I’ve noticed on this website a lot of Americans like to call their president their “big wet boy.”
And I would like to notify them that in Ireland, the president (currently Michael Higgins, different guy than the taoiseach Micheál Martin) is Uachtarán na hÉireann (President of Ireland). Uachtarán means cream (like when cream rises, also why we say “cream of the crop” in English).
All of this to say, while America may have a big wet boy for now, Ireland always has and will always have a creamy boy.
“Let us be unequivocal: We do not, and have never, supported Hamas or Hezbollah.”
Weird choice to add this part guys
Kind of a “carthiga delenda est” vibe
you’re the Irish person here ,explain
They’re in the UK (they’re from Belfast) so they’re almost certainly just worried about being charged with actual terrorism crimes if they publicly support organizations the UK has deemed terrorist (a lady was charged for having a paraglider sticker on her backpack, the UK are completely abysmal).
It just feels like they could have chosen to say nothing instead though, instead of repeating imperialist propaganda by condemning Hamas and Hezbollah and in the next sentence talking about civilian deaths. Like… come on, you’re doing the Zionists’ work for them when you continue to link talk about resistance fighters to civilian casualties. Bad form, but what can you expect from famous people who require visas and grants from government bodies in the UK?
this won’t please anyone as well, it’s not like the british state are gonna let them off the hook for it. i do wish they had doubled down, obviously easy for me to say but they had an opportunity to be very cool and they undermined themselves.
I have never heard Ilan Pappe condemning Hamas and he is an Israeli Jew
A man worthy of respect