Ireland and the Israel-Palestine conflict

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

As the world reels from the horrific Hamas attack on Israel and its deadly retribution on the Gaza Strip, Ireland has emerged as a prominent player in the European response to the worsening conflict. In this episode, Naomi and Tim sum up the current situation and explain some of the historical context that explains why Ireland has traditionally been one of the most sympathetic western countries towards the Palestinian cause. The two sides of this conflict have long been adopted by rival communities in Northern Ireland, with Irish republicans flying the Palestinian flag and British loyalists identifying with Israel. The episode reviews some of the lesser-known historical links between Ireland and the foundation of Israel, exploring the complexities of a time when the relationship between Zionism and Irish Republicanism was not the same as it is now. Finally, Naomi describes her reporting on the confused European response and why Ireland has emerged as a prominent voice. Tragically, after the recording of this episode we learned that the missing Irish citizen Kim Damti was confirmed dead. Our deepest condolences to her family. Thank you so much to all our Patreon supporters for helping us make this podcast. You can support us on: https://www.patreon.com/theirishpassport

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both to Naomi?
0:08.5	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:09.9	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.2	Uh-huh.
0:13.5	I'm recording.
0:14.2	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay.
0:16.7	Okay. Welcome back, everyone to the Irish Passport podcast, where we actually had a completely different theme planned for this episode. But considering recent global events, we felt we really had to look at this topic right now, because we are recording on the 11th of October, 2023, in the aftermath of an unprecedented lightning attack on Israel by Hamas and subsequent
0:56.6	deadly retaliation by the Israeli army. And all at the time of recording, 2000 are reported dead
1:03.8	at the latest count and thousands more are injured. So how does this story involve Ireland?
1:10.2	There are a few reasons. And we're going to explain them to you in this episode.
1:14.9	Firstly, as an EU member state, Ireland forms part of the EU response to this incredibly serious development.
1:21.7	And secondly, Ireland has historically been among the most supportive of European countries to Palestinians. And thirdly,
1:30.1	the Israel-Palestine conflict has, for a long time, formed part of the discourse of intercommunity
1:35.6	conflict in Northern Ireland, with loyalists tending to adopt support for Israel and Republicans
1:40.4	more commonly supporting Palestinians. In this episode then, we're going to hear from some of Naomi's reporting about the current
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