Irelands elites have found their new religion: Hating Israel

For proof that antisemitism destroys everything it touches, look no further than the Republic of Ireland.Once a famously friendly country, wishing "A hundred thousand welcomes" to every visitor, Ireland now seethes with Israelophobia.What went wrong?IRISH NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR NOT SHAKING HANDS WITH ISRAELI OPPONENTSDUBLIN, IRELAND - MAY 18: Pro-Palestinian activists from the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, supported by members of left-wing parties including People Before Profit and the Socialist Party and students, participate in the National March for Palestine from the Garden of Remembrance to O'Connell Street and Leinster House, on May 18, 2024, in Dublin, Ireland.(Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)The extent of Ireland’s fear and loathing of the Jewish state was apparent in its soccer clash against Israel on Sunday.The two teams met as part of the UEFA Nations League.

From the minute the fixture was announced, Ireland was gripped by rage."Why would we want to play against those genocidal lunatics?", asked Dublin’s keffiyeh-adorned chattering class.A Maoist fury descended on the Emerald Isle.

A campaign was launched – "Stop The Game" – to try to save "our boys" from the shame of sharing a pitch with Israelis.Sportspeople, politicians, the media and the Dublin left clubbed together to demand the match be called off.Irish soccer players should not be made to mingle with "genocidal murderers", they cried, conjuring up a demented vision of the boys in green being set upon by wild-eyed Israeli players.At one point, the keffiyeh mob gathered outside the Dublin hotel the Irish soccer team was staying in, barking through megaphones for the game to be stopped.In the end it went ahead.

For security reasons, it had to be played behind closed doors in a neutral country – Hungary.ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE REACHES DEADLIEST LEVEL SINCE 1994, NEW GLOBAL REPORT FINDSPalestinian, EU, Ukrainian and Irish flags flutter, after Ireland has ann...