Small thing ! it is pronounced "Seltic" not "Keltic" but spelled as Celtic. And for the record, Celtic fans in the North Curve where the Celtic Ultra's group known as the Green Brigade congregate, have flown a giant Palestinian flag for nearly a decade. Long before any band of terrorists attacked israel. Most older fans like myself "seventy" have supported the Palestinian cause for over twenty years.
@youtubemustdiefunny enough though there are twice as many millionaires per head of capita in Ireland than there is in the UK. So not really failures.
@@patkeohane5005 Are you gonna pretend the situation in ireland is benefiting the irish people lol? Its like a banana republic tax haven for businesses lmao
Britain choose the best outcome by deciding a two-state solution back in 1930s with the Peel Commission and a UN backed partition plan 1947. The Jews were happy with this but the Arabs were not and tried to destroy Israel; the failed miserably and they've been sore losers ever since.
It is worth mentioning that the comment "to Ireland or to the desert" is chillingly similar to Oliver Cromwells "to hell or to Connaught" that embodies the final and successful effort of England's almost 500 year campaign to colonise Ireland, proving that without a doubt that indigenous peoples are being brutally colonised
Cromwell really had a crazy streak to be sure. We don't get many views of him, only one side or the other. Republican or zealot. Anyway try not to turn that into antisemitism, please.
@@maxdavis7722 “Very successful,” they were of course successful, however there were some quite close calls. With even slightly better leadership the Royalists could have slaughtered Cromwell’s army in Ireland. In the long run, some form of democracy won.
Similar? Israelis were ethnically cleansed from Europe and the Arabic World so they came home to Israel. Where were the British ethnically cleansed from when they occupied Northern Ireland? @@Superfoodcookie
Ireland sees itself as a former colony of the UK. The plantations, the penal laws and the famine are three central events in Irish history which underline this. The toubles in Northern Ireland ensured that these themes are not forgotten. It is perhaps one of very few european countries which would place itself in the colonised rather than coloniser category. Irish people therefore identify with the colonised and can easily draw parallels with Palestinians.
Irish don't follow a rapist pedofile. Sadly they seem ignorant of the ideology of the "poor" Palestinians. The free Palestine bs is just propaganda and something for the IRA to support in place of the troubles
It's the struggle of land being divided within the country and it's shared history, this is also seen in Ireland with partition of our island creating Ireland and Northern Ireland. Many Irish Nationalists particularly those who also Support Sinn Féin also support the Palestinian cause.
@@nntflow7058 They don't talk about Tibet or Taiwan much because there's nothing they can do about it. China does not look to the West for support, so what opinions they held matters no at all to the mainland Chinese. Where as Israel seeks the West for all their support, which the West tends to give no matter how low Israel sunk.
@@biocapsule7311 Why must Israel be held to higher standards than the rest of the world? The IDF is one of the most careful armies in the world simply because of the controversial nature of Israel's existence which shouldn't be controversial at all.
@@biocapsule7311Well, the TLDR is Taiwan is unresolve civil war, and Tibet is unwilling participation in empire, so not exactly close to occupation. And here's the historical context: Taiwan was already under Qing dynasty adminstrative control until Chinese lost the naval war and surrender it to Japan. Taiwan was returned to China after WWII, but the incumbant gov KMT was defeated by CCP and retreat to Taiwan. Native Taiwanese sadly lost their culture and population under colonial Japan and retreating KMT from mainland then caught in a huge conflict between Chinese and US. Now with majority of Taiwan people and culture being Han Chinese, the main focus is on the unresolved civil war. Dont forget Taiwan gov formally claim the entire mainland China as their territory. Tibet had been on and off under Chinese administrative control since the Yuan Dynasty (aka Han Chinese got owned by Mongolian, so did Tibetan, European, Arab World), so an uncomfortable historic political situation, but not occupation either.
As an Irish person I don’t support any violence in a world controlled by the military industrial complex. That’s the problem here. All wars are supported by and or instigated for profit.
Thanks for making this video. Just one small correction. Mary-Lou Mcdonald has had the Palestinian flag on her twitter bio for years. It wasn't put up after October 7th.
@@r-labs9357 : She needs to get a clue. Supporting thugs and terrorists who slaughter innocent people is NOT a smart move. *EDIT:* Well it seems my comment was too subtle for the ignorant to follow, so let me elaborate: On October 7th, terrorist thugs from Gaza slaughtered 1,400 innocent unarmed Israeli civilians, who were peacefully enjoying a MUSIC FESTIVAL. Women were raped, and babies were murdered. 240 innocent people were taken hostage and are still being threatened with death. Bodies being recovered of the murdered are showing signs that many were tortured before being killed. Did you know that the Hamas thugs FILMED THEMSELVES slaughtering innocent and unarmed Israeli civilians, including children and babies, on October 7? That's a new depth of DEPRAVITY. The IDF intercepted the footage from captured terrorists and showed it to news reporters, who were sickened and aghast. I'm betting you didn't hear about that, because it doesn't fit the media's "poor Palestine" line of bullshit. Gullible people, as always, blame Israel for being forced to defend itself. The country has no other choice. Please get a clue. It's way past time.
As some other comments have pointed out, much of Irish support for Palestinians relates to our experience of “the troubles” in Northern Ireland from the 60’s to the early 2000’s. We understand that talking, even with terrorists, is the only way of resolving deep inter-nation hatred. The application of overwhelming force in such an unbalanced way never leads to lasting peace. Does Israel think that the 10 year old boy we saw on the news, traumatised and hysterical after dragging the decapitated body of a relative from the rubble will grow up to respect or live peacefully with Israel? No, he will most likely spend his life looking for revenge. They are storing up generations of trouble for themselves.
Oh wow, one ten-year-old boy and you're convinced? Did you know that the Hamas thugs FILMED THEMSELVES slaughtering more than a thousand innocent and unarmed Israeli civilians, including children and babies, on October 7? That's a new depth of DEPRAVITY. The IDF intercepted the footage from captured terrorists and showed it to news reporters, who were sickened and aghast. I'm betting you didn't even hear about that, because it doesn't fit the media's "poor Palestine" line of bullshit. Anyone who thinks ISRAEL wouldn't or SHOULDN'T retaliate is a bloody fool. The people of Gaza have been letting Hamas thugs and terrorists use them as human shields for decades, as they hid and fired missiles into Israel, hitting schools and hospitals. Now, if they're still being used as shields, they're going to get hurt. And whose fault is THAT?
As soon as I saw the video title, I thought of Ireland's history at the hands of the British. Appropriate, given that Palestine is also the fault of the British.
Left out the part that both Palestine and Ireland were victims of settler colonialism. Natural sympathy between a people being treated inhumane and foreign in your own homeland.
Mohammed set the example and it is his violent example and cult the invading Arabs in 634 forced on the then Christian/ Jewish peoples oc that region. The Gazans and West Bank refuse to cooperate with non Moslems. That is the problem. As Jordan was partitioned of as a Islamic monarchy let them go there. It is their intransigence and attrocities that are the problem. This is unacceptable.
This is another example of CULTURE WARS where past conflicts are used by the ONE PERCENT (1%) to pit us against each other. . . while they are off making back door deals for who knows what. But, do you notice anything about the map he’s using? It doesn’t show the Suez Canal. . . a major transport hub for ships to Europe and the rest of the world . . . for SHIPPING FOSSIL FUEL!!!!! The SUEZ CANAL is SMACK-DAB in the center of what’s going on right now. Apparently, the Israel FORCES are backed by Western forces in order to keep control over the surrounding countries to PROTECT the TRANSPORTATION of FOSSIL FUEL. It’s ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS about money and power and NEVER ABOUT PEOPLE. . . to the 1%, ordinary everyday people are “a dime a dozen.” Our lives or deaths are of no consequence - to them, we’re easily replaceable. Just another episode of “Squid Game!”
The hard-core football fans in the UK and Ireland are pretty retarded so I can't say I'm all too surprised. I can't remember what they're called, they have a word for those fans
There aren’t really any “loyalists” in ROI. You might find the odd monarchist or two but the country has been independent long enough that anyone who still yearns for the rule of English kings can be laughed at. That republican/loyalist contrast is found in NI which doesn’t isn’t part of the EU anymore. Also, a HUGE factor is Ireland’s experience with colonialism and insurgency/extremism.
Would any ethnic Irish person without English or Scottish ancestry actually be a monarchist? That seems completely bizarre for any self respecting Irish person to support the crown
@@Ditka-89I have never come across one in my life, and I am born and reared here. But I guess it's possible. Takes all sorts to make the world turn they say
As an Irishman, who has lived in Israel, I find this video quite fair, and also, this comments section to be more respectful better informed than that of most other videos on this topic.
Steve you propose yourself as a man with knowledge of both countries. How does each countries history have anything todo with each other? Jews and Arabs have been living in the region for thousands of years when the name of the region was Judea, it was mostly jews. It was renamed Syria-Palestina by the Roman emperor Hadrian when he drove the jews from the land when they refused to accept Roman gods. That name has become Palestine through time. There was never a Palestinian state, the name was made up to stick the finger up to the jews. The jews rightful home is ISREAL. The Arabs (you can’t call them Palestinians because that is a meme name) rightful home is ISREAL. This is not colonialism, this is a historic state torn apart by religious sectarianism by the Arabs. People say the Israelis are like the English settlers in NI, this is completely incorrect, they were always there for thousands of years
@@ciaranmccormack4434little woman, the Palestinians are genetically the descendants of the caaninites directly. Jews are not direct descendants of the caaninites. It’s laughable to look at Ashkenazi Jews and mezrahi Jews and go “yea, these are the same people”. Or “yea, these are definitely the same people who left 2000 years ago”.
It is interesting to note that at least two Israeli Prime Ministers, Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir, studied in their youth the successful Irish Republican struggle for national independence from the United Kingdom. Shamir actually named one of his son's "Michael" after the great IRA Freedom fighter, Michael Collins.
The Irish Army are peacekeepers for the United Nations and have been stationed on the Lebanese/ Israel border for 30 years. So might have a bit more insight into what is going on. Also the Irish have been a major contributer of humanitarian aid to Gaza over the decades. ( As well as lots of other places in the world) This would have a bearing on the Irish attitude towards that part of the world.
also palestine's support of irish freedom fighters when england still colonised the entire island. bit surprised at tldr for this one - they didn't even pronounce the names right of a major political party or scottish football club
@@r_and_a No colonisation of Ireland for around 400 years, as soon as they became part of the united Kingdom they had every right and responsibility as every other British citizen. Since they never had conscription you wonder why so many Irishmen fought i the British army in both the first and second world war. They could and still can come and live, work and receive every benefit that a UK citizen gets. Doesn't sound like colonisation to me..... They even had an Irishman as prime minister of the UK, along with Welsh, Scottish and English. There have also been referendums over the years and no group has voted to leave for 100 years... Britain must not be very good at colonisation it seems. You listen to too many arrogant hot heads who think shouting loudly proves the right. But on the other hand Irish republicans and Unionists have taken terrorist actions for years. Scots in Glasgow with Irish ancestry fight each other to this day. It doesn't happen in Wales or England..... PS, Both the Scottish and Irish trouble makers offered to help old Adolf Hitler...... something they try to hide when they can. so Hamas/Palestinian, Irish/Sien Fain/Ira and others are all on the side of terror.....
😂😂😂 dumb. Israel wanted to save Lebanon by itself, and UN didn't allow. Now, look what Lebanon looks like. And those lovelies in Lebanon, so called Palestinians refugees first got expelled from Kuwait, well, because they supported Saddam's invasion of Kuwaut, and then exiled in Jordan, where Jordanian king killed 15.000 in a year, they created state within the state and tried to kill him, and they were expelled and ended in Lebanon, drstroying the country.
if you know anything about Ireland's history, then you'll know well enough our culture, language, traditions and way of life were almost totally wiped out, Palestine deserves to co-exist peacefully with the rest of the world.
Palestine doesn't really have any of these, they have arabic traditions and way of life they're not really like ireland in that regard where they've got thousands of years of history. The levant has been in constant flux since before the Egyptians. No hate just being objective, they still deserve to have hope and decency ofc.
Irish and Palestinians have very different mindsets. The Palestinian will kill everything just to be proven right. I think Irish value they lives of their own children.
@@Jay-vt1mwthey deserve nothing. If you support and shelter terrorists that commit unspeakable atrocities you deserve nothing. Do not try to rationalize or sympathize with people praising Hitler for trying to exterminate the Jews.
Yitzhak Herzog was more than Chief Rabbi. He was firstly, Irish and a fluent Gaelic speaker commonly known as the Sinn Fein Rabbi. Cgaim Herzog, the current Israeli President's father was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin.
Yep - there you have the reason for the republican position in a nutshell 'we were oppressed'.....poor little persecuted IRA, and they never hurt anyone!
@occamraiser Which IRA? Was it the IRA that fought the British army that shot up a stadium full of innocent people? The ones who fought the black and tans when they came over and burnt Cork City to ground? Was it that IRA and that persecution you're talking about? Or was it the IRA of the North, who's campaign is a direct result from the two tier society unionists setup and the British government allowed and was only put a stop to once the violence was broadcast around the world.. was it that persecution you're referring to? Or was it the RIRA who nobody's fucking wants. Poor Britain got attacked by the mighty IRA... give me a fucking break won't you. You made the rod to beat your own back, just like Isreal did.
There's no equivalent here, Israel has a long historical footprint in the land of Israel or British Palestine. And the real occupiers are the Arabs who occupied Israel -syria -lebanon. 90% of the Arabs in Israel before 1948 were in fact an arab settlers from Saudi Arabia -Egypt -Syria Lebanon and more. The notion that the Arabs are the natives is complete nonsense. This can be backed by many Gazans and Palestinians from Judea and Samaria (West bank) have Egyptian Syrian names
@@hdibenshushan6025 lol jews aren't native you should read the bible, they took it from someone else. but god gave it to them says the jew, but they also say he took it away from them.
Another reason for early solidarity between Ireland and the Jewish people in Palestine is that many of the tactics, and the personnel, that the British used to persecute the population in Mandatory Palestine had been used in Ireland before - Lt Gen Henry Tudor came from Ireland to Palestine with many former members of Royal Irish Constabulary, the Irish Auxiliaries and the Black and Tans bringing brutality with them
@@ralphz1238It was Jews that crucified him you know.. Holocaust Survivor Doctor Gabor Maté: "Take the worst thing you can say about Hamas, multiply it by 1,000 times and it will still not meet the Israeli repression and killing and dispossession of Palestinians"
What JEWISH in palestine, THERE ARE NO JEWS IN PALESTINE, AND THERE'S NO CHRISTIANS TOO, get the facts straight. HAMAS came out the other day and said IF THEY GET THEIR OWN STATE THERE WILL BE NO JEWS ALLOWED OR CHIRISTIANS OR KAFFIRS, ( you). They will continue to attack Israel till they achieve their goals, the annihilation of the Jewish State of Israel and then to kill all Jews worldwide. SO, should they ever achieve that goal the Christians are next followed by all other religions. They are SUPREMACISTS WHO WANT WORLD DOMINATION OF ISLAM.
Worth saying opinion polls show an overwhelming majority of people in the Republic of Ireland think Hamas should be designated as a terrorist organization we are just concerned over human rights full stop .
Hamas are jihadis pieces of s*** who don't give a f*** about Palestinians... Israeli zealots in the west bank are pieces of s*** that don't give a f*** about israelis... there are millions of people just wanting to live in their home in peace... that is being denied to them by the Israeli government and Hamas... the difference is one is a state backed up by a superpower(US)... the other is a group backed up by a state (Iran)
It didn't just suit him and the likud party, they openly admit it. The media just doesn't TALK about it. Its the american model, its better to support 'fanatic' separatist forces in your region in order to keep moderate sensible ones at bay. As we saw after 911, an angry population is easy to control. From footage I've seen from even RIGHT wing media in Israel, his mistake was thinking Israelis don't know as much about the world as americans. Who basically had the media shouting "go bomb wherever, we're behind you".
Did you notice anything about the map he’s using? It doesn’t show the Suez Canal. . . a major transportation thoroughfare to Europe and the rest of the world . . . for SHIPPING FOSSIL FUEL!!!!! The SUEZ CANAL is SMACK-DAB in the center of what’s going on right now. Apparently, the Israel FORCES are backed by Western forces in order to keep control over the surrounding countries to PROTECT the TRANSPORTATION of FOSSIL FUEL. It’s ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS about money and power and NEVER ABOUT PEOPLE. . . to the 1%, ordinary everyday people are “a dime a dozen.” Our lives or deaths are of no consequence - to them we’re easily replaceable. It’s another episode of Squid Game!
@@henrybn14ar I have no idea what Hamas thought they were going to achieve, so I can't answer that. I have my doubts Hamas measure these things by my standards, or yours. They don't seem to care much about ordinary Palestinians, but if they are a death cult then their strategy had far from backfired - it's gone very well for them, regrettably. But sure, let's request a video about what Hamas was thinking. No problem.
Ireland knows pretty well how it feels like to be the victim of an oppressive colonial regime, that's why Ireland is so staunchly devoted to the Palestinian cause
The shared experience of being conquered, colonized, and utterly brutalized, by a foreign master. From induced famines, to exclusion laws that bar natives from owning land. From religious persecution, to forced expulsions.
How can you conquer, colonise and steal a country that never existed. Palestine was just the name of a region Situated in the Southern Levant. Before the state of Israel, there was mandatory Palestine and before that the land was ruled for 400 years by three Ottoman Empire.
@@roy9386 Germany didn't exist as a country until the the late 1800's America existed before Germany existed as a nation. To say that Germany didn't exist before that time is absolutely quackery cause there were plenty of Germanic peoples there as well as city states it was simply called Prussia and not Germany. The Romans tried to invade these lands and they found it full of Germanic people who didn't take kindly to being invaded by the Romans and they fought them tooth and nail just like the Celts did in what is now Ireland, or the highlanders which became Scotland and the Britons which became the British and the Franks which became France they were there and had been for very very long times.
I'm so proud of the land of my ancestors for understanding, identifying with, and speaking out in solidarity with other oppressed and indigenous communities! Ireland and Native American nations have a history of solidarity and supporting each other, as well. Also, Irish Americans fought alongside Mexicans in St. Patrick's Battalion. I love Ireland and I hope to visit one day. 💚
the only oppression existing is the hamas oppressing palestinians, jews literally decolonized Israel, wen't to their homeland after years of being oppressed, you're an antisemitic idiot who won't bother to open a page on wikipedia
I'm Irish, I've served my country. I do Not support terrorism whatsoever. People Need to Stop killing each other. Mostly poor people suffer in these situations.
I can also see how the Irish could also be less likely to automatically assume those labled "terrorists" to inherently be unjustified. There were also institutional associations between the IRA and PLO in the 70s-80s which could promote an inclination to lean towards Palestine. I am not saying the struggles are morially equivalent, just that having worn the "terrorist" lable it is likely easy to think a humanitarian response is better.
@@ivywoodxrecordsireland is still not entirely decolonized. Most only gained independence 100 years ago, an anti colonialist an sectarian violence only ended in ireland in the late 80s what are you on
With regard to Ireland, to use the phrase “…having worn the terrorist label…”, is not an accurate way to describe the way things were. It is very much more accurate to say “…having had the terrorist label unjustly placed upon them by a brutal colonial occupier…”.
People who have experienced oppression and resisted against imperialism understand the Palestinian struggle. Those who haven't, can't fathom why these people can't just submit to their oppressors and accept their status as subhuman.
@@maxdavis7722 As of now it's not even a state anymore. And yes, they've stood against imperialist forces that took their country by resisting for 75 years.
@@Astroman1958 Ireland was colonized by the British, exploited for labour and settled by protestants. Have you heard of the Irish plantations? Do you know anything about why northern Ireland exists?
@@Astroman1958 No, Ireland wasn't a part of Britain, which is a seperate island in the first place. Also pretty sure Wales did not consent to joining the UK. They were just forced into it.
@@Astroman1958 Celts migrating to Ireland thousands of years ago has nothing to do with the English and later British government forcibly settling people from great Britain onto Irish land and displacing Irish people, as well as exploiting Ireland for agricultural and other labor many hundreds of years later. Colonialism in this context involves explicit intent to exploit or settle land at the expense of the native people, which is true of Ireland's history after English/British conquest. Both Irish and Palestinian people have the lived/intergenerational experience of colonialism. It's hardly surprising that they have sympathy for each other's struggles. Seeing as you disregarded/ignored both my questions which are very explicit evidence of British colonialism in Ireland and instead tried to pull a gotcha by misunderstanding/twisting the most basic definition of a colonial relation, I dont feel I owe you any further response beyond this. Have a nice rest of your day.
I,m Irish, we had a huge problem gaining our independence from Britain and did so in 1921 , we had to use similar tactics to Hamas with the IRA , the British would always retaliate but in proportion ,Irish people have sympathy with Palestine cos their land was taken like ours and want independence, if the IRA did something the British would retaliate but not bomb the whole place cos most people were not IRA, isreals retaliation we think is disproportionate, we do not support Hamas or their activities in Ireland but just want fairness in that region to prevail. GOD bless the innocent people suffering on both sides of this and pray it ends soon.
The British would retaliate in proportion? Really? You might want to go revise our history then. The Brits ALWAYS escalated things. When Michael Collins and the IRA took out the Cairo gang in 1920 was the British response proportionate? No, they went to Croke Park and fired on civilians. Were the Black and Tans proportionate? Hell no. They kept escalating things even during the troubles with another Bloody sunday and ballymurphy massacre and many more like it. Not to mention all the collusion and covering for their own which is still going on today with them pushing through legislation to prevent their soldiers having to see the inside of a court room for the crimes they committed during the troubles.
Im Irish and have little time for any terrorist groups I will say that the tactics of the two are nothing alike. If the IRA had pulled a stunt like what Hamas just did (killing 1500 innocent civilians) they would have lost all support from regular people here.
@@clearz3600pretty sure more than 1500 people died in the Troubles. What you're missing is the scale of the population. Israel and palestine have bigger populations than NI so the casualties are higher. Hamas is worse than the IRA in some ways but their demands are actually more moderate than what the IRA usually had in mind, Hamas has repeatedly stated they'll accept a 2 state solution with 1967 (or was it 1968, can't quite remember) borders, and the Israeli government has refused. There would be a less reactionary organisation in power called the PLO but the Israeli government literally funded Hamas to get rid of them. Bearing in mind that all nonviolent protest by Palestinians has also been met with lethal violence by the IDF what exactly do you expect Palestinians to do? They're kind of backed into a corner facing a genocidal war machine here. Though I can respect your broad opposition to attacks on civilians, I agree that is bad, I am not sure it is appropriate to say violence is unacceptable in these circumstances.
Ironically that’s how Israel was able to gain their independence from Great Britain, by forming several terrorists groups like the Irgun and they used very similar terrorists tactics, like the IRA, against both Great Britain and the Palestinians back then. With the British military being incredibly weakened after WWII, they weren’t able to fight against Jewish resistance and ultimately gave in to Israeli independence, the same year India gained their independence from Great Britain as well.
@davy209. I think the bombing of the King David Hotel probably finished the Brits. They were pro Arab, always. We didn’t have any oil, Arabs did. The Brits blockaded the coast and prevented or tried to prevent DPs from getting to BMP. The Yishuv was trying to get people to BMP and the Arabs demanded the Brits stop it. Even when they finally left, the Brits turned over their army bases and police stations to the Arab Legion.
I think if anybody has to ask this question they REALLY don't know irish history. In fact its likely MOST countries fall down on imperial aspirations, non imperial lines. Spain has been fighting separation forces in the basque region, no surprise their position.
@@erik3371 But the topic of this video was the connection between Ireland and Palestine. Surely the context of Ireland's history is relevant and should have been included in it...?
Wondering if you will be making a video about the Congo? With 7 million people being displaced, it feels worth reporting about seeing I have not seen much about it on main stream media.
@@kentak5748 With how many brown people there are in Europe that are currently ethnically replacing us, you'd almost think it is if you walked around in London or Paris.
Scotland is also a big supporters of the Palestinian People and if you look at the amount of people who turned out for the pro Palestinian march in London 300,000 said the police (800,000) then that will tell you a lot about which side is supported the most in the Uk. (the reason Braverman lost her job ) Just because the UKs political parties are in Israels pocket the people are not.
As a Brazilian 🇧🇷... I Respect Irish people and Support Palestine. We Ex-Colonies should always support the FREEDOM from the imperialists and oppressors.
@stephenspence1192 the natives would have formed their own countries with their own languages obviously, there was already the inca and aztec empires, are you stupid?
I loved Ireland right up till they disrespected the haka at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. Now I hate them. But I respect their stance on this matter.
@@JaemanEdwardsnew Zealand press were dragging Ireland for weeks, and showed no sportsmanship on the pitch, one player telling Sexton "enjoy your retirement" after the game was over. Before the fans sang over the Hakka I lost a lot of respect for new Zealand. The way their fans talk online and way their press acted as well as their payers was beneath Ireland to be frank. However, it's a game of rugby, not particularly important on the grand scheme of things, and certainly not as important at 10s of thousands being butchered in Palestine. Perhaps some perspective is needed
@@tiernan2023You are very right! Irish and Israelis have so much in common historically and it has always confused me how the other narrative was pushed so successfully on the Irish people. Pali and Irish have little in common in actuality.
The polititions in this country mistakenly think they speak for the whole population much the same way the church does. There are those of us who can think for ourselves
Here in NI you can see many Palestinian Flags. Strange how Israel and the UK initially supported Hamas to counter the Plo and Fatah just as NATO and the US supported and nurtured the Mujahideen (Taliban and Al Qaeda) to counter the Soviets. Rinse and Repeat. Thanks for the excellent Video.
Colonial powers need their puppets ! Israel is essentially a useful idiot to the ISA. It stockpiles it's arsenal of weapons in the middle of the oil producing region just in case one of those oil nations decides to ask for gold in return for it's oil. All they are getting presently are a few digits typed out on a keyboard in the Federal Reserve in the USA. Gold would be much more useful, especially in time of war or an economic crash.
When the Irish were starving to death in the Famine, the Native Americans sent us money and the Turks sent us food. We will never forget your kindness from afar !
Who is irish ? Irish is brave hearts humanity, humble , honest , i salute father of freedom micheal collins , irish is beautiful people and country ilove you so much irish people
I knew about the Irish support for Palestinian cause and thank you explaining the history of the relations between Republic Of Ireland and State Of Israel.
In my opinion, to be historically accurate, Ireland is closer to Israel because just like Rome conquered Israel, Britain conquered Ireland, and just as Israel rebelled from Roman rule multiple times, Ireland rebelled from British rule multiple times. Also, just as Jews were forced into a diaspora, Britain enslaved many Irish rebels and hobos. Britain despised Irish because of their faith, just like Romans did Jews. In another parallel, Ireland was really home to the first Protestant preacher, Patrick, just as Israel was home to Jesus, but that’s very very different.
Well...from what I understand both are fond of blowing up buses with civilians rather than fight with honor against soldiers so they have that in common
I'm from Ireland but I don't really back any violence. If people are doing horrific and disgusting things on both sides, such as killing civilians, or committing acts of terrorism, or killing in inhumane and disgusting ways, then I support no one. If someone is being oppressed, I support fighting for freedom. If someone tries to rule you and take away your rights, by all means, rebel against the oppressors. Stand up for your rights. But unfortunately, humans tend to do very disgusting things in war that I just cannot support, no matter the cause. I support freedom, justice, fairness, and peace... not evil. I'm never going to look at any one nationality, ethnicity, or religious group as if they were all enemies ("all Germans are bad", "Russians are evil", "kill the Chinese", etc). No matter what, they're all still human, no matter where they're from or what they believe. I hate how easily people forget that other groups of humans are still humans.
"If someone is being oppressed, I support fighting for freedom." this directly contradicts what you said earlier: " I don't really back any violence" so how exactly are you going to fight your oppressors if not with violence? palestine has been brutally occupied by the jews for over 75 years. what do you propose they do? bend over and take it? or defend themselves with violence against the na-zis occupying their lands? would you have been against the french resistance because they were exercising extreme violence against german citizens? would you be against nelson mandela because he was committing acts of terrorism?
Because they know what it is to be promised your own land and fked over. They know partition does, and they know what it's like to be dehumanised, viewed as lesser, as animals. As having no right to determine their own future, to be dictated to by another nation, one that hates them. They know what it's like to lose land, they can sympathise with that because it's still very much engraved into the public consciousness and after hundreds of years, still is part of the Irish mentality when it comes to land. They know what it's like to be persecuted because of their religion, refused work and basic rights. More importantly, they know what it's like for the world to turn a blind eye and leave you to fight on your own. That's why Ireland supports Palestinians. They know what it's like to be kicked into the dirt and hated for trying to stand up and fight back.
Promised their own land? Palestinians have rejected land offers on multiple occasions, including in 2008 when they were offered everything they were asking, all of Judea and Samaria and East Jerusalem, as their capital, and they still turned it down. Because it’s not about land. It’s about annihilating the Jews, and taking over everything. It’s mind-boggling to me that people still don’t understand this.
They're in a unique position to know how such power dynamics work. I believe if the US founding fathers were here today, they'd also have an interesting opinion about this.
@@donalkinsella4380 Who do you think supplied the IRA with weapons? By the way, who also extended markets to Ireland to enable your miraculous economic recovery?
This is why INDONESIA 🇮🇩 love IRELAND and respect IRISH as tough people. We Indonesia self-proclaimed our independence in 1945. UN only recognized in 1949, given 1st batch countries recognition (incl. Palestine) and Indonesia-Dutch Roundtable Conference resolution. Palestine was acknowledged by UN as de-facto country in 1948 together with Israel indendence. So in 1949 Palestine did exist. Finally this year 2023 the Dutch offically acknowledged our self proclaimed in 1945, so UN changed the official date 1949 to 1945. Similar to Irish fight for real freedom over hundred years and refused tto be Queen's slaves under commenwealth. Dignity is part of Independence. THOSE WHO HAVE FAKE INDEPENDENCE UNDER COMMENWEALTH BECOME QUEEN'S SLAVES, WITHOUT FIGHTING BY BLOODS & SOULS TO DEATH, CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW SACRED IS A FREEDOM.
@@danielcaldwell1110 Yeah, most likely because he regretted the Oslo Accords and wanted to go back on them, his death the causing the country to lurch to the left for a decade.
@@danielcaldwell1110 I dont think you understand the meaning of the word "state". One nutjob with zero formal ties to a government isnt a state. Compare him to Hamas who are overwhelmingly in control of Palestine and see widespread support from the population based off the last election for an example of a state.
alot of early zionists took inspiration from Ireland in their quest for a state, wasn't until later the mood changed and Israel became a western toadie and they started seeing them like the huns
TLDR presenters pronounce everything phonetically to the point you can assume they do it to offend or cause comments for engagement on videos, correcting pronunciations will do nothing here.
If they started by learning how to pronounce Ireland that would be a great start. They did mention getting more people on board to check their content, it's a shame they don't have someone Irish to check with given how often they talk about Ireland
As an Irish person I commend this video. Thank you for making it. As others have said in the comments, our concern over what's happening in Gaza etc isn't just the awful humanitarian crisis, but the consequences for the future. Israel is making orphans and victims in its campaign of righteous vengeance, and these victims will be unfortunately prime candidates for future recruitment into more anti-Israeli organisations. The cycle of violence was broken in Ireland by brave peacemakers who acknowledged that one day, the two communities would have to find a way to live side by side. If Israel does not find a way to do the same, to have the courage to forgive and to trust, then the cycle of violence will never end. This is what we in Ireland hope for. We are not anti-Israel per se, but we are anti violence, and want to see a world where Israelis and Palestinians can work together for a common good. The current situation leaves no possibility for this outcome, and is unsustainable. Zack from Wicklow.
That is because there was a mutual recognition of the human barbarism that could be avoided. Better decisions produced better outcomes. Hamas is different. They do not want Peace and USE CIVILIANS UNLIKE THE IRISH NEVER DID except for the pub bombings. Hamas are under hospital and prevent their human shield from leaving. At least the Irish went down fighting like patriots and not hiding behind women and children.
@@NoKingFreeRadical"except for the pub bombings" written in lower case kinda disproves your own point. Not to mention how the war of independence invented the currenr form of guerrilla warfare and the ability of the columns to disappear into crowds of innocents made the Brits so frustrated that they began killing indiscriminately. When someone takes a human shield or hides behind an innocent, they do it because they think "god, itd take a sick, inhuman person to shoot at me now because they wouldn't want to risk hitting the hostage." The Brits, as we saw at Croke Park a century ago, and Irael today seem to ignore that part with their indiscriminant bombings of protected infrastructure and vehicles based on information that Hamas may be inside and proves that they dont care about the innocent collateral damage. Our independence was hard fought, but it is full of shame. We dont even have a proper day of independence like the Yanks have July 4th because our independence was followed by a horrific and painful civil war. Men strapped to landmines and then blown up and soldiers executed after interrogation. The murder of countless RIC men. The date we celebrate the most is the Easter Rising because, guess what, we had martyrs who's deaths fueled the years to follow. And Hamas now has martyrs. And the only reason they do is because one of the most endorsed militaries in the world thinks the deaths of tens of thousands and the displacement of millions is reasonable retaliation for the brutal murder and abduction of far less. We're only free because the Brits executed Connolly in a chair, dragged Plunkett out after hus marriage and shelled Dublin wirh a gunboat. Imagine what would have happened if theyd just been left to rot in Kilmainham. Or if theyd bedn tried fairly with the full force of public opinion coming down on them. We'd still be part of the UK. Israel has all the cards here. They can keep fuel the fire thats been growing for 75 years and that spat at them on october 7th, or they can take the humanitarian, moral high ground against so called "arab dogs and animals" and not lose the war of publuc opinion.
Irish people are not against violence, Irish people are against Israel. You have been brainwashed by left wing propaganda of self-hatred. Ireland went from being the most Europe's most Catholic country into a wokest one within less than a decade. Everything that is not European, white, Irish and Christian is being worshipped and celebrated in Ireland, including Palestinian terrorlsts.
@@blakeysbobbyslexiamazingjo4505 Oh yes i agree, im just stating that this didnt begin on October 7th but since Isnotreal stole the land decades ago, a lot of people have the notion that Hamas just spawned in and started this war by launching a surprise attack which is FAR from reality
The experiences of Irish peacekeepers in the Middle East has had a massive influence on public opinion. Ireland is a small country and a lot of people either directly know someone in the army or know of someone in it. Irish peacekeepers have been stationed in Lebanon since 1978, and Golan Heights for about the last15 years (on and off). It's very hard for the Israeli government to sell its "we're the victims" propaganda to Irish people, when we have family or neighbours who have given us 40+ years’ worth of first-hand accounts of exactly how the Israeli government and the IDF actually treats its neighbours.
Inagine making a video like this and absolutely failing to mention the 800+ years of colonial rule by the British. All my English friends always tell me they are not thought their history in school and now i know why!
There's a reason why even their neighoring countries don't want them. Read what PLO and Palestinian refugees did to Jordan and Lebanon (the majority Christian country at the time). They took flight passengers as hostage, caused civil wars, killed Jordan's prime minister, and left Lebanon like ruins.
We also don't like genocide. England did that here, with Cromwell killing around 40% of the population. They tried again and again after that. The talks only came about after the IRA started killing innocent civilians in England.
There are whole irish communities in england so they also killed their own people and it was not the English everyday people that caused trouble in Ireland because they were living in poverty in England themselves. notice one thing the ordinary people get blamed and hurt but they never once blew a hole in the government who caused it.
@@Lady.B.ellinor4971 correct very good. It was the monarchy the government and the people that came over to kill Irish, and the people that support that genocide. Hope that clarifies things.
Because we don’t stand for oppression, colonialism, apartheid & ultimately genocide. It happened here in Ireland for 800+ years. A lot longer than what’s happening in Palestine & Israel at the moment.
Any Irish I speak to support innocent people, not any particular nation or group. I live in Ireland and I myself am Irish. Every single person I've spoken with supports the innocent...that's it! I'm sure some blindly support Palestine and some Israel, but that's a minority who support one side blindly from my experience.
other than babies, there's no such thing as an "innocent person". so you basically support nobody. do you support the right of palestine to defend itself from the na-zis who have been occupying their lands for over 75 years?
@@TheDemigreg Gaelic people attempted settlements in Cornwall, Wales and Scotland then had the audacity to cry when settlements in Northern Ireland were established.
The title of your video describes Ireland as "Pro-Palestine" but it seems the entire focus of the video is to demonstrate the ailing relations between Ireland and Israel. Your video seems to imply that Ireland's support of Palestinian people is to spite Israel? The video title is misleading considering the specific content addressed in the video. A better title would be "Why Ireland doesn't support Israel as the rest of the West does"
The message is very clear: Ireland supports an oppressed people. It just comes naturally that you need to oppose the oppressor to do so. The "ailing relations between Ireland and Israel" are due to Israel becoming an apartheid state and Ireland being staunchly anti-apartheid.
@@DrZaius3141 And Hamas attacks Israel over and over again because its motto is to destroy Israel, ALL OF IT. Nothing to do with the oppression of the Palestinians, nothing to do with defending their own territories, NOTHING.
agree the title's misleading but so is your proposed replacement as it's absurd to say the "rest of the west" support israel, ffs have you missed the *global* protests in support of palestine?! the *multitude* calling out israel's war crimes?! catch yerself on 🙄
The Irish view on this is strange becasue in that conflict the Palestinians are descended from planters brought in by the Ottoman empire in the late 1800s from places like Algeria and Morocco, so they would be more analagous to Protestants than Catholic Irish. You can not lay an internet cable in that country without unearthing some ancient Jewish artefact, the country simply IS the ancestral homeland of the Jews.
You Zionists should change this part of your hasbarist hadnbook, since literally nobody believe this crap anymore outside some evangelical yankee cult or your religious Jewish Orthodox schools. Your colonisers in Palestinian land.
About 15 years ago I went to northern Ireland for a week, and drove around everywhere, stayed at different places. I was confused at one point because there were small inland towns/villages that had many Israeli flags hanging from windows and lamp posts etc.
The Israeli flags are still flying. They are there to support the Jews who are descended from Abraham who was born in what is now the West Bank 3600 years ago. They are supporting the indigenous people of the area from colonists who moved in from Arabia 2000 years later.
@@mrfish2064 the jews are not indigenous there, the canaanites were there before them. and the arabs did not move in, the people living there were simply arabized, ie they adopted arab language culture and religion. and also, abraham is not a historical figure, bible thumper.
it's not an occupation if the people accept it and up the North they accept it. Why wouldn't they, they have a much better quality of life, everything is cheaper and more variety.
Let's also not forget when Israeli mossad agents used forged Irish passports to assassinate a Hamas leader in Dubai in 2010, afterwards the Israeli foreign minister said he could not guarantee something like that wouldn't happen again. Fianna fail is pronounced more like "fee-ya-na fawl" as well ;)
One thing I wanted to correct. You mentioned Celtic Football matches and I agree, they've always been Pro-Palestine, for years in fact! However you pronounced it wrong, Celtic FC is pronounced 'Sell-Tick' not 'Kel-Tick' it's an easy mistake to make though :)
Is it, a tiny bit of research would have told him how to pronounce it. Obviously no research and that makes me doubt all the other 'facts' in this video.
So, the PEOPLE from the region were KELTIC (spelled Celtic)......the only time I've ever heard Celtic pronounced the incorrect SELTIC, is with the Boston NBA team....why would a soccer team from that region pronounce it incorrectly? If it was the southern US, I'd understand because they aren't really fluent in actual English, but......
@hughjaanus6680but he's on about celtic the Scottish football club, pronounced "Sell-tic" which is even weirder. The Irish ancestors were indeed "Celts" pronounced "Kelts" PS... no!!! to the sinners in government. Guaranteed disaster. They definitely won't get my vote. The youth will be idiots voting them in.
Do you (Brits) think we fought British rule for centuries for the laugh of it or something? When people fight, they fight for a good reason and when a nation fights it's because something was taken away from them! After the Norman/Anglo Invasion of Ireland in the 1100s, we then had Planters arrive as per The Plantations in 16th- and 17th-century which involved the confiscation of Irish-owned land by the English Crown and the colonisation of land with settlers from Britain. We fought back: 1. The two Desmond Rebellions took place in 1569-1573 and 1579-1583 to *fight against the threat of the extension of the English government* over the province. 2. The successful Battle of Clontibret was *fought against the British* in County Monaghan in 1595. 3. The successful Battle of the Yellow Ford was *fought against the British* in County Armagh in 1598. 4. The Nine Years' War, sometimes called Tyrone's Rebellion took place in Ireland from 1593 to 1603. It was fought between an Irish alliance to *fight against English rule in Ireland.* 5. The Rebellion of 1641 took place when Irish Catholics were being threatened by expansion of the anti-Catholic English Parliament and Scottish Planters and they *rebelled against English and Protestant domination.* 6. The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a major uprising *against British rule in Ireland.* (The Society of United Irishmen was led primarily by liberal Protestants). The Irish wanted an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and to roll back the Plantations of Ireland. 7. The Irish rebellion of 1803 was launched by Irish republicans *against British rule in Ireland* 8. The Young Irelander Rebellion was an Irish nationalist uprising led by the Young Ireland movement, part of the wider Revolutions of 1848. 9. The Fenian Rising of 1867 was a rebellion *against British rule in Ireland*, organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. 10. The Easter Rising of 1916 was piloted by Irish republicans *against British rule in Ireland* with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic. 11. The civil rights movement in the early 1960s challenged the inequality and discrimination against ethnic Irish Catholics that was perpetrated by the Ulster Protestant community. 12. Derry activists' marched on the 5 October 1968 in Derry, but were attacked by the RUC and loyalists. THAT IS A SNAPSHOT OF HOW WE HAVE FOUGHT AND RESISTED BOTH BRITISH RULE AND DISCRIMINATION BY THE UNIONIST COMMUNITY.
@@edwardkenworthy7013 literally the most untrue thing I've heard. All Celts derive from areas of France originally. Modern day Scots are more related to the English than the Irish
As an Irish man, You can't in 2023 just take over a country because you feel like it. This isn't the 1600's. It happened to us for 1000's of years and is still happening with England thinking they own part of Ulster. Fighting an invader, doesn't make you a terrorist.
it's more to do with sheiks oil monadey in their media and parties...nothing else really. ireland is practically a 'tax haven'....and by that has huge deposition of oil money.
As being someone of Irish ancestry I am sensitive to seeing abuse. I can see a strong parallel between the suffering of Ireland under British rule and the Palestine under Israeli rule.
I have immense respect for the Irish for standing firmly on their moral principles of independence and equal rights for everyone. They firmly supported Israel’s statehood back then but never hesitated to criticize Israel for denying those same rights to the Palestinians in present time. Even though the Irish government is slow to condemn other countries war crimes, we can always rely on the Irish citizens to take to the streets and protest for human rights for everyone and condemn countries like Israel, Russia, and Saudi Arabia for their war crimes!
Yep. The North of Ireland, the USA, India/Pakistan, etc. Divide the nation as you leave, so they don't focus on us. It's been a British tactic for decades.
If this is in reference to the idea of partitioning mandatory palestine and creating a jewish state, this was supported by a majority of countries at the time. It wasnt Britain that created fighting between Israelis and palestine.
The Scottish government also has a similar stance, but without the risk of souring international relations due to its status. They've likened Israel to Russia, and are the only major party in the UK to call for a ceasefire. Their position is also made clear by the first minister Humza Yousaf being muslim and having family in Palestine.
@@pitbing I don't think it's virtue-signalling if most other governments in the world at the time didn't hold the same opinion, especially if you consider the Scottish Government had the same opinion even before the 7th of October attack. If you want to accuse someone of virtue-signalling then look at the UK and US governments who have only recently started to decry Israel's actions but still aren't doing anything to stop it.
It does seem rather strange when Israeli governments respond to Irish stances. How can Ireland be antisemitic, when it is standing up for the rights of Palestinians, a Semitic people? How can Ireland be holding Israel to double standards, when these are the same standards it has always applied and continues to apply to governments, from Thatcher to Johnson to Putin? It seems that Ireland ends up being a unique case as a European state without any baggage of either colonialism or anti-Jewish discrimination, and a consistent history of taking principled stands for dialogue and compromise on issues of colonialism and inter-community conflict, so the usual bad-faith propaganda by far-right governments such as Britain's or Russia's or Israel's bounce off, leaving them confused how to attack.
“To Ireland or the desert” sounds a lot like “to hell or to Connaught” said by Oliver Cromwell who killed 40% of the Irish population
What a mad lad
@@morgandavies7083wanker
But true. @@morgandavies7083
It's also what the Ottoman Turks said to the Armenians before that genocide - "They can live in the desert, and nowhere else."
True
Small thing you left out, Ireland's history.
Small thing ! it is pronounced "Seltic" not "Keltic" but spelled as Celtic. And for the record, Celtic fans in the North Curve where the Celtic Ultra's group known as the Green Brigade congregate, have flown a giant Palestinian flag for nearly a decade. Long before any band of terrorists attacked israel. Most older fans like myself "seventy" have supported the Palestinian cause for over twenty years.
@@jimreilly6933the football team is pronounced seltic, the actual world is pronounced keltic
@youtubemustdiefunny enough though there are twice as many millionaires per head of capita in Ireland than there is in the UK.
So not really failures.
@youtubemustdieyou realise we’re one of the richest countries in the world per capita? Drastically higher than the ones we “lost” to?
@@patkeohane5005 Are you gonna pretend the situation in ireland is benefiting the irish people lol? Its like a banana republic tax haven for businesses lmao
britain seems to have quite a track record of choosing the worst of all possible solutions.
Yeah, should of never of let America gain Independence. That was a bigger disaster than Michael Masi.
Political instability everywhere else, is profits for the English
Britain thrives on political instability for centuries, major reason why they dominate Europe and the World for quite some time
Britain choose the best outcome by deciding a two-state solution back in 1930s with the Peel Commission and a UN backed partition plan 1947. The Jews were happy with this but the Arabs were not and tried to destroy Israel; the failed miserably and they've been sore losers ever since.
@@kevinh4869 It does, but not as much when you're the mother losing her children for it.
It is worth mentioning that the comment "to Ireland or to the desert" is chillingly similar to Oliver Cromwells "to hell or to Connaught" that embodies the final and successful effort of England's almost 500 year campaign to colonise Ireland, proving that without a doubt that indigenous peoples are being brutally colonised
Cromwell really had a crazy streak to be sure. We don't get many views of him, only one side or the other. Republican or zealot. Anyway try not to turn that into antisemitism, please.
@@Joeyknows924 Most probably Ireland wants people across the world to know that there is a country called Iceland.
How was it a 500 year campaign? There was about 3 big invasions that happened over a couple years and were all very successful.
It was 700 years of oppression actually.. open a history book. Oh wait, the English education system leaves out that part, doesn’t it… I wonder why
@@maxdavis7722 “Very successful,” they were of course successful, however there were some quite close calls. With even slightly better leadership the Royalists could have slaughtered Cromwell’s army in Ireland. In the long run, some form of democracy won.
For anyone that knows Ireland's history, their support for Palestine is understandable.
Yeah I know irish history but no i don't understand
@@P4293because Palestine is the victim. Their lands were taken and villages ethnically cleansed. Very similar.
you're stupid then LMAO@@P4293
@@Superfoodcookie Both aren't the Victim if you look at the History of that Area.
Similar? Israelis were ethnically cleansed from Europe and the Arabic World so they came home to Israel. Where were the British ethnically cleansed from when they occupied Northern Ireland? @@Superfoodcookie
Ireland sees itself as a former colony of the UK. The plantations, the penal laws and the famine are three central events in Irish history which underline this. The toubles in Northern Ireland ensured that these themes are not forgotten.
It is perhaps one of very few european countries which would place itself in the colonised rather than coloniser category.
Irish people therefore identify with the colonised and can easily draw parallels with Palestinians.
Now we are a colony of the branch of the globalist beast called the EU, what's changed?
Irish don't follow a rapist pedofile. Sadly they seem ignorant of the ideology of the "poor" Palestinians. The free Palestine bs is just propaganda and something for the IRA to support in place of the troubles
@@TheSubpremeStateTrue, they followed several hundred pedos instead
No we don't..we don't really care about some religious war in some desert.
How are Palestinians "colonialised"?
It's the struggle of land being divided within the country and it's shared history, this is also seen in Ireland with partition of our island creating Ireland and Northern Ireland. Many Irish Nationalists particularly those who also Support Sinn Féin also support the Palestinian cause.
They don't talk much about Occupied Tibet or Taiwan's Independence though.
@@nntflow7058No Jews are involved.
@@nntflow7058 They don't talk about Tibet or Taiwan much because there's nothing they can do about it. China does not look to the West for support, so what opinions they held matters no at all to the mainland Chinese. Where as Israel seeks the West for all their support, which the West tends to give no matter how low Israel sunk.
@@biocapsule7311 Why must Israel be held to higher standards than the rest of the world? The IDF is one of the most careful armies in the world simply because of the controversial nature of Israel's existence which shouldn't be controversial at all.
@@biocapsule7311Well, the TLDR is Taiwan is unresolve civil war, and Tibet is unwilling participation in empire, so not exactly close to occupation.
And here's the historical context: Taiwan was already under Qing dynasty adminstrative control until Chinese lost the naval war and surrender it to Japan. Taiwan was returned to China after WWII, but the incumbant gov KMT was defeated by CCP and retreat to Taiwan. Native Taiwanese sadly lost their culture and population under colonial Japan and retreating KMT from mainland then caught in a huge conflict between Chinese and US. Now with majority of Taiwan people and culture being Han Chinese, the main focus is on the unresolved civil war. Dont forget Taiwan gov formally claim the entire mainland China as their territory.
Tibet had been on and off under Chinese administrative control since the Yuan Dynasty (aka Han Chinese got owned by Mongolian, so did Tibetan, European, Arab World), so an uncomfortable historic political situation, but not occupation either.
As an Irish person I don’t support any violence in a world controlled by the military industrial complex. That’s the problem here. All wars are supported by and or instigated for profit.
Absolutely
Islam always starts war- it is part of the religion to convert everyone.
Thanks for making this video.
Just one small correction. Mary-Lou Mcdonald has had the Palestinian flag on her twitter bio for years. It wasn't put up after October 7th.
She really supports Palestine
@@r-labs9357 : She needs to get a clue. Supporting thugs and terrorists who slaughter innocent people is NOT a smart move. *EDIT:* Well it seems my comment was too subtle for the ignorant to follow, so let me elaborate:
On October 7th, terrorist thugs from Gaza slaughtered 1,400 innocent unarmed Israeli civilians, who were peacefully enjoying a MUSIC FESTIVAL. Women were raped, and babies were murdered. 240 innocent people were taken hostage and are still being threatened with death. Bodies being recovered of the murdered are showing signs that many were tortured before being killed.
Did you know that the Hamas thugs FILMED THEMSELVES slaughtering innocent and unarmed Israeli civilians, including children and babies, on October 7? That's a new depth of DEPRAVITY. The IDF intercepted the footage from captured terrorists and showed it to news reporters, who were sickened and aghast.
I'm betting you didn't hear about that, because it doesn't fit the media's "poor Palestine" line of bullshit. Gullible people, as always, blame Israel for being forced to defend itself. The country has no other choice.
Please get a clue. It's way past time.
@@stevecarson4162 have you ever thought that thugs and terrorists were just the result of an Apartheid state
@@stevecarson4162, maybe you should get the clue that Palestine and Hamas aren't the same.
Hamas gives Palestine a bad name
As some other comments have pointed out, much of Irish support for Palestinians relates to our experience of “the troubles” in Northern Ireland from the 60’s to the early 2000’s. We understand that talking, even with terrorists, is the only way of resolving deep inter-nation hatred. The application of overwhelming force in such an unbalanced way never leads to lasting peace. Does Israel think that the 10 year old boy we saw on the news, traumatised and hysterical after dragging the decapitated body of a relative from the rubble will grow up to respect or live peacefully with Israel? No, he will most likely spend his life looking for revenge. They are storing up generations of trouble for themselves.
Oh wow, one ten-year-old boy and you're convinced? Did you know that the Hamas thugs FILMED THEMSELVES slaughtering more than a thousand innocent and unarmed Israeli civilians, including children and babies, on October 7? That's a new depth of DEPRAVITY. The IDF intercepted the footage from captured terrorists and showed it to news reporters, who were sickened and aghast.
I'm betting you didn't even hear about that, because it doesn't fit the media's "poor Palestine" line of bullshit. Anyone who thinks ISRAEL wouldn't or SHOULDN'T retaliate is a bloody fool.
The people of Gaza have been letting Hamas thugs and terrorists use them as human shields for decades, as they hid and fired missiles into Israel, hitting schools and hospitals. Now, if they're still being used as shields, they're going to get hurt. And whose fault is THAT?
Should have thought about that before wagings wars and failing wars 😂
Well said. And lots of hate brewing for the UK and USA as well.
@@angkhoa1216 They didn't start it; the British did with the Balfour declaration AFTER promising to support Arab independence.
As soon as I saw the video title, I thought of Ireland's history at the hands of the British. Appropriate, given that Palestine is also the fault of the British.
Left out the part that both Palestine and Ireland were victims of settler colonialism. Natural sympathy between a people being treated inhumane and foreign in your own homeland.
Mohammed set the example and it is his violent example and cult the invading Arabs in 634 forced on the then Christian/ Jewish peoples oc that region. The Gazans and West Bank refuse to cooperate with non Moslems. That is the problem. As Jordan was partitioned of as a Islamic monarchy let them go there. It is their intransigence and attrocities that are the problem. This is unacceptable.
The Israelis are not colonials you fool! Jews have lived on that land for over 3,000 years! Far longer than any Arabs have!
@user-pn2me2dz8k casually calls britain to start a war
The only settlers/colonizers in Israel are Arabs.
@user-pn2me2dz8k you probably have wet dreams with colonial atrocities
This plays out in Scotland too. On the football terraces youll see Rangers fans fly Israeli flags and Celtic fans fly Palestinian flags.
Odd, given the colonial history of Britain (of which Scotland is part). 🤔
Maybe I don't understand. Do they have different fan bases?
This is another example of CULTURE WARS where past conflicts are used by the ONE PERCENT (1%) to pit us against each other. . . while they are off making back door deals for who knows what.
But, do you notice anything about the map he’s using? It doesn’t show the Suez Canal. . . a major transport hub for ships to Europe and the rest of the world . . . for SHIPPING FOSSIL FUEL!!!!!
The SUEZ CANAL is SMACK-DAB in the center of what’s going on right now.
Apparently, the Israel FORCES are backed by Western forces in order to keep control over the surrounding countries to PROTECT the TRANSPORTATION of FOSSIL FUEL.
It’s ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS about money and power and NEVER ABOUT PEOPLE. . . to the 1%, ordinary everyday people are “a dime a dozen.”
Our lives or deaths are of no consequence - to them, we’re easily replaceable.
Just another episode of “Squid Game!”
The hard-core football fans in the UK and Ireland are pretty retarded so I can't say I'm all too surprised. I can't remember what they're called, they have a word for those fans
@@holckylondon yes, very differant
There aren’t really any “loyalists” in ROI. You might find the odd monarchist or two but the country has been independent long enough that anyone who still yearns for the rule of English kings can be laughed at. That republican/loyalist contrast is found in NI which doesn’t isn’t part of the EU anymore.
Also, a HUGE factor is Ireland’s experience with colonialism and insurgency/extremism.
Would any ethnic Irish person without English or Scottish ancestry actually be a monarchist? That seems completely bizarre for any self respecting Irish person to support the crown
@@Ditka-89I have never come across one in my life, and I am born and reared here. But I guess it's possible. Takes all sorts to make the world turn they say
@@Xerrand ya I guess we can’t categorically count it out. If you find one let us know 😂
Well dicka Wellington born in Dublin
@@willfelix-moore8278 Wellington was Anglo-Irish wasn’t he?
As an Irishman, who has lived in Israel, I find this video quite fair, and also, this comments section to be more respectful better informed than that of most other videos on this topic.
as they are all pro-palestine? is that why?
Steve you propose yourself as a man with knowledge of both countries. How does each countries history have anything todo with each other? Jews and Arabs have been living in the region for thousands of years when the name of the region was Judea, it was mostly jews. It was renamed Syria-Palestina by the Roman emperor Hadrian when he drove the jews from the land when they refused to accept Roman gods. That name has become Palestine through time. There was never a Palestinian state, the name was made up to stick the finger up to the jews. The jews rightful home is ISREAL. The Arabs (you can’t call them Palestinians because that is a meme name) rightful home is ISREAL. This is not colonialism, this is a historic state torn apart by religious sectarianism by the Arabs. People say the Israelis are like the English settlers in NI, this is completely incorrect, they were always there for thousands of years
@ciaranmccormack4434 They didn't come en masse until the late 1800's and early 1900's.
@@ciaranmccormack4434little woman, the Palestinians are genetically the descendants of the caaninites directly. Jews are not direct descendants of the caaninites. It’s laughable to look at Ashkenazi Jews and mezrahi Jews and go “yea, these are the same people”. Or “yea, these are definitely the same people who left 2000 years ago”.
if theyre so pro palestine let em take all of them into their country
It is interesting to note that at least two Israeli Prime Ministers, Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir, studied in their youth the successful Irish Republican struggle for national independence from the United Kingdom. Shamir actually named one of his son's "Michael" after the great IRA Freedom fighter, Michael Collins.
in 1970s, PLO and IRA trained together and learnt from each other.
Oh haha yeah was that in Libya??
@@JossyFoopthat would make sense because Ghaddafi gave millions worth of weapons to the IRA
The Irish Army are peacekeepers for the United Nations and have been stationed on the Lebanese/ Israel border for 30 years.
So might have a bit more insight into what is going on.
Also the Irish have been a major contributer of humanitarian aid to Gaza over the decades. ( As well as lots of other places in the world)
This would have a bearing on the Irish attitude towards that part of the world.
Israel has also killed Irish peacekeepers as well
also palestine's support of irish freedom fighters when england still colonised the entire island. bit surprised at tldr for this one - they didn't even pronounce the names right of a major political party or scottish football club
@@r_and_a No colonisation of Ireland for around 400 years, as soon as they became part of the united Kingdom they had every right and responsibility as every other British citizen.
Since they never had conscription you wonder why so many Irishmen fought i the British army in both the first and second world war.
They could and still can come and live, work and receive every benefit that a UK citizen gets.
Doesn't sound like colonisation to me.....
They even had an Irishman as prime minister of the UK, along with Welsh, Scottish and English.
There have also been referendums over the years and no group has voted to leave for 100 years... Britain must not be very good at colonisation it seems.
You listen to too many arrogant hot heads who think shouting loudly proves the right.
But on the other hand Irish republicans and Unionists have taken terrorist actions for years. Scots in Glasgow with Irish ancestry fight each other to this day.
It doesn't happen in Wales or England.....
PS, Both the Scottish and Irish trouble makers offered to help old Adolf Hitler...... something they try to hide when they can. so Hamas/Palestinian, Irish/Sien Fain/Ira and others are all on the side of terror.....
😂😂😂 dumb.
Israel wanted to save Lebanon by itself, and UN didn't allow. Now, look what Lebanon looks like.
And those lovelies in Lebanon, so called Palestinians refugees first got expelled from Kuwait, well, because they supported Saddam's invasion of Kuwaut, and then exiled in Jordan, where Jordanian king killed 15.000 in a year, they created state within the state and tried to kill him, and they were expelled and ended in Lebanon, drstroying the country.
@@Matthew_R77That's all the IDF knows, killing
if you know anything about Ireland's history, then you'll know well enough our culture, language, traditions and way of life were almost totally wiped out, Palestine deserves to co-exist peacefully with the rest of the world.
But they want to murder jews and Gay people
Palestine doesn't really have any of these, they have arabic traditions and way of life they're not really like ireland in that regard where they've got thousands of years of history.
The levant has been in constant flux since before the Egyptians.
No hate just being objective, they still deserve to have hope and decency ofc.
Irish and Palestinians have very different mindsets. The Palestinian will kill everything just to be proven right. I think Irish value they lives of their own children.
@@Jay-vt1mwthey deserve nothing. If you support and shelter terrorists that commit unspeakable atrocities you deserve nothing. Do not try to rationalize or sympathize with people praising Hitler for trying to exterminate the Jews.
@@Joe_Peroni and the british too
Yitzhak Herzog was more than Chief Rabbi. He was firstly, Irish and a fluent Gaelic speaker commonly known as the Sinn Fein Rabbi. Cgaim Herzog, the current Israeli President's father was born in Belfast and raised in Dublin.
And he was a boxing Ireland champion
Ireland, South Africa and Palestine have similar histories and often worked together in their respective struggles
Yep - there you have the reason for the republican position in a nutshell 'we were oppressed'.....poor little persecuted IRA, and they never hurt anyone!
@occamraiser
Which IRA?
Was it the IRA that fought the British army that shot up a stadium full of innocent people? The ones who fought the black and tans when they came over and burnt Cork City to ground? Was it that IRA and that persecution you're talking about?
Or was it the IRA of the North, who's campaign is a direct result from the two tier society unionists setup and the British government allowed and was only put a stop to once the violence was broadcast around the world.. was it that persecution you're referring to?
Or was it the RIRA who nobody's fucking wants.
Poor Britain got attacked by the mighty IRA... give me a fucking break won't you. You made the rod to beat your own back, just like Isreal did.
There's no equivalent here, Israel has a long historical footprint in the land of Israel or British Palestine. And the real occupiers are the Arabs who occupied Israel -syria -lebanon. 90% of the Arabs in Israel before 1948 were in fact an arab settlers from Saudi Arabia -Egypt -Syria Lebanon and more. The notion that the Arabs are the natives is complete nonsense. This can be backed by many Gazans and Palestinians from Judea and Samaria (West bank) have Egyptian Syrian names
@@hdibenshushan6025 So the 6 million Jews are all native?
@@hdibenshushan6025 lol jews aren't native you should read the bible, they took it from someone else. but god gave it to them says the jew, but they also say he took it away from them.
Another reason for early solidarity between Ireland and the Jewish people in Palestine is that many of the tactics, and the personnel, that the British used to persecute the population in Mandatory Palestine had been used in Ireland before - Lt Gen Henry Tudor came from Ireland to Palestine with many former members of Royal Irish Constabulary, the Irish Auxiliaries and the Black and Tans bringing brutality with them
Never forget.
DONT LIKE JEWS....? STOP PRAYING TO JESUS THE JEW
@@ralphz1238It was Jews that crucified him you know..
Holocaust Survivor
Doctor Gabor Maté:
"Take the worst thing you can say about Hamas, multiply it by 1,000 times and it will still not meet the Israeli repression and killing and dispossession of Palestinians"
What JEWISH in palestine, THERE ARE NO JEWS IN PALESTINE, AND THERE'S NO CHRISTIANS TOO, get the facts straight. HAMAS came out the other day and said IF THEY GET THEIR OWN STATE THERE WILL BE NO JEWS ALLOWED OR CHIRISTIANS OR KAFFIRS, ( you). They will continue to attack Israel till they achieve their goals, the annihilation of the Jewish State of Israel and then to kill all Jews worldwide. SO, should they ever achieve that goal the Christians are next followed by all other religions. They are SUPREMACISTS WHO WANT WORLD DOMINATION OF ISLAM.
Perhaps if the Turks had not ruled the area playing one tribe off against another the area would be more peaceful.
Worth saying opinion polls show an overwhelming majority of people in the Republic of Ireland think Hamas should be designated as a terrorist organization we are just concerned over human rights full stop .
Haven’t seen any such opinion polls. I don’t think any such polls exist.
@@donalobrien9422I don't care, love on
@@donalobrien9422 its a Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks opinion poll
Hamas are jihadis pieces of s*** who don't give a f*** about Palestinians... Israeli zealots in the west bank are pieces of s*** that don't give a f*** about israelis... there are millions of people just wanting to live in their home in peace... that is being denied to them by the Israeli government and Hamas... the difference is one is a state backed up by a superpower(US)... the other is a group backed up by a state (Iran)
I don’t think we should trust the media or their polls considering how much they lied about the war
"Why Ireland is the most pro international and humanitarian law state in Europe.
There, fixed the typo...
based on what ?
I'm Irish and know its not really
Fun fact, Ireland even has a song dedicated to Palestine called An Phailistín
Oh god. I never knew Ireland has a connection with Palestine
It's a nice song
wow I did not expect that to go as hard as it does
If anyones curious definitely check it out
@@thematthew761it is, shame Ireland is on the wrong side of history
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As an Irishman, I really appreciate you making this video!
appreciate they failed to properly pronounce one of your major political parties, let alone accurately explain the issues at hand...?
@@r_and_a they are just happy someone remembered they exist as something other than a tax haven
Despite I carefully watched the video I still do not understand why Ireland support terrorists.
@@maritaschweizer1117I think you misheard or misunderstood things said there, Ireland doesn't support Israel
From a Nigerian, the irish people are super based i love you guys. You understand the struggle
You should do a video on the claim that it strategically suited Netanyahu to allow Hamas to grow, but how that strategy has backfired, QED.
It didn't just suit him and the likud party, they openly admit it. The media just doesn't TALK about it.
Its the american model, its better to support 'fanatic' separatist forces in your region in order to keep moderate sensible ones at bay. As we saw after 911, an angry population is easy to control. From footage I've seen from even RIGHT wing media in Israel, his mistake was thinking Israelis don't know as much about the world as americans. Who basically had the media shouting "go bomb wherever, we're behind you".
Did you notice anything about the map he’s using?
It doesn’t show the Suez Canal. . . a major transportation thoroughfare to Europe and the rest of the world . . . for SHIPPING FOSSIL FUEL!!!!!
The SUEZ CANAL is SMACK-DAB in the center of what’s going on right now.
Apparently, the Israel FORCES are backed by Western forces in order to keep control over the surrounding countries to PROTECT the TRANSPORTATION of FOSSIL FUEL.
It’s ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS about money and power and NEVER ABOUT PEOPLE. . . to the 1%, ordinary everyday people are “a dime a dozen.”
Our lives or deaths are of no consequence - to them we’re easily replaceable.
It’s another episode of Squid Game!
7 October has also backfired, hasn't it?
@@henrybn14ar I have no idea what Hamas thought they were going to achieve, so I can't answer that. I have my doubts Hamas measure these things by my standards, or yours.
They don't seem to care much about ordinary Palestinians, but if they are a death cult then their strategy had far from backfired - it's gone very well for them, regrettably.
But sure, let's request a video about what Hamas was thinking. No problem.
@@patrickwalsh6873they started the fire and Israel dropped its mask. They are deranged people.
The way you said ‘Fianna Fail’ made me chuckle 😂 its pronounced feen-na-fall 😊 keep up the good work!
He's English, really should know better. Kinda makes me think he hasn't a clue and is just regurgitating without any genuine understanding.
They basically said "To hell or to connaught"
We lovee you Ireland ✊🏼❤️❤️❤️🇮🇪love from Bethlehem 🇵🇸🍉
I wonder what the Jew "Jesus Christ" is thinking today watching his "chosen people" slaughter thousands of innocent women and children in his name.
The world would be a better, less depressing place if love dominated all minds and not war. ❤
Ireland knows pretty well how it feels like to be the victim of an oppressive colonial regime, that's why Ireland is so staunchly devoted to the Palestinian cause
Bullshit,we are not devoted to those animals.Just our idiots politicians
They also both have history of murdering babies and terrorizing civilians
Don't look up what the original Irish nationalists thought of Ireland and who funded the IRA and PLO lmao
@@bennygoodmanisgod I don't care, mind your own business
The shared experience of being conquered, colonized, and utterly brutalized, by a foreign master.
From induced famines, to exclusion laws that bar natives from owning land.
From religious persecution, to forced expulsions.
Thus is such byllshit. Palestinians are not natives any more than Israelis
Hardly comparable to Israel and Palestine
How can you conquer, colonise and steal a country that never existed. Palestine was just the name of a region Situated in the Southern Levant. Before the state of Israel, there was mandatory Palestine and before that the land was ruled for 400 years by three Ottoman Empire.
@@roy9386
The land existed.
The people existed.
The nation state existed.
@@roy9386 Germany didn't exist as a country until the the late 1800's America existed before Germany existed as a nation. To say that Germany didn't exist before that time is absolutely quackery cause there were plenty of Germanic peoples there as well as city states it was simply called Prussia and not Germany. The Romans tried to invade these lands and they found it full of Germanic people who didn't take kindly to being invaded by the Romans and they fought them tooth and nail just like the Celts did in what is now Ireland, or the highlanders which became Scotland and the Britons which became the British and the Franks which became France they were there and had been for very very long times.
I'm so proud of the land of my ancestors for understanding, identifying with, and speaking out in solidarity with other oppressed and indigenous communities! Ireland and Native American nations have a history of solidarity and supporting each other, as well. Also, Irish Americans fought alongside Mexicans in St. Patrick's Battalion. I love Ireland and I hope to visit one day. 💚
the only oppression existing is the hamas oppressing palestinians, jews literally decolonized Israel, wen't to their homeland after years of being oppressed, you're an antisemitic idiot who won't bother to open a page on wikipedia
I'm Irish, I've served my country. I do Not support terrorism whatsoever. People Need to Stop killing each other. Mostly poor people suffer in these situations.
Jesus! A largely accurate (albeit concise) description of Ireland/Israeli relations. Well done!
I can also see how the Irish could also be less likely to automatically assume those labled "terrorists" to inherently be unjustified. There were also institutional associations between the IRA and PLO in the 70s-80s which could promote an inclination to lean towards Palestine. I am not saying the struggles are morially equivalent, just that having worn the "terrorist" lable it is likely easy to think a humanitarian response is better.
That shit was over 150 years ago and most of us left the island. Get over it.
Fed
@@ivywoodxrecords Didn't the Troubles (largely) end in 1998, just 25 years ago?
@@ivywoodxrecordsireland is still not entirely decolonized. Most only gained independence 100 years ago, an anti colonialist an sectarian violence only ended in ireland in the late 80s what are you on
With regard to Ireland, to use the phrase “…having worn the terrorist label…”, is not an accurate way to describe the way things were. It is very much more accurate to say “…having had the terrorist label unjustly placed upon them by a brutal colonial occupier…”.
The Irish instinctually stand with the underdog and the oppressed. It's in their DNA.
People who have experienced oppression and resisted against imperialism understand the Palestinian struggle. Those who haven't, can't fathom why these people can't just submit to their oppressors and accept their status as subhuman.
They are not oppressed by anyone except their own government.
Maori stand in solidarity with Palestine. So do many white New Zealanders.
Has Palestine really stood against imperialism tho? It’s pretty clearly a state that only came into existence due to those imperialist empires.
@@maxdavis7722 As of now it's not even a state anymore. And yes, they've stood against imperialist forces that took their country by resisting for 75 years.
@@arghandewal what? When do you think Palestine was a country? If it isn’t now then it never was. How is it not a state now?
Who would have thought victims of colonialism would support other victims of colonialism
Ireland was part of Britain, not a colony. Read some history.
@@Astroman1958 Ireland was colonized by the British, exploited for labour and settled by protestants. Have you heard of the Irish plantations? Do you know anything about why northern Ireland exists?
@@Astroman1958 No, Ireland wasn't a part of Britain, which is a seperate island in the first place. Also pretty sure Wales did not consent to joining the UK. They were just forced into it.
@@emisunflowers The first people in Ireland came from Scotland. So who are the colonizers exactly?
@@Astroman1958 Celts migrating to Ireland thousands of years ago has nothing to do with the English and later British government forcibly settling people from great Britain onto Irish land and displacing Irish people, as well as exploiting Ireland for agricultural and other labor many hundreds of years later. Colonialism in this context involves explicit intent to exploit or settle land at the expense of the native people, which is true of Ireland's history after English/British conquest. Both Irish and Palestinian people have the lived/intergenerational experience of colonialism. It's hardly surprising that they have sympathy for each other's struggles. Seeing as you disregarded/ignored both my questions which are very explicit evidence of British colonialism in Ireland and instead tried to pull a gotcha by misunderstanding/twisting the most basic definition of a colonial relation, I dont feel I owe you any further response beyond this. Have a nice rest of your day.
Easy. We despise bullies.
Easy, Ireland is an anti sem country
I,m Irish, we had a huge problem gaining our independence from Britain and did so in 1921 , we had to use similar tactics to Hamas with the IRA , the British would always retaliate but in proportion ,Irish people have sympathy with Palestine cos their land was taken like ours and want independence, if the IRA did something the British would retaliate but not bomb the whole place cos most people were not IRA, isreals retaliation we think is disproportionate, we do not support Hamas or their activities in Ireland but just want fairness in that region to prevail. GOD bless the innocent people suffering on both sides of this and pray it ends soon.
The British would retaliate in proportion? Really?
You might want to go revise our history then.
The Brits ALWAYS escalated things.
When Michael Collins and the IRA took out the Cairo gang in 1920 was the British response proportionate?
No, they went to Croke Park and fired on civilians. Were the Black and Tans proportionate? Hell no.
They kept escalating things even during the troubles with another Bloody sunday and ballymurphy massacre and many more like it. Not to mention all the collusion and covering for their own which is still going on today with them pushing through legislation to prevent their soldiers having to see the inside of a court room for the crimes they committed during the troubles.
Im Irish and have little time for any terrorist groups I will say that the tactics of the two are nothing alike. If the IRA had pulled a stunt like what Hamas just did (killing 1500 innocent civilians) they would have lost all support from regular people here.
@@clearz3600pretty sure more than 1500 people died in the Troubles. What you're missing is the scale of the population. Israel and palestine have bigger populations than NI so the casualties are higher. Hamas is worse than the IRA in some ways but their demands are actually more moderate than what the IRA usually had in mind, Hamas has repeatedly stated they'll accept a 2 state solution with 1967 (or was it 1968, can't quite remember) borders, and the Israeli government has refused. There would be a less reactionary organisation in power called the PLO but the Israeli government literally funded Hamas to get rid of them. Bearing in mind that all nonviolent protest by Palestinians has also been met with lethal violence by the IDF what exactly do you expect Palestinians to do? They're kind of backed into a corner facing a genocidal war machine here. Though I can respect your broad opposition to attacks on civilians, I agree that is bad, I am not sure it is appropriate to say violence is unacceptable in these circumstances.
Ironically that’s how Israel was able to gain their independence from Great Britain, by forming several terrorists groups like the Irgun and they used very similar terrorists tactics, like the IRA, against both Great Britain and the Palestinians back then. With the British military being incredibly weakened after WWII, they weren’t able to fight against Jewish resistance and ultimately gave in to Israeli independence, the same year India gained their independence from Great Britain as well.
@davy209. I think the bombing of the King David Hotel probably finished the Brits.
They were pro Arab, always. We didn’t have any oil, Arabs did.
The Brits blockaded the coast and prevented or tried to prevent DPs from getting to BMP.
The Yishuv was trying to get people to BMP and the Arabs demanded the Brits stop it.
Even when they finally left, the Brits turned over their army bases and police stations to the Arab Legion.
I think if anybody has to ask this question they REALLY don't know irish history. In fact its likely MOST countries fall down on imperial aspirations, non imperial lines.
Spain has been fighting separation forces in the basque region, no surprise their position.
Well this is a worldwide platform. I think most of the world doesn't know much about Irish history 🤷♀️
Spanish people fighting… spanish people
@@erik3371 But the topic of this video was the connection between Ireland and Palestine.
Surely the context of Ireland's history is relevant and should have been included in it...?
@@MrRoboxKing I think the Basques are as Spanish as the Irish are british or the Palestinians are israeli.
SPAIN KEKW
Wondering if you will be making a video about the Congo? With 7 million people being displaced, it feels worth reporting about seeing I have not seen much about it on main stream media.
This channel is called TLDR *Europe,* not TLDR Africa.
@@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva meant more so just in general for the TLDR team.
Well it has to do with Irish soldiers sent out there and the ones that never came home .
@@HighFlyingOwlOfMinervaahh so Palestine is in Europe?
@@kentak5748 With how many brown people there are in Europe that are currently ethnically replacing us, you'd almost think it is if you walked around in London or Paris.
Scotland is also a big supporters of the Palestinian People and if you look at the amount of people who turned out for the pro Palestinian march in London 300,000 said the police (800,000) then that will tell you a lot about which side is supported the most in the Uk. (the reason Braverman lost her job ) Just because the UKs political parties are in Israels pocket the people are not.
Yep, Scotland and its people are highly sectarian, and very anti semitic, but don’t worry, most of the world is this way….
As a Brazilian 🇧🇷... I Respect Irish people and Support Palestine.
We Ex-Colonies should always support the FREEDOM from the imperialists and oppressors.
You would not have a country if it was not for the Portugese or a language either.
@stephenspence1192 the natives would have formed their own countries with their own languages obviously, there was already the inca and aztec empires, are you stupid?
@@stephenspence1192 We speak portuguese with guarani caracteristics and another words from indigenous people.
Hard not to love Ireland.
I loved Ireland right up till they disrespected the haka at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. Now I hate them. But I respect their stance on this matter.
@JaemanEdwards get over yourself Jamie, it's only a game 😂
And the haka is only a dance, we don't need to respect you prancing around 😂😂😂😂
@@nektekket852 A game New Zealand won. Ireland will never be champions at anything.
@@JaemanEdwardsnew Zealand press were dragging Ireland for weeks, and showed no sportsmanship on the pitch, one player telling Sexton "enjoy your retirement" after the game was over. Before the fans sang over the Hakka I lost a lot of respect for new Zealand. The way their fans talk online and way their press acted as well as their payers was beneath Ireland to be frank. However, it's a game of rugby, not particularly important on the grand scheme of things, and certainly not as important at 10s of thousands being butchered in Palestine. Perhaps some perspective is needed
For the record, as all comments suggest, we're Pro-Palestine and anti-Hamas. Oct 7th was ugly af.
And Palestinians were partying in the streets to celebrate Oct 7th.
so has all the days of October and November since then
@@MarkZoloShow I'm Irish and I'm pro Israel. Hope you understand our history is different from Palestins's "history"
You are a glitch @@tiernan2023
@@tiernan2023You are very right! Irish and Israelis have so much in common historically and it has always confused me how the other narrative was pushed so successfully on the Irish people. Pali and Irish have little in common in actuality.
The polititions in this country mistakenly think they speak for the whole population much the same way the church does. There are those of us who can think for ourselves
Living in Dublin , if I look out my window right now I can see three Palestinian flags hanging from different houses.
Ireland is a great country fighting for justice!
wrong, we can't even fight for our own justice never mind anyone else's.
Tell that to all the people killed in the Omagh bombing or the Claudy bombings.
I guess terrorists will support terrorism
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Because Ireland knows what occupation is like by the colonial powers
Here in NI you can see many Palestinian Flags.
Strange how Israel and the UK initially supported Hamas to counter the Plo and Fatah just as NATO and the US supported
and nurtured the Mujahideen (Taliban and Al Qaeda) to counter the Soviets. Rinse and Repeat.
Thanks for the excellent Video.
Colonial powers need their puppets ! Israel is essentially a useful idiot to the ISA. It stockpiles it's arsenal of weapons in the middle of the oil producing region just in case one of those oil nations decides to ask for gold in return for it's oil.
All they are getting presently are a few digits typed out on a keyboard in the Federal Reserve in the USA.
Gold would be much more useful, especially in time of war or an economic crash.
When the Irish were starving to death in the Famine, the Native Americans sent us money and the Turks sent us food.
We will never forget your kindness from afar !
Who is irish ? Irish is brave hearts humanity, humble , honest , i salute father of freedom micheal collins , irish is beautiful people and country ilove you so much irish people
I knew about the Irish support for Palestinian cause and thank you explaining the history of the relations between Republic Of Ireland and State Of Israel.
In my opinion, to be historically accurate, Ireland is closer to Israel because just like Rome conquered Israel, Britain conquered Ireland, and just as Israel rebelled from Roman rule multiple times, Ireland rebelled from British rule multiple times. Also, just as Jews were forced into a diaspora, Britain enslaved many Irish rebels and hobos. Britain despised Irish because of their faith, just like Romans did Jews. In another parallel, Ireland was really home to the first Protestant preacher, Patrick, just as Israel was home to Jesus, but that’s very very different.
And also now everyone lives in Israel just as Anglos, Norse, Swedes, Saxons, Danes, and Franks moved to Ireland
Well...from what I understand both are fond of blowing up buses with civilians rather than fight with honor against soldiers so they have that in common
@baird5682 well it just goes to show that your understanding of affairs doesn't amount to much..
@@GenericRUclipsGuyPatrick was preaching over a thousand years before protestantism existed
I'm from Ireland but I don't really back any violence. If people are doing horrific and disgusting things on both sides, such as killing civilians, or committing acts of terrorism, or killing in inhumane and disgusting ways, then I support no one.
If someone is being oppressed, I support fighting for freedom. If someone tries to rule you and take away your rights, by all means, rebel against the oppressors. Stand up for your rights.
But unfortunately, humans tend to do very disgusting things in war that I just cannot support, no matter the cause. I support freedom, justice, fairness, and peace... not evil.
I'm never going to look at any one nationality, ethnicity, or religious group as if they were all enemies ("all Germans are bad", "Russians are evil", "kill the Chinese", etc). No matter what, they're all still human, no matter where they're from or what they believe. I hate how easily people forget that other groups of humans are still humans.
Well said.
"If someone is being oppressed, I support fighting for freedom."
this directly contradicts what you said earlier:
" I don't really back any violence"
so how exactly are you going to fight your oppressors if not with violence?
palestine has been brutally occupied by the jews for over 75 years.
what do you propose they do? bend over and take it?
or defend themselves with violence against the na-zis occupying their lands?
would you have been against the french resistance because they were exercising extreme violence against german citizens?
would you be against nelson mandela because he was committing acts of terrorism?
Because they know what it is to be promised your own land and fked over. They know partition does, and they know what it's like to be dehumanised, viewed as lesser, as animals. As having no right to determine their own future, to be dictated to by another nation, one that hates them. They know what it's like to lose land, they can sympathise with that because it's still very much engraved into the public consciousness and after hundreds of years, still is part of the Irish mentality when it comes to land. They know what it's like to be persecuted because of their religion, refused work and basic rights. More importantly, they know what it's like for the world to turn a blind eye and leave you to fight on your own. That's why Ireland supports Palestinians. They know what it's like to be kicked into the dirt and hated for trying to stand up and fight back.
Promised their own land?
Palestinians have rejected land offers on multiple occasions, including in 2008 when they were offered everything they were asking, all of Judea and Samaria and East Jerusalem, as their capital, and they still turned it down.
Because it’s not about land. It’s about annihilating the Jews, and taking over everything.
It’s mind-boggling to me that people still don’t understand this.
fairly well nailed it there lad
Wow that last sentence is a hard one. Especially bc the Jews should know this all too well...
@@NetanelWorthyI find it mind boggling you eat up that usa Israel propaganda… yikes
Shouldn’t negotiate with terrorists
They're in a unique position to know how such power dynamics work. I believe if the US founding fathers were here today, they'd also have an interesting opinion about this.
The US founding fathers would definitely be considered terrorists in 2023.
they'd also have an interesting take on how Obama became president to be completely fair.
A bunch of slave owners who supported driving Native People off of their lands - yeah I’m sure they’d be pro Palestine
@@donalkinsella4380 Who do you think supplied the IRA with weapons? By the way, who also extended markets to Ireland to enable your miraculous economic recovery?
@@donalkinsella4380 You're ideological, but the world exists in grey areas.
This is why INDONESIA 🇮🇩 love IRELAND and respect IRISH as tough people.
We Indonesia self-proclaimed our independence in 1945. UN only recognized in 1949, given 1st batch countries recognition (incl. Palestine) and Indonesia-Dutch Roundtable Conference resolution. Palestine was acknowledged by UN as de-facto country in 1948 together with Israel indendence. So in 1949 Palestine did exist. Finally this year 2023 the Dutch offically acknowledged our self proclaimed in 1945, so UN changed the official date 1949 to 1945. Similar to Irish fight for real freedom over hundred years and refused tto be Queen's slaves under commenwealth. Dignity is part of Independence.
THOSE WHO HAVE FAKE INDEPENDENCE UNDER COMMENWEALTH BECOME QUEEN'S SLAVES, WITHOUT FIGHTING BY BLOODS & SOULS TO DEATH, CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW SACRED IS A FREEDOM.
Fun fact: Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir was an underground paramilitary fighter against the British and he took up the name Michael after Michael Collins
Other fun fact Shamir ordered the murder of Folk Bernadotte who saved more people from Nazi concentration camps than anyone else.
Yitzhak Rabin was murdered by the peaceful state of israel.
@@danielcaldwell1110 Yeah, most likely because he regretted the Oslo Accords and wanted to go back on them, his death the causing the country to lurch to the left for a decade.
@@danielcaldwell1110 I dont think you understand the meaning of the word "state". One nutjob with zero formal ties to a government isnt a state. Compare him to Hamas who are overwhelmingly in control of Palestine and see widespread support from the population based off the last election for an example of a state.
alot of early zionists took inspiration from Ireland in their quest for a state, wasn't until later the mood changed and Israel became a western toadie and they started seeing them like the huns
This video shows a poor understanding of Ireland.
Typically, opposing everything the British were involved in is a shorcut to having good historical opinions.
This needs way more likes...
Fianna Fáil is pronounced Fee-Na-Fall
- Just a correction there
Surely this is heard from time-to-time on UK TV? How can an English news outlet not know this?
TLDR presenters pronounce everything phonetically to the point you can assume they do it to offend or cause comments for engagement on videos, correcting pronunciations will do nothing here.
As a Finnish person, I can say 99% of humans butcher Finnish pronouncing, and we are not crying about it.
If they started by learning how to pronounce Ireland that would be a great start. They did mention getting more people on board to check their content, it's a shame they don't have someone Irish to check with given how often they talk about Ireland
@@MrSabuskaPerhaps you should? Or at least correct people as to the proper pronunciation.
If only Europeans stood for Europe.
As an Irish person I commend this video. Thank you for making it. As others have said in the comments, our concern over what's happening in Gaza etc isn't just the awful humanitarian crisis, but the consequences for the future. Israel is making orphans and victims in its campaign of righteous vengeance, and these victims will be unfortunately prime candidates for future recruitment into more anti-Israeli organisations. The cycle of violence was broken in Ireland by brave peacemakers who acknowledged that one day, the two communities would have to find a way to live side by side. If Israel does not find a way to do the same, to have the courage to forgive and to trust, then the cycle of violence will never end. This is what we in Ireland hope for. We are not anti-Israel per se, but we are anti violence, and want to see a world where Israelis and Palestinians can work together for a common good. The current situation leaves no possibility for this outcome, and is unsustainable. Zack from Wicklow.
That is because there was a mutual recognition of the human barbarism that could be avoided. Better decisions produced better outcomes. Hamas is different. They do not want Peace and USE CIVILIANS UNLIKE THE IRISH NEVER DID except for the pub bombings. Hamas are under hospital and prevent their human shield from leaving. At least the Irish went down fighting like patriots and not hiding behind women and children.
Or just Palestine and Ireland have 1 major thing in common… something that goes bang 🤷🏽♂️
You'd be the first person to call Ireland "anti-violence"....the IRA isn't exactly known for playing nice....
@@NoKingFreeRadical"except for the pub bombings" written in lower case kinda disproves your own point. Not to mention how the war of independence invented the currenr form of guerrilla warfare and the ability of the columns to disappear into crowds of innocents made the Brits so frustrated that they began killing indiscriminately.
When someone takes a human shield or hides behind an innocent, they do it because they think "god, itd take a sick, inhuman person to shoot at me now because they wouldn't want to risk hitting the hostage." The Brits, as we saw at Croke Park a century ago, and Irael today seem to ignore that part with their indiscriminant bombings of protected infrastructure and vehicles based on information that Hamas may be inside and proves that they dont care about the innocent collateral damage.
Our independence was hard fought, but it is full of shame. We dont even have a proper day of independence like the Yanks have July 4th because our independence was followed by a horrific and painful civil war. Men strapped to landmines and then blown up and soldiers executed after interrogation. The murder of countless RIC men. The date we celebrate the most is the Easter Rising because, guess what, we had martyrs who's deaths fueled the years to follow.
And Hamas now has martyrs. And the only reason they do is because one of the most endorsed militaries in the world thinks the deaths of tens of thousands and the displacement of millions is reasonable retaliation for the brutal murder and abduction of far less. We're only free because the Brits executed Connolly in a chair, dragged Plunkett out after hus marriage and shelled Dublin wirh a gunboat. Imagine what would have happened if theyd just been left to rot in Kilmainham. Or if theyd bedn tried fairly with the full force of public opinion coming down on them. We'd still be part of the UK.
Israel has all the cards here. They can keep fuel the fire thats been growing for 75 years and that spat at them on october 7th, or they can take the humanitarian, moral high ground against so called "arab dogs and animals" and not lose the war of publuc opinion.
Irish people are not against violence, Irish people are against Israel. You have been brainwashed by left wing propaganda of self-hatred. Ireland went from being the most Europe's most Catholic country into a wokest one within less than a decade. Everything that is not European, white, Irish and Christian is being worshipped and celebrated in Ireland, including Palestinian terrorlsts.
You certainly fianna failed to pronounce one of our main political party's names correctly 😂
That was dreadful
@@matthewhodgson7388 I laughed but that might say more about me 😅
What did you expect from a Brit? Being confidently ignorant about cultures they've oppressed is a part of their daily routine.
Can't say what's a bigger failure, his pronouciacion or the housing situation in ireland.
How your Welsh, French. Chinese etc pronunciations?
A moment of silence for those who still think this all began on October the 7th.
Agreed but that's no excuse for the mass murder of innocent people in gaza
@@blakeysbobbyslexiamazingjo4505 Oh yes i agree, im just stating that this didnt begin on October 7th but since Isnotreal stole the land decades ago, a lot of people have the notion that Hamas just spawned in and started this war by launching a surprise attack which is FAR from reality
Yeah it didn't, MusIims have brutally oppressed Jevvs for more than a thousand years
Irish people have big hearts, and they wear it on their sleeves.
Well in that case, Ireland deserves Islamic immigrants from Middle East.
Establish a Palestinian state in Ireland.
Ireland shows that they understand that "Semite" means both Arabs and Jews and want both to hold equal and fair values.
Oppressed nations side with other oppressed nations. It's not rocket science. xD
The experiences of Irish peacekeepers in the Middle East has had a massive influence on public opinion. Ireland is a small country and a lot of people either directly know someone in the army or know of someone in it. Irish peacekeepers have been stationed in Lebanon since 1978, and Golan Heights for about the last15 years (on and off). It's very hard for the Israeli government to sell its "we're the victims" propaganda to Irish people, when we have family or neighbours who have given us 40+ years’ worth of first-hand accounts of exactly how the Israeli government and the IDF actually treats its neighbours.
Inagine making a video like this and absolutely failing to mention the 800+ years of colonial rule by the British. All my English friends always tell me they are not thought their history in school and now i know why!
There's a reason why even their neighoring countries don't want them. Read what PLO and Palestinian refugees did to Jordan and Lebanon (the majority Christian country at the time). They took flight passengers as hostage, caused civil wars, killed Jordan's prime minister, and left Lebanon like ruins.
من الاردن تحية حب وتقدير للشعب الايرلندي الماضل ❤❤❤❤❤
We also don't like genocide. England did that here, with Cromwell killing around 40% of the population. They tried again and again after that.
The talks only came about after the IRA started killing innocent civilians in England.
There are whole irish communities in england so they also killed their own people and it was not the English everyday people that caused trouble in Ireland because they were living in poverty in England themselves. notice one thing the ordinary people get blamed and hurt but they never once blew a hole in the government who caused it.
@@Lady.B.ellinor4971 I said England, not the English. And yes there were a lot of turncoats. Still is.
@@donnchadhmcginley3153 the English live in England and a piece of land can't hurt no one it's the people that run it.
@@Lady.B.ellinor4971 correct very good. It was the monarchy the government and the people that came over to kill Irish, and the people that support that genocide. Hope that clarifies things.
Because we don’t stand for oppression, colonialism, apartheid & ultimately genocide. It happened here in Ireland for 800+ years. A lot longer than what’s happening in Palestine & Israel at the moment.
So when Hamas attack israel is that ok for you?
They have to defend themselves against Israels corrupt regime. Of course i side with Palestine.@@lchanichan
Any Irish I speak to support innocent people, not any particular nation or group. I live in Ireland and I myself am Irish. Every single person I've spoken with supports the innocent...that's it! I'm sure some blindly support Palestine and some Israel, but that's a minority who support one side blindly from my experience.
other than babies, there's no such thing as an "innocent person". so you basically support nobody.
do you support the right of palestine to defend itself from the na-zis who have been occupying their lands for over 75 years?
Probably because Ireland was suppressed by Britain.
deservedly so. maybe next time the Irish wont try to invade Britain
@@Hugh.G.Rectionxwise up
@@Hugh.G.Rectionx What nonsense
@@TheDemigreg Gaelic people attempted settlements in Cornwall, Wales and Scotland then had the audacity to cry when settlements in Northern Ireland were established.
@@Hugh.G.Rectionx No....
The title of your video describes Ireland as "Pro-Palestine" but it seems the entire focus of the video is to demonstrate the ailing relations between Ireland and Israel. Your video seems to imply that Ireland's support of Palestinian people is to spite Israel? The video title is misleading considering the specific content addressed in the video.
A better title would be "Why Ireland doesn't support Israel as the rest of the West does"
The channel is low-key EU/NATO propaganda
The west = USA and it’s hegemony zone.
The message is very clear: Ireland supports an oppressed people. It just comes naturally that you need to oppose the oppressor to do so. The "ailing relations between Ireland and Israel" are due to Israel becoming an apartheid state and Ireland being staunchly anti-apartheid.
@@DrZaius3141 And Hamas attacks Israel over and over again because its motto is to destroy Israel, ALL OF IT. Nothing to do with the oppression of the Palestinians, nothing to do with defending their own territories, NOTHING.
agree the title's misleading but so is your proposed replacement as it's absurd to say the "rest of the west" support israel, ffs have you missed the *global* protests in support of palestine?! the *multitude* calling out israel's war crimes?! catch yerself on 🙄
Most of us in Ireland,do not support terrorism.Hamas are guilty of brutal attack on innocent civilians.Prayers for Emily Hand,and her family.
Sorry, i dont buy it. I saw too many irish are ok with terror attacks. They think its ok to use violence
The Irish view on this is strange becasue in that conflict the Palestinians are descended from planters brought in by the Ottoman empire in the late 1800s from places like Algeria and Morocco, so they would be more analagous to Protestants than Catholic Irish. You can not lay an internet cable in that country without unearthing some ancient Jewish artefact, the country simply IS the ancestral homeland of the Jews.
there are no more jews they have mixed with europeans to the point they are no longer jewish
You Zionists should change this part of your hasbarist hadnbook, since literally nobody believe this crap anymore outside some evangelical yankee cult or your religious Jewish Orthodox schools. Your colonisers in Palestinian land.
Well.the Zionists are only there post WW2 so the " planters " are there before them . Bang goes your argument I think....
Its a sorry state of the world that hearing about a government actually talking sense feels like a grasp of fresh air
"Ireland has been a staunch advocate of a two-state solution."
I’m not so sure. A lot of people in Ireland are unknowingly supporting Hamas which wants the Jews all dead in afraid.
Then you support Israel it’s the Palestinians that have stopped that happening
@@williamf9633the settlement map speaks for itself...
@@williamf9633 People keep eating up that bullshit, it's just israeli propaganda. The settler expansion in the west bank speaks for itself
@@thatsthejobbb8587 And that map happened because of Israel being attacked.
About 15 years ago I went to northern Ireland for a week, and drove around everywhere, stayed at different places. I was confused at one point because there were small inland towns/villages that had many Israeli flags hanging from windows and lamp posts etc.
Tribalism. Unionists support Israel by default because republicans support Palestine.
The Israeli flags are still flying. They are there to support the Jews who are descended from Abraham who was born in what is now the West Bank 3600 years ago. They are supporting the indigenous people of the area from colonists who moved in from Arabia 2000 years later.
@@mrfish2064 the jews are not indigenous there, the canaanites were there before them. and the arabs did not move in, the people living there were simply arabized, ie they adopted arab language culture and religion.
and also, abraham is not a historical figure, bible thumper.
Not difficult: experience with longtime occupation by another country and what that entails.
it's not an occupation if the people accept it and up the North they accept it. Why wouldn't they, they have a much better quality of life, everything is cheaper and more variety.
Bit of a simplistic take on this
Let's also not forget when Israeli mossad agents used forged Irish passports to assassinate a Hamas leader in Dubai in 2010, afterwards the Israeli foreign minister said he could not guarantee something like that wouldn't happen again.
Fianna fail is pronounced more like "fee-ya-na fawl" as well ;)
Go Ireland!
Love from Indonesia.
One thing I wanted to correct. You mentioned Celtic Football matches and I agree, they've always been Pro-Palestine, for years in fact! However you pronounced it wrong, Celtic FC is pronounced 'Sell-Tick' not 'Kel-Tick' it's an easy mistake to make though :)
Is it, a tiny bit of research would have told him how to pronounce it. Obviously no research and that makes me doubt all the other 'facts' in this video.
So, the PEOPLE from the region were KELTIC (spelled Celtic)......the only time I've ever heard Celtic pronounced the incorrect SELTIC, is with the Boston NBA team....why would a soccer team from that region pronounce it incorrectly? If it was the southern US, I'd understand because they aren't really fluent in actual English, but......
He has made the mistake because this whole video is attention seeking shite.
@@robjohnson9270Yes, it's Celtic not Sell-tic..
@hughjaanus6680but he's on about celtic the Scottish football club, pronounced "Sell-tic" which is even weirder. The Irish ancestors were indeed "Celts" pronounced "Kelts" PS... no!!! to the sinners in government. Guaranteed disaster. They definitely won't get my vote. The youth will be idiots voting them in.
Do you (Brits) think we fought British rule for centuries for the laugh of it or something? When people fight, they fight for a good reason and when a nation fights it's because something was taken away from them!
After the Norman/Anglo Invasion of Ireland in the 1100s, we then had Planters arrive as per The Plantations in 16th- and 17th-century which involved the confiscation of Irish-owned land by the English Crown and the colonisation of land with settlers from Britain.
We fought back:
1. The two Desmond Rebellions took place in 1569-1573 and 1579-1583 to *fight against the threat of the extension of the English government* over the province.
2. The successful Battle of Clontibret was *fought against the British* in County Monaghan in 1595.
3. The successful Battle of the Yellow Ford was *fought against the British* in County Armagh in 1598.
4. The Nine Years' War, sometimes called Tyrone's Rebellion took place in Ireland from 1593 to 1603. It was fought between an Irish alliance to *fight against English rule in Ireland.*
5. The Rebellion of 1641 took place when Irish Catholics were being threatened by expansion of the anti-Catholic English Parliament and Scottish Planters and they *rebelled against English and Protestant domination.*
6. The Irish Rebellion of 1798 was a major uprising *against British rule in Ireland.* (The Society of United Irishmen was led primarily by liberal Protestants).
The Irish wanted an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and to roll back the Plantations of Ireland.
7. The Irish rebellion of 1803 was launched by Irish republicans *against British rule in Ireland*
8. The Young Irelander Rebellion was an Irish nationalist uprising led by the Young Ireland movement, part of the wider Revolutions of 1848.
9. The Fenian Rising of 1867 was a rebellion *against British rule in Ireland*, organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
10. The Easter Rising of 1916 was piloted by Irish republicans *against British rule in Ireland* with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic.
11. The civil rights movement in the early 1960s challenged the inequality and discrimination against ethnic Irish Catholics that was perpetrated by the Ulster Protestant community.
12. Derry activists' marched on the 5 October 1968 in Derry, but were attacked by the RUC and loyalists.
THAT IS A SNAPSHOT OF HOW WE HAVE FOUGHT AND RESISTED BOTH BRITISH RULE AND DISCRIMINATION BY THE UNIONIST COMMUNITY.
Celtic is a Scottish football team. Unionists are British and part of the UK. A bit of mixing of countries
Not sure what video you watching but. Yes Celtic is a Scottish team but with Irish roots
Celtic FC has strong Irish Republican Roots.
Celtic are just plastic paddies
The Scots are Irish colonists, they're not the indigenous people of what is now called Scotland.
@@edwardkenworthy7013 literally the most untrue thing I've heard. All Celts derive from areas of France originally. Modern day Scots are more related to the English than the Irish
As an Irish man, You can't in 2023 just take over a country because you feel like it. This isn't the 1600's. It happened to us for 1000's of years and is still happening with England thinking they own part of Ulster. Fighting an invader, doesn't make you a terrorist.
God created and chose the Jews not the Irishmen
Considering it’s own history
That of the fight of the independence and of the civil war
It’s kinda not surprising
Also the PLO being one of the main arms suppliers for the IRA helps.
@@arthas640 They never were, the main arms suppliers was the US irish and Colonel Gaddafi
it's more to do with sheiks oil monadey in their media and parties...nothing else really.
ireland is practically a 'tax haven'....and by that has huge deposition of oil money.
Which is not in the remotest like anything that has happened with the people who live in Palestine.
@@arthas640 Lebanon supplied them and the PLO.
You left out that Balfour was a part of British rule in Ireland and was stationed there.
Plus the Black and Tans
As being someone of Irish ancestry I am sensitive to seeing abuse. I can see a strong parallel between the suffering of Ireland under British rule and the Palestine under Israeli rule.
I have immense respect for the Irish for standing firmly on their moral principles of independence and equal rights for everyone. They firmly supported Israel’s statehood back then but never hesitated to criticize Israel for denying those same rights to the Palestinians in present time. Even though the Irish government is slow to condemn other countries war crimes, we can always rely on the Irish citizens to take to the streets and protest for human rights for everyone and condemn countries like Israel, Russia, and Saudi Arabia for their war crimes!
If you see two neighbors fighting in the street you know the Brits were there.
Yep. The North of Ireland, the USA, India/Pakistan, etc. Divide the nation as you leave, so they don't focus on us. It's been a British tactic for decades.
If this is in reference to the idea of partitioning mandatory palestine and creating a jewish state, this was supported by a majority of countries at the time. It wasnt Britain that created fighting between Israelis and palestine.
The Scottish government also has a similar stance, but without the risk of souring international relations due to its status. They've likened Israel to Russia, and are the only major party in the UK to call for a ceasefire. Their position is also made clear by the first minister Humza Yousaf being muslim and having family in Palestine.
New Zealand also has a similar stance, or though they are fence sitting for the most part. But they are for sure not pro Israeli.
Scotland is an Islamic state, so obviously they would choose to support one side over the other….
More virtue signalling from Scotland as usual.
@@pitbing I don't think it's virtue-signalling if most other governments in the world at the time didn't hold the same opinion, especially if you consider the Scottish Government had the same opinion even before the 7th of October attack. If you want to accuse someone of virtue-signalling then look at the UK and US governments who have only recently started to decry Israel's actions but still aren't doing anything to stop it.
As a Turkish Alevi I share struggle with y'all!
It does seem rather strange when Israeli governments respond to Irish stances.
How can Ireland be antisemitic, when it is standing up for the rights of Palestinians, a Semitic people?
How can Ireland be holding Israel to double standards, when these are the same standards it has always applied and continues to apply to governments, from Thatcher to Johnson to Putin?
It seems that Ireland ends up being a unique case as a European state without any baggage of either colonialism or anti-Jewish discrimination, and a consistent history of taking principled stands for dialogue and compromise on issues of colonialism and inter-community conflict, so the usual bad-faith propaganda by far-right governments such as Britain's or Russia's or Israel's bounce off, leaving them confused how to attack.
Palestinians are not semitic, they are Arabs
Thank you its not possible. To be anti semitic and pro palistinian.
I'm Irish and this is very accurate. Good job.
He hilariously butchered the pronunciation of Fianna Fail though.
Peace, Love, Respect and Solidarity from Cork City in Ireland, to all Palestinians 🇮🇪 ❤️ 🇵🇸
Including or excluding Yahyeh Sinwar?
Irish make Bobby sand proud, long live Ireland. People with conscious