuing traditional resistance now that the Brits have become an unworthy foe—being bankrupt, turning into a Caliphate, and so no longer worth a pub, shop, car, or culvert bomb or a bullet from an Armelite.
The Israelis are serious colonial and imperial ogres and Christ killers to boot. Dev would have loved them as substitute target. And no inconvenience of anyone needing to be on hunger strike, on the run or on the blanket.
So Eirinn go brach no longer but up the raping murdering disembowelling suicide bombing hostage taking Palestinians—sticking it to the evil Jews, who oppress them by their very existence, not to mention fighting back, and who rule the world and hoard all its riches.
There was the same mindset during the Repeal campaign. As a nation we are sheep always have been and always will be!
Never forget- England dropped legally mandated mask wearing in summer 2021 because studies showed as few as 30% of the public were still complying with it. Meanwhile the Fighting Irish acquiesced to it into early 2022 with an estimated 90% plus compliance rate.
When I think about the Palestinian people (those people who describe themselves as Palestinian) I cannot help but think about another group who reside in our own country and which also begins with the letter P. The Pavees are, like the Palestinians, covered by the legacy media in terms of an oppressed, marginalized group who deserve our sympathy and to express any other opinion that might discredit their victimhood is judged to be racist, fascist, far-right, (pick your debate-ending attribute). But there is one salient point which never gets mentioned in the lamestream media. That is, regardless of how much we might sympathize with their plight, nobody would voluntarily want to live next to them. The reason why people do no want to live next to them is that (through no fault of their own) trouble just seems to follow them around wherever they are. As it relates to the Pavees, this can be inferred from records of Irish court proceedings where, albeit they account for less than 1% of the overall population, they comprise c. 10% of the national male prisoner population and c. 22% of females in custody.
Similarly with the Palestinians. Between “Black September” 1970 and July 1971, Jordan engaged a massive military action forcing Palestinian groups out of their country, with the Palestinian fatalities estimated between 3,000 to 5,000. This was in response to the PLOs creation of a state within a state challenging King Hussein’s rule and multiple plane hijackings. Having been expelled from Jordan, these Palestinians next moved onto Lebanon and (through no fault of their own) what was once regarded as middle-east equivalent of the French Riveria turned into a warzone. Lebanon degenerated into a multi-faction civil war and Beirut (the middle-eastern Monaco) became a complete sh*t-hole. The country has still not recovered. This is the reason Egypt built a huge wall on the border between itself and the Gaza Strip. It’s not to keep the Israelis out, it’s to keep the Palestinians from getting in. While the Arabs might sympathize with the plight of the Palestinians, they have learned that (through no fault of their own) trouble just seems to follow the Palestinians around wherever they are.
Don't forget the Palestinians were also kicked out of Kuwait because they supported his invasion of the country in 1990.
I’ll not attend a stag or wedding again in Ireland. The lowest common denominator bonding shibboleth is a declaration of support for the Palestine bonus points for Trump is a fascist. It’s like being in one of those David Lynch dream sequences. All for insisting on nuance they think they’ve uncovered a Judas.
You are aware that Palestine is an outlier here, a fringe interest? Its a hobby horse for students and lads in their 50s/ 60s who like to pretend they were in the IRA
Are you saying it is not a popular cause? Is this all astroturfed? I am keen to know the facts on the ground.
No
I think it's important that those of us who aren't infected with the Gaza mind virus continue to speak out against it so future historians writing about this period of madness will have records to show not everyone was brainwashed by it. In previous eras, written records could be easily destroyed which would lead to incorrect historical narratives. By posting our views online, our digital opinions would be stored in many places which greatly enhances their chances of survival unless a future rogue Ai decides to delete all traces of humanity. There are records of Israel's existence written on stone going back thousands of years .. only for that, it's existence would be completely eradicated from the records.
I recently came across a report released in March this year by the UN Population Fund that was unsettling. It found that as many as a hundred young girls aged between fourteen and sixteen are being forced to marry every week in Gaza. It also found many of them end up committing suicide due to being beaten, tortured, and raped by their husbands. By our standards that is paedophilia and child abuse. I always ask GazaHamas supporters why they support paedophilia and child abuse and liken them to Jeffrey Epstein's supporters or their favourite enemy .. Catholic priests. You'd be surprised how many of them disappear off the online scene after a few rounds of facing these accusations. I always argue that supporting paedophilia makes one a paedophile. I would urge readers to give it a go.
Excellent podcast Sarah and John. Totally agree
Today is Yom Kippur. And this is Ireland, 2026. The only people who should be begging forgiveness…are Irish Palestinianists /Paddystinians.
Hey John and Sarah. Is there any evidence the word "Paddystinian" was invented by “Paddystinians” themselves as you claim, and not from Jews mocking Irish people? I remember it originally being used heavily by Zionists as a derisory term combining the stereotypical Irish name with Palestine, and then "reclaimed" by Irish Palestine smypathisers. The first use of the term I can find is by Ben Cohen of the Jewish News Syndicate in late 2024.
One has to wonder if the Irish mainstream media are ignorant of the fact that a majority of Palestinians support the same Islamic supremacist ideology that inspires terror attacks in the west, or if they are aware, but deliberately don’t report it because it conflicts with their left wing biases. The Irish public are not being presented with the facts regarding the predominant Islamic supremacist ideological motivation that is synonymous with the Palestinian cause. Many of the more hardcore pro-Palestine activists are aware and are fine with it as they will side with any anti-western cause because of their extreme left worldview. However, your average RTE viewer, who just accepts what RTE tells them might have far less sympathy for the Palestinians if they were informed that on 9/11 they widely celebrated in the streets at the slaughter of 3000 western citizens including Irish and those of Irish descent.