Irish Antisemitism - Then & Now
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An article from the Ireland Israel Alliance
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8/8/2023
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"... It is common to read sweeping denunciations of Irish antisemitism, based on such well-known historical events as the failure of the Irish Free State to admit Jewish refugees seeking refuge from Nazi-occupied Europe in the 1930s, or Taoiseach [Prime Minister] Eamon de Valera’s visit to the German Legation in Dublin in 1945 to offer condolences on the death of Adolf Hitler...
"... The true complexity of the Irish-Jewish relationship is described fair-mindedly and at length in two recent publications, both well worth reading....
"... No respectable media editor would openly praise the country’s refusal to admit Jewish refugees or write of a general Irish ‘dislike’ of Jewish people. However, the allegations of a Jewish power to bring down governments or dictate war and peace live on in modern tropes of Jewish control of the media.... recycled in our Dáil or Senate or in the vile and disgusting comment threads of certain online ‘journals’ ..."
Read the full article on the Ireland Israel Alliance website.
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