If Ireland’s history has one message about the unfolding tragedy, it is that we should seek to understand both sides
If Ireland’s history has one message about the unfolding tragedy it is that we should seek to understand both sidesTánaiste Micheál Martin at Yad Vashem in Israel recently. We in Ireland should be sympathetic to Israel, a small nation that has had to struggle for its nationhood and independence. And, yes, our history and national perspective tell us that we in Ireland must also be sympathetic to the Palestinians and to their legitimate aspirations. Photograph: Micheal Martin X account.
That international empathy has naturally been greatly deepened by the butchery we witnessed in recent days, including the kidnapping of civilians, men, women and children. We can also admire Israeli democracy – notwithstanding the recent efforts of prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to undermine it and even if we do not support everything done in its name.
And, yes, our history and national perspective tell us that we in Ireland must also be sympathetic to the Palestinians and to their legitimate aspirations. The Palestinians, who were not responsible for the Holocaust, have suffered deprivation and violence for many decades, both in the West Bank and Gaza. They have been denied their right, equal to that of Israelis, to nationhood and independence. They have been disregarded and dispossessed, as we Irish were for so long.
If anything the international community has allowed pressure on Israel for progress in that regard to go off the boil. Many Arab governments, often at odds with their own people, have contributed to allowing the Palestinian situation simply to simmer and fester.
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